Roter Löwe 1597 by Ondras71

[kirill4]

Found a picture of some small Dutch galleon...visual addition ,could be considered as artist vew  to the question of rigging proportion...

[Snug Harbor Johnny]

  Another example of men on the yards with no foot ropes.

[kirill4]

:))) and... how many people could exists on 1 m 2 !!!  Unbeliveable!

What is the matter of high cooperation, coexistance , and so on ...!:)))

Good example for us , modern ... :)))

Edited May 10 by kirill4

[Ondras71]

I slowly continue on the masts..🔥

 

 

[tartane]

Foot ropes.

There was a question about the foot ropes. They were not depicted from before the year 1600. At the end of the 16th century, many inventions were made in the field of shipbuilding. One of those things was the use of foot ropes. Before that time they were usually not there because the two  main yards of the lower sails were lowered on the deck. There the sails were stowed and then the yards were hoisted again. The sails could then be lowered from above. In the Netherlands, the railing had long time  the name "rahout" (ra = yard, hout = wood). Which also indicates that the yards were lowered on it. Barentz's ship from around 1595 did not have those footropes either, which was clearly visible in prints from that time.

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