The San Marco mosaic ship c. 1150 by Louie da fly - 1:75

[woodrat]

Sliding anchors go way back. This one (Which I copied for Yenikapi 12) was found on the Yassi Ada wreck from the seventh century. But Permanent stock would be fine too.

Dick

[Ferrus Manus]

Would the stock have been made from wood or iron?

[Louie da fly]

Working on the bolt ropes and robands. (Took me 4 tries before I could cancel spell-correct. Roland's, ribands, you name it . . .)

 

Mizzen complete and sail curved to indicate the wind. Seems to have worked. 

And now to do the same for the middle and fore mast sails.

Steven

Edited June 9 by Louie da fly

[Ian_Grant]

Steven, looks great! Fine work with the thread. This has reminded me that many yards were depicted as two-piece in ancient ships. For my galley I just tapered a dowel down to form the yard. Should I make it two-piece too? It would be an interesting detail. I'm surprised at how little overlap there is between the two sections, though.

Edited June 9 by Ian_Grant

[Louie da fly]

Thanks everyone for the likes.

 

Ian; again I think you'd have to look at contemporary pics to work out whether to make your yard in two pieces.

 

The first consideration would be - how long was the yard? Lateen yards, because they are on a diagonal, are longer than square yards. Could your galley's yard be made from a single tree? Were trees available tall and thin enough?

 

The second consideration - did contemporary artists accurately depict the yard, or just portray it as a single piece because they were (a) lazy or (b) ignorant?

 

Here are some contemporary pics of Roman ships under sail. I'm afraid you'll have to draw your own conclusions.

                          

Villa of the Augustinian era. Palazzo Massimo Museo Nazionale Romano                    Mosaic in Qasr, Libya c. 540 C.E.

Yard indeterminate                                                                                                           Single yard

 

Roman mosaic of Odysseus, 2nd century CE, displayed at the Bardo Museum in Tunisia. - single yard.

Fragment of the mosaic showing the Roman galley, 2nd century CE. Single yard. And note the nice awning.

  

Two Ancient Roman mosaics from the Villa del Casale, Sicily. Single yard.

 

Third question - lot of the time they are shown under oars with the mast lowered- do you even need to show her under sail? 

 

Steven

Edited June 10 by Louie da fly

[Louie da fly]

Oh, and regarding the overlap in the yard - I agonised over that for quite a while. Though there are certainly some examples with greater overlap, I based it on the majority of contemporary illustrations and several modern photos.

Steven

[Ian_Grant]

Thank you Steven. No, she won't be under sail but I do want to have the mast and artemon up, with the sails furled ie what we'd call buntlines all hauled, as if they are rowing and hoping for a fair wind soon. I think their sails went up like Roman blinds, nestled within the loops of the buntlines; at least, that's what I intend to do.