Vasa - 1:65 DeAgostini [COMPLETED BUILD]

[GrantTyler]

Visitation for Loctite 403 just concluded, and I was pretty disappointed with the turnout. When personally invited even my daughters responded with a cold, "there's something wrong with you dad." And all my son cared about was whether there would be beverages served. Sigh...

Undeterred, I set my sights on bowlines. I've settled into a nice rhythm with rigging. With each new line I spend about an hour researching the various routing solutions presented in my resources and make some preliminary decisions. I may not get it perfect, but it won't be because I didn't try.

Here is a sample of my bowline work thus far. This is the main topsail...

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In this case I ended up using the proper knot (a bowline knot). From normal viewing distance no one can see it - but (as we like to say) I know it's there .

There are ten sails on the Vasa and 8 of these get bowlines. Four down - four to go.

Thanks for stopping by!

Good morning Paul. . Exactly like my children to a “T”. I laughed when I read this -kids we love them for sure! The bowline knot shows up well in your macro photos, so we all know it is there as well. The only time I have used a bowline is when I had to tow my sons car. Lovely work as always Paul. Cheers Grant

 

[dockattner]

Hi Paul,
I can only agree with Roger and Nigel, beautiful work.

Cheers,
Stephen.

Much appreciated Stephen.

Paul, as a product of my meticulous research, I have determined that your build log should co-incidentally end on August 10th, page # 1628. The next day is always my birthday. I expect to be alive, but I remain doubtful that I will ever keep pace with this build-log.

You're in the trenches now! Rigging remains my most daunting personal hurdle, but it is really heartening to watch you do your thing. You and I aren't British, but Goddammit, I can only pray for the English resolve!

August 10th, page #1628 - but what YEAR?

Yes, resolve is the word of the day. And bit by bit it will get done...

Hi Paul,
I've been out of the loop for almost the last year and I'm finally catching up some on what you guys have been accomplishing. There really aren't any adjectives to describe how beautiful your ship really is and what meticulous attention to detail that you have paid. I must catch up on your thread and read what you have done over the past year....but no doubt, I have learned so much from you. I'm getting back in the groove to finish up and just wanted to say hi.
Rick

Yes, I noted your absence and now your return on your impressive build. I would say welcome back to the real world but that's not quite right is it?! Welcome back to that other world...

That is a bowline knot! Nice work on that one.

Piękna precyzyjna praca . Pozdrawiam Mirek

Thank you kindly Mirek!

Good morning Paul. . Exactly like my children to a “T”. I laughed when I read this -kids we love them for sure! The bowline knot shows up well in your macro photos, so we all know it is there as well. The only time I have used a bowline is when I had to tow my sons car. Lovely work as always Paul. Cheers Grant

Thanks Grant. Yes, young adult children share some characteristics, I think, all over the globe. At times we still embarrass them with our stuff - but they will always be open to free food and drinks...

We do something called Kattner Family Dinner about once a month. The food prep is impossible: one is vegetarian, one has to avoid gluten and soy, one can't tolerate dairy, one avoids pork. But they all agree that dad has a pretty strong cellar and cooler, so they never fail to show up!

 

[Daniel20]

It's a real treat every time you post Paul.

 

[Hubac’s Historian]

Well, I'll be 49 this August, and I hope to make it to at least 80. You have 31 years to slip this baby down the ways into Stockholm harbor

Given your current rate of progress, I think post # 1628 should fall pretty comfortably on the early side of that range.

 

[Gilbertm]

Visitation for Loctite 403 just concluded, and I was pretty disappointed with the turnout. When personally invited even my daughters responded with a cold, "there's something wrong with you dad." And all my son cared about was whether there would be beverages served. Sigh...

Undeterred, I set my sights on bowlines. I've settled into a nice rhythm with rigging. With each new line I spend about an hour researching the various routing solutions presented in my resources and make some preliminary decisions. I may not get it perfect, but it won't be because I didn't try.

Here is a sample of my bowline work thus far. This is the main topsail...

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In this case I ended up using the proper knot (a bowline knot). From normal viewing distance no one can see it - but (as we like to say) I know it's there .

There are ten sails on the Vasa and 8 of these get bowlines. Four down - four to go.

Thanks for stopping by!

Wonderful job as usual Paul. It's a pleasure to watch your build.

I checked in France for the Loctite 403 and we can still find it.
I may purchase a bottle or 2.
If you want, I can purchase some for you and ship it over
See https://euro-industry.com/main.php?...-fvXL68fdbC7loSVrfGMiu-qwqTKQJsEaAsaXEALw_wcB
or https://www.otelo.fr/colle-cyanoacr...3100404/SF-ID-00020108/ref-1507541461636.html

Let me know
My son is coming over in a few weeks and return to TX around Labour Day

 

[dockattner]

Wonderful job as usual Paul. It's a pleasure to watch your build.

I checked in France for the Loctite 403 and we can still find it.
I may purchase a bottle or 2.
If you want, I can purchase some for you and ship it over
See https://euro-industry.com/main.php?...-fvXL68fdbC7loSVrfGMiu-qwqTKQJsEaAsaXEALw_wcB
or https://www.otelo.fr/colle-cyanoacr...3100404/SF-ID-00020108/ref-1507541461636.html

Let me know
My son is coming over in a few weeks and return to TX around Labour Day

That is so very kind of you Gilbert! I already have a replacement in hand - was just having a bit of fun.

 

[dockattner]

While all of you were making actual visible progress on your builds, I have been adding bits and baubles. The notion that rigging is about the ropes/lines is patently wrong (or at least insufficient). Hours and hours were spent this week adding blocks to stays and shrouds...and there are (many) more to do.

