Friech Boeir Yacht SPERWER by Kortes -1:30 scale - FINISHED

[andante]

That is mighty nice planking! I wonder how many of these lovely boats have survived, how many restored or converted into house boats. Could you tell a bit more about the old yachts, materials used and their dimensions?

[KORTES]

Unfortunately, I'm not familiar with the history of dutch marine. But if you would find this interesting, my friend 

recomended me several sites, maybe you could find there the answers.

 

https://www.heechbydemar.com/sale/list-of-sales

https://www.heechbydemar.com/sale/list-of-sales

 

My best regards Alexander.

[KORTES]

Have set the boardsides.

I made them with some extra margin, having refined them at place. The battens have been bent before the installation. In order to install the stern I had to construct a small conductor.

Edited December 7, 2018 by KORTES

[KORTES]

I had spent some time working on the boardsides, the adjustments had to be made in different levels and angles.

 

 

 

Edited December 7, 2018 by KORTES

[BETAQDAVE]

    I'm afraid that the five pictures above just show up on my screen as tiny boxes with X's.

[Baker]

12 hours ago, andante said:

That is mighty nice planking! I wonder how many of these lovely boats have survived, how many restored or converted into house boats. Could you tell a bit more about the old yachts, materials used and their dimensions?

Unfortunately i find only information in the Dutch language.

Google search = Boeier 

 

https://www.ssrp.nl/stamboek/scheepstypes/boeiers/boeier

https://www.ssrp.nl/stamboek/scheepstypes/friese-jachten/fries-jacht

 

Some in English

http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095515156

 

If you want a new one  (the dimensions are 7.50 x 3.58 m)

http://blomaak.nl/boeier/

 

Ps,

great work cortes

 

[amateur]

Boeiers are almost never converted to housing. Too small for that, and their price as sailing yacht issimply higher than as converted ship. Quite a lot of them survived, as this type of boeier is relatively new, and they are still build (both wood, oak, or sometimes in steel). As they never were working boats, theyhave been cared for, and have a relatively long life span.

 

I like your model, it has the right atmosphere.

 

Jan

Edited December 7, 2018 by amateur

[flying_dutchman2]

The deck is beautifully done and the pins in the deck as well. I like how you made the curved baton for the bow. I am assuming that it was a difficult job. 

I love all the curves from Dutch ships. It's what makes them unique. 

Marcus 

[KORTES]

Dear  Patric and Jan.

I'm very grateful for giving me this valuable and helpful information.

My best regards Alexander.

[KORTES]

3 hours ago, flying_dutchman2 said:

The deck is beautifully done and the pins in the deck as well. I like how you made the curved baton for the bow. I am assuming that it was a difficult job. 

I love all the curves from Dutch ships. It's what makes them unique. 

Marcus 

Yes, you are right, this stage of building was the most difficult for me, and i'm glad i managed to assemble the 

broadsides well. Just like you, i liked this dutch yacht for its unique uncommon form.

My best regards Alexander.

 

[KORTES]

My honorable colleagues, please let me show some transitional results of the stern.

[andante]

She really shows her lovely shape! Maybe not a coincidence, if one remembers that the Dutch have been wearing Klompen since medieval times. 
 

[KORTES]

 

Yes, indeed, there are some similarities. 

[KORTES]

I have refined rubbing strip.

As I don’t like to paint, probably because I don’t know how to do it , I decided to use black veneer instead of paint. I “painted” broadsides, remade railing, taking into account the width of the “paint layer”.

[druxey]

That gives your model a very pleasing appearance, Kortes.

[KORTES]

I’m very touched by your attention to my work .

[cog]

Kortes,

Your boeier turns out really marvelous. I like the very crisp detail you have added to her so far, the planking, the caulking of the deck, doors, etc. It is becoming a truely wonderful representation of the type of yacht.

 

By the way Sperwer means sparrowhawk

[KORTES]

Thank you, Carl,  for such warm words.

Sparrowhawk.

[cog]

that's the bird, Kortes. It's funny, I'm reading a book from the Bolitho series where he is promoted to commander of a sloop called sparrow ...

Edited December 9, 2018 by cog

[wefalck]

Didn't see the building-log until now - excellent progress and excellent work !

