Billowing Sails

[Walter1965]

Hello all I will be getting ready to rig my Vasa this year...any hints on billowing cloth sails? I don't want them to drape flat Thanks

[allanyed]

Hi Walter,

Have you done a thorough search here at MSW?  I believe this is discussed in some detail showing  how to do that.   I suggest you consider silkspan or similar unwoven material unless your scale is   1:24 or larger.  No cloth exists for making sails to scale if your model is smaller, such as 1:48, 1:64, 1:98 etc..  

 

Allan

 

Edited January 7, 2022 by allanyed

[Walter1965]

Hello and thank you Allen!! My model is 1:60 ...l will research the archives.... I'm still trying to get used to the new site well at least it is new to me......https://www.cornwallmodelboats.co.uk/cgi-bin/sh000001.pl?WD=vasa&PN=34027-Vasa-Sails-Set-34027.html#SID=64

[TBlack]

Walter,

Check out Tom Szabo's Leopard (TomS10). Last page of his log shows the result, and back a couple of pages shows how he did it.

Tom

[mtaylor]

Here's 2 links that might help.... there's a ton more in this sub-forum.

 

 

 

[kondzik]

Check this great post about making sails.

 

 

[Roger Pellett]

Billowing sails on Vasa?  An Oxymoron!!  She was incapable of carrying her rig in much more than a deal calm.

 

Roger

[allanyed]

Roger, you hit it on the nose, she only sailed a little over a kilometer (1300 meters) before going down.   I wonder why anyone would want to build a model of her when her only claim to fame is that she was poorly designed. 

 

Walter, if you must rig sails, keep in mind she carried ten but they were never all set before sinking.  Only four were set when she heeled over and took water through her gun ports and sank.  I have no idea which ones, but you can probably find this information by contacting the Wasa Museum.  A full description of the few minutes of her life under way can be found at  https://www.vasamuseet.se/en/vasa-history/disaster   

 

Allan

Edited January 15, 2022 by allanyed