another 17th century Dutch workhorse

[Bengt F]

Hi there, Abhovi,

That's a beautful little galjoot model! You sure have a way of making them look very realistic and weathered.

Interesting to know that these smaller boats were used sort of as 'tenders' for the bigger ships, very much like the SS Nomadic or SS Traffic were used in Cherbourg, France, for the RMS Olympic or RMS Titanic ocean steam liners, in the beginning of the 20th century, almost three hundred years later.
Good luck with the planking!

All the best,
Bengt in Stockholm

[abhovi]

Hey Bengt,

Here are some more pictures of the galliot, which I planked and painted.



Actually I should have progressed more with this one, but suddenly I felt a strange need to do the hull of a `watership` as well. Next time I will tell more about this fascinating fisherman, but first I will have to rig the gallion now. A one-and-a-half mast rig with a standing gaff on the main mast.

[Seahorse]

What a progress! You will have a a great fleet. The Dutch had so many types of watercrafts. A hundred, I guess. (galjot, huker, kof, smak, hoy, tjalk, somp, praam and so on) Does any classification exist?

Tomek

[abhovi]

Indeed some scholars estimate the number of Dutch ship types quite high, hundreds actually. Personally I think there were a bit over two dozens, but all had many variations, due to geographical origin and time.
In my books I make a difference between merchant ships (among which the Eastindia-men), men-of-war, fishermen and pleasure vessels.
Many small ship types like a narrow or wide ship, a kaag, a galliot, and there are quite a few more, belong to the merchant section. I like those ships very much.
The watership I newly started was a fishing boat, but is present in so many maritime paintings that I really felt the need to do one.
I hope I am not too boring with my contributions...

[elliott]

Boring? Hardly. imho your contributions are fascinating, an education in each one. You're a great teacher Ab. Don't stop.

[Seascape]

I agree with Elliott.

Please keep going Ab. We are learning so much and always look forward to your next post.

Fred

[Seahorse]

As Elliot and Seascape wrote - for those who are interested in sailships your posts give a lot of knowledge and "curiosities" and we are waiting for more.

Tomek

[Michael Mash]

Excellent craftsmanship Ab.
The historical information gives a nice background to the ships you show here.
Mike

[abhovi]

This morning my wife entered my studio unannounced, looked at the mess, broke out in laughter and left. I'm afraid my 46 years old marriage will soon be coming to a halt.
Maybe I should change to collecting stamps after all....

[Seahorse]

I thought I had a mess:-)))
Was her laugh sinister or full of love? Maybe not all is lost...;-)

Tomek