A 17th century Dutch fluit - Page 13

**Vermin_King** · #**121** 05-12-2016, 02:13 PM

Was the rudder controlled by a tiller or wheel? I don't spot either one. I'm probably looking in the wrong place

**abhovi** · #**122** 05-12-2016, 02:39 PM

Neither of them. The rudder was controlled by a set of takes in the steering stand.

**Arjan68** · #**123** 05-12-2016, 02:47 PM

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Was the rudder controlled by a tiller or wheel? I don't spot either one. I'm probably looking in the wrong place

There was a tiller below the quarterdeck. The helmsman could see out through some small windows so that he could check the position of the sails.

In the last two pictures you can see a small "step" with these windows in the deck just before the mizzen mast.

In this case the tiller would end just behind the mast. It was probably controlled via ropes and pulleys by the helmsman standing in front of it.

**Bengt F** · #**124** 05-19-2016, 12:21 PM

Hello abhovi!

I am so very glad that I checked in to the forum today. I was greeted by the lovely sea rendering of the finished Dutch 17th Century Fluit on the front portal page. What a charming and lively image, with all the colours flying!

Congratulations on a one-of-a-kind model build, and thank you so much for a most enjoyable, highly inspirational and incredibly educational model building thread! It has been a sheer joy to follow it, and I have learned a lot on the way.

All the best from Stockholm,
Bengt

**JohnMGD** · #**125** 08-12-2017, 11:51 AM

Ab, What about the 3D animation drawings you promised a while back, are they still in the make ??

John.

**Paperclip** · #**126** 08-14-2017, 08:18 PM

A master piece😎
Rick

**abhovi** · #**127** 08-15-2017, 03:08 AM

Bengt, sorry for my late reply, I must have missed your posting. Thank you for your undeserved praise.
Thank you Paperclip, your work on the Berbice will not be so bad either :-)
JohnMGD: yes, they are still in the make. The work is carried out by students of the Hogeschool Leeuwarden and it all takes a while. We are finishing the interactive presentation of the building method.
Another part, navigating through the ship has made great progress, but more or less stranded temporarily because the students were lured into a VR adventure. I had the thing on and 'walked through the ship,' which was a fantastic eperience, but for the application on internet it is too heavy. Now trying to get the students back on track :-)).
So you have to be patient, just like me...

**abhovi** · #**128** 10-28-2020, 06:17 AM

For anyone who is interested in some sort of follow-up of this thread I would like to draw your attention you a posting I did a short time ago in the Modelshipworld forum. I did not post it here, because it is more about research and ship design than about working in paper. If you are interested in that kind of things, please visit this post: https://modelshipworld.com/topic/260...comment-757693

**Don Boose** · #**129** 10-28-2020, 06:31 AM

I guess you have to be a member to access Model Ship World.

Don

**abhovi** · #**130** 10-28-2020, 09:41 AM

Oh, I’m so sorry, Don. I didn’t know that. Do you think I can post the article here as well? It is rather long.
Ab