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HMS Mary was the first Royal Yacht of the Royal Navy. She was built in 1660 by the Dutch East India Company. Then she was purchased by the City of Amsterdam and given to King Charles II, on the restoration of the monarchy, as part of the Dutch Gift. She struck rocks off Anglesey in thick fog on 25 March 1675 while en route from Dublin to Chester. Although 39 of 74 crew and passengers managed to get to safety, the wreck quickly broke up. Guns and other artefacts were taken to the Merseyside Museums for conservation and display. She was the first of some 27 yachts which the king owned between 1660 and 1685. The word yacht derives from a Dutch word jagen, meaning to hunt. She was 52 feet long, with a beam of 19ft (15.8 by 5.8m) and displaced 100 tons. Her hull was copper clad. The Dutch yacht is the fore-runner of the Thames sailing barge. They had a large sail area, but a shallow draught that enabled them to navigate shallow waters. As with a sailing barge, sailing was achieved by means of a leeboard instead of having a deep keel. The shallow draught meant that she needed to carry additional ballast when sailing deeper waters. She was built for luxury with a decorated counter. I started building, The First Royal Dutch Yacht ”Mary”, 1646 from Mamoli in 2010. After the planking of the hull I put her away as there was little time for any boat building. I started working on her last year. Presently I am working on the masts. I like this boat but the instructions are horrible and the drawings are all done in freehand. No CAD was used like my Bounty from Constructo. Furthermore, translation was done by an Italian and a dictionary because it seemed like he did not speak English. But all is not lost. The drawings are similar to the Statenjacht Utrecht drawings. So I have been working with those as well.

Excellent book. Lots of interesting tid-bits and surprises. Marc

You may know about this but there is a blog on the Anglo-Dutch Wars (h$$p://anglo-dutch-wars.blogspot.com/)

I followed that built. Amazing work Marc

Jan; Thank you for all the information and I know about the kit-manufacturer. I will hunt down Hoving's book. Marc

Piet I enjoy reading anything VOC. I've done some kits from botter's, tjalk, and boeier's. There is a Dutch wood kits manufacturer at the Maritime museum in Amsterdam. Finishing up the Royal Mary (from Mamoli) and starting to work on the Utrecht. Have both books from that one from Seawatch books. So the Utrect comes first to get a taste of scratch building. For me doing something like your boat would be very advanced, but I will get to that. The Valkenisse is something I need to study and I like to add masts, rigging and sails. So I need to do further research on similar boats from that era for that. Seems the book from Hoving on the boats from Abel Tasman (Heemskerck and Zeehahn) have similar rigging. As far as I can search the Net, this book is not available. So next year when I go visit my mother in Amsterdam I will purchase the Dutch version among the many other things boat wise I will be getting. Yes, the Dutch ruled the naval world and it was all about "business", that is why we were welcome in Japan and several other Asian nations, because we were not trying to convert the locals to a religion, like the Portugeese and the Spanish. Regards, Marc

Awesome, beautiful lines, I always enjoy seeing a model from a VOC ship. I am probably going to look into this plan and will put it on my future built list. Thank you for making my DAY. mARC

I so agree with this statement. I created the frames both in 1:48 and 1:50 in paper templates and one of each on top of each other. Very little difference. Marc

That I must have otherwise I would not be building any boats. Marc

I ordered this book after I saw it from Bob Filipowski. Next year when I go visit my mother in Amsterdam, I am planning to visit the Rijksmuseum as well as the Maritime museum in Amsterdam. Last time I was there naval areas were both closed and being renovated. Marc

I have the book by A. Hoving and C. Emke and ordered the book by Gib as well. The book by Gib takes a long time to be delivered. So far it has been 2 weeks. Furthermore, I find it rediculous that I have to pay double shipping as I have ordered the book 'Message in a model" as well. So if I purchase 3 books one has to pay triple shipping. Once I have the book by Gib M. I will be making this model as my first scratch build. Will not show the insides of the boat, but will add sails. Marc

I do this as well. Yes, lots of lines all over the place but I can adjust accordingly. Also once I have all the shrouds in place I add a drop of clear nail polish. Once dry you won't even see it. Marc

Beautifull, great detail, excellent work. Marcus

I use progeCad 2013 ($400.00) Pro which is powered by the IntelliCAD 7 Engine. I used AutoCAD in the past at work but for personal use I wasn't going to pay an arm and a leg for that. progeCAD is a great replacement for AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT. Bentley-Microstation is a bit overkill and at around $5000.00

Great list, thanks. Marc

It is on my book list. Seawatch has some of the best books available. I have 2 from them.

I bought the kit from Constructo. This Constructo kit has lots of extra material, excellent CAD drawings and a color picture book with step by step instructions. Traded the model for a crown with my dentist. Marc

Beautiful. Your details on the boat such as the chairs and the table, the doors with hinges and all the other details are awesome. Love the VOC boats and anything else from that era. Couple of months ago I bought a book from Seawatch books, "Retourschip the Valkenisse" I plan to build that. Marc

This thread is AWESOME. I am drooling all over the details. The frames, the individual cabins, the masts, to name a few drawings. I do a lot of landscape design and use a 3D app. to make it look real for the customer (which by then it sells it self). But your work and creativity is just beautiful. Thank you for sharing. Marcus