Beautiful build, shipmate, thanks for sharing it.
Incidentally, I recall reading longer ago than I care to recall that the olde timey sailor lads regarded any shade of blue as okay for limited use as trim but as extremely unlucky and to be avoided as an overall livery, as here. Apparently, it was thought to be a usurpation of the color of the water itself and as such an insult to Neptune/Poseidon, sure to provoke the sea god's fearsome wrath. Not sure how true that memory may be
but I thought you might find it amusing.