Traditional Fries jacht

[Peter Plones]

Check out this link for some serious traditional Dutch wooden boat building.
http://www.jachtwerfbrandsma.nl/photoalbum/album/displaythumbs.asp?cat=7&catname=Fries+Jacht&offset=0

[StevenBauer]

Very cool. I like this:

http://www.jachtwerfbrandsma.nl/photoalbum/files/SnijwerkBBA.JPG

Steven

[Peter Malcolm Jardine]

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :cool:

[Peter Malcolm Jardine]

http://www.jachtwerfbrandsma.nl/photoalbum/files/P1010061.JPG

[Peter Malcolm Jardine]

http://www.jachtwerfbrandsma.nl/photoalbum/files/loggerP1010006.jpg

This is a very impressive site... :eek:

[Concordia..41]

These pictures alone (especially the first one), make me feel grossly inadequate. I may have to screw up my courage before actually opening the site....

[jaburgin]

I dont think there are any finer wood craftsmen in the world than the dutch.

[Ian Marchuk]

In one of my first few posts I made reference to the high art that is wooden boat construction.
Here it is in spades.... Thanks so much for these pictures.... Best Wishes All

[Dave Fleming]

Somebody PLEASE post some photos of how Dutch boatbuilders get the planks to sweep up like that at the bow and curve so sweetly around the stern????

:confused:

Edited to add, the shed ain't too shabby either!

Further edit after viewing the web site...
I am not worthy, I am not worthy, I am not worthy.
Hummya Hummya. redface.gif

[ 11-14-2005, 07:34 PM: Message edited by: Dave Fleming ]

[Dave Gray]

OK, now I know I'm a wood butcher, no doubt about it. :D

Love that first photo and the nice carving!

That tilting strongback affair is wonderful. This is a great site! Dave, how can you not feel worthy?

[ 11-14-2005, 08:00 PM: Message edited by: Dave Gray ]

[Peter Malcolm Jardine]

Edited to add, the shed ain't too shabby either! I noticed that too. Yoicks :eek: :D

[Dave Fleming]

Dave, how can you not feel worthy?Cause there is work shown there that I would give my left gronicle to be able to do. redface.gif

[Noah]

I wondered about those planks as well.

They sure do funny things to a piece of wood...

(BTW, I took these in Enkhuizen (sp?) a couple of years ago. Neat town and museam.
http://www.morebutter.com/boats/dutch.jpg
http://www.morebutter.com/boats/dutch2.jpg
http://www.morebutter.com/boats/dutch3.jpg

[ 11-14-2005, 09:30 PM: Message edited by: Noah ]

[JimD]

Wow! Very impressive. :cool:

[Kim Whitmyre]

:eek: Nice vision, flawless execution!

What sort of waters are those like the first pictured designed for?

Kim

[Wild Dingo]

:eek: :eek: :cool: Man that cradle is awesome!! I mean talk about ideal does the lot leans her over both sides and flips her rightside up!! :cool