The Elusive Hulc by woodrat - FINISHED - 1:32 - plank-on-frame - a speculative reconstruction of a mediaeval merchantman
Despite the better angels of my nature, I feel constrained to go where the prudent would fear to venture. The nautical archaeologists have despaired of one particular ship type: the "mysterious" hulc (also spelt hulk in english). This is a type of ship depicted on town seals, coins, illuminated manuscripts, baptismal fonts, church pews and probably toilet walls during the late mediaeval period. It seems to have largely supplanted the cog but also predated it. Having plodded through many learned
Yup. Better than a diagram. I built it.
The hull fixture for the pivot needs to be solid. I carved it from a piece of fallen eucalyptus.
The internal fixture for weaving the withy is a solid extra knee with oblique channels for the withy. I tried to avoid acute angles so as not to stress the withy. Having carefully drilled a 2mm. channel throught he internal and external fixtures, I passed a length of green tendril from a creeper in the garden which was easily able to be tied in a kno
