Excellent Kurt. It appears my conclusions were wrong on this point. I appreciate this open discussion.Perhaps farthelling predates Wasa in Sweden, but I just showed you an English engraving from 1635 which shows farthelling.Farthelling was required when sails have a pronounced trapedzoidal shape, such as early men-of-war have on their topsails.
Thank you Stephan. I had noted this discussion but then forgot about it. Very helpful.
Oh no there is more than one type of gasket, thank you I will reread the explanation tomorrow after a good night's sleep.
Yup. I read that too. But it just seemed a richer learning experience to at least take a run at sails (plus, my bride favored them versus model ships without them from our visit at the Rijksmuseum). Having sails also helps the rigging make more sense - at least at my level of understanding.
Ab Hovin's notes are very informative (steef66 thanks for the link).
Correct John. The 1:10 does not have staples or rings or gaskets rigged. Of course Ab Hoving's comments do refer to Dutch ship-building practices so I consider him a more than reliable source of information.
No, that are the robands. The gaskets and those double rings where they're attached on are to furling the sails. When the sails are not furled they just hang there, lonely, little bit moving in the wind and waiting to come in action.
Just keep repeating them a lot. ROFL
Good day Daniel,
Good day Paul,
Wow! I'm without words! What a beautiful build. Congrats Paul this is definitely a work of art. I really hope someday I can achieve a build as perfect as this one.
Watched it on a big screen, so much detail to look over.
Stupendous workmanship. fabulous model.