 

DE SPERWER is preserved in the Zuiderzeemuseum in Enkhuizen/NL. Here you can check out various detail pictures that I took of her, when I lived in the area for a some years: https://www.maritima-et-mechanika.org/maritime/zuiderzee/zuiderzee.html

 

She has an interesting history. She was built as yacht from the beginning, while boeiers were sort of representative boats for well-to-do people in a country when there were not many roads and no motor-cars. Kind of Dutch Mercedes of the 19th century. They were also used as kind of long-distance taxis or inspection boats. DE SPERWER was owned by a certain Merlin Minshall, an adventurer, who worked for British intelligence during WWII, where he met Ian Fleming, who partially modelled 'James Bond' after him.

 

There is a monograph on the boeiers, albeit in the Dutch language:

 

VERMEER, J. (2004): De Boeier.- 528 p., Alkmaar (De Alk & Heijnen Watersport).

 

BTW, what part of the World are you from ? I seem to see some kind of Dutch/Belgian/Northern French houses through the window in one of your pictures ...

[druxey]

Nice site, Wefalck!

[wefalck]

Thanks. At some stage I also plan to build a boeier or a tjotter, but not a 'modern' yacht, rather a mid-19th century one ... so I collected material while I was in the area.

 

Incidentally, the Dutch national archives and some museums have a lot of plans for downloading.

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[BETAQDAVE]

Kortes, I am curious about the function of that coffin shaped area on the fore deck.  Does it have something to do with a centerboard?

[flying_dutchman2]

Nice pictures of the Boeier, Wefalck!

 

Het Friese Scheepvaart museum has a lot of plans online, free for the downloading. 

Then on archive.com their are 3 books by Emile van Konijnenburg, Shipbuilding from its beginning volume 1, 2, & 3. The first 2 are descriptions of ships in Dutch and vol 3 is all plans and color drawings of Dutch ships. 

Marcus 

[wefalck]

Good to know that van Konijnenburg's are on archive.org. I have vols. II and III as originals, but was missing vol. I.

[KORTES]

6 hours ago, BETAQDAVE said:

Kortes, I am curious about the function of that coffin shaped area on the fore deck.  Does it have something to do with a centerboard?

 

Dear BETAQDAVE

This element is called uitvip (mastluik) The construction of Boeier has a possibility to change

 the mast from working position to the transportion position. This hatch is specially conceived for this purpose.

The elemet that caught your attention is a removable cover of this hatch. I think the photos will explain everything.

My best regards.

[KORTES]

11 hours ago, wefalck said:

Didn't see the building-log until now - excellent progress and excellent work !

 

DE SPERWER is preserved in the Zuiderzeemuseum in Enkhuizen/NL. Here you can check out various detail pictures that I took of her, when I lived in the area for a some years: https://www.maritima-et-mechanika.org/maritime/zuiderzee/zuiderzee.html

 

She has an interesting history. She was built as yacht from the beginning, while boeiers were sort of representative boats for well-to-do people in a country when there were not many roads and no motor-cars. Kind of Dutch Mercedes of the 19th century. They were also used as kind of long-distance taxis or inspection boats. DE SPERWER was owned by a certain Merlin Minshall, an adventurer, who worked for British intelligence during WWII, where he met Ian Fleming, who partially modelled 'James Bond' after him.

 

There is a monograph on the boeiers, albeit in the Dutch language:

 

VERMEER, J. (2004): De Boeier.- 528 p., Alkmaar (De Alk & Heijnen Watersport).

 

BTW, what part of the World are you from ? I seem to see some kind of Dutch/Belgian/Northern French houses through the window in one of your pictures ...

Dear wefalck

Thank you very much for Your attention to my work. The information you have given me on the history of "Sherver"

is very interesting to me.

My best regards.

( Mon pays de résidence se situe environ 1500 km sud-est.) 

Edited December 9, 2018 by KORTES

[Piet]

Very impressive work Kortes.

 

Cheers,

[wefalck]

Most, if not all Dutch traditional sailing-boats had their mast installed in a ‘tabernacle’, that is a sturdy two- or three-sided frame. The mast rests in a spur and is locked in place with a latch. To lower the mast, one opens the latch, lifts up the mast a bit and then lowers it. In other, more modern arrangements the mast pivots around a bolt in the top of the tabernacle and is locked in place with another bolt at the foot.

 

For this reason the boats had a minimum of standing rigging that also could be easily unhooked.

 

This arrangement was needed because of the many low bridges along the waterways. Some could be raised, but they charged a fee for this.

[cog]

8 hours ago, KORTES said:

( Mon pays de résidence se situe environ 1500 km sud-est.)

D'où ... (From where ...)