A potpourri:



There are some really exciting builds in progress - I hope you are spending some time surfing the forum to see what your colleagues are doing. Great fodder for inspiration!

 

[DARIVS ARCHITECTVS]

Paul, what sort of block is this? I have never seen a block tied to a pendant like this before.

 

[Heinrich]

@dockattner Paul said: There are some really exciting builds in progress - I hope you are spending some time surfing the forum to see what your colleagues are doing. Great fodder for inspiration!

Oh absolutely, Paul! And just guess with whose log I start. It may look to you as if you are not making progress, but you have to see the blocks as the means of enabling you to carry with the much more impactful parts of the build. If I want to lay a plank, I first have to cut it to shape, sand it, soak it, glue it and pin/clamp it. Only when the clamps are removed is the visual impact visible. It's the same here my friend. If you pay attention to the minute things in life and make sure that they are perfect, it is impossible for anything big to go wrong. Keep doing what you are doing!

 

[Steef66]

Paul, what sort of block is this? I have never seen a block tied to a pendant like this before.
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I did seen it a few times before. Topping lift blocks 16th and early 17th century. Didn't know the Vasa got them in this way. But possible.

 

[Philski]

While all of you were making actual visible progress on your builds, I have been adding bits and baubles. The notion that rigging is about the ropes/lines is patently wrong (or at least insufficient). Hours and hours were spent this week adding blocks to stays and shrouds...and there are (many) more to do.

A potpourri:

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There are some really exciting builds in progress - I hope you are spending some time surfing the forum to see what your colleagues are doing. Great fodder for inspiration!

Very nice! Tedious?

 

[RogerD]

It must be very time intensive Paul but my goodness do the “bits and baubles” (very nautical wordage ) look wonderful.

 

[dockattner]

Paul, what sort of block is this? I have never seen a block tied to a pendant like this before.
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This is a Dutch style upper lift block. It will pair with the combined topsail sheet / lift block at the end of the yardarm. There is a sheave in the center and a hole at each end perpendicular to the sheave. Obviously one hole is for the pendant (it should probably be spliced). The other hole is for the standing end of the lift. That will run to the combination block - back through the upper lift block and then routed to its belay point.

Here is a drawing of one:


The Rigging and Gun Tackle Blocks of the Swedish Royal Warship Vasa, Nathaniel Frantz Howe, November 2011, Master's Thesis

It might be described in Anderson as well but I don't have that with me right now.

 

[dockattner]

Very nice! Tedious?

Only after the first 25...

 

[Stevedownunder]

While all of you were making actual visible progress on your builds, I have been adding bits and baubles. The notion that rigging is about the ropes/lines is patently wrong (or at least insufficient). Hours and hours were spent this week adding blocks to stays and shrouds...and there are (many) more to do.

A potpourri:

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There are some really exciting builds in progress - I hope you are spending some time surfing the forum to see what your colleagues are doing. Great fodder for inspiration!

Hi Paul,
Stunning and exemplary are words that come to mind, great progress.

Cheers,
Stephen.

 

[GrantTyler]

While all of you were making actual visible progress on your builds, I have been adding bits and baubles. The notion that rigging is about the ropes/lines is patently wrong (or at least insufficient). Hours and hours were spent this week adding blocks to stays and shrouds...and there are (many) more to do.

A potpourri:

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There are some really exciting builds in progress - I hope you are spending some time surfing the forum to see what your colleagues are doing. Great fodder for inspiration!

Good morning Paul. Excellent work. Rigging blocks to stays and shrouds is no easy task. I do have one or two coming, thankfully far less than the Vasa rigging, and I await these with fear and trepidation .

The Dutch certainly made things difficult including unusual lift blocks. (Probably why @Heinrich likes little Dutch ships)Did you make those blocks? Stunning work as always Paul. Cheers Grant

 

[Peter Voogt]

The Dutch certainly made things difficult including unusual lift blocks.

That's completely right and a very true line, Grant. Why do it easy when you can do it difficult.
This is also the case with our sea arms in Zeeland. You can just close it with a dike. But also 'open closed' with this kind of 'lift blocks':

(Sorry Paul, for interrupting your log with this)
Regards, Peter

 

[Peter Voogt]

While all of you were making actual visible progress on your builds, I have been adding bits and baubles. The notion that rigging is about the ropes/lines is patently wrong (or at least insufficient). Hours and hours were spent this week adding blocks to stays and shrouds...and there are (many) more to do.

A potpourri:

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There are some really exciting builds in progress - I hope you are spending some time surfing the forum to see what your colleagues are doing. Great fodder for inspiration!

They are small and looking nice, Paul. But it are the small items that hold the ‘big overall’.
Regards, Peter

 

[Steef66]

This is a Dutch style upper lift block

I have my doubts if these are typical Dutch parts. I know they where used before the spritsail period. Mostly seen on old 15th/16th century Galleons and before that on a lot of types of sailing ships like cogs (Kamper Kogge). And these last ones are mostly Dutch ships. I would say they are continental blocks, used in the early time period before ~1620. That's why I'm surprise these are used on the Vasa. And they are, because the evidence is there in the museum. Always nice to learn about these things of rigging.

And yes Paul, these rigging parts take a lot of time to make. Rigg the ropes in the blocks and get them in place is just 10% of the work. placing blocks, making, painting them and rigg them, take most of the time. You did a great job.

 

[Daniel20]

Building period and ship specific blocks are another fine example of your craftsmanship Paul. I have done a little bit of that but nothing on your level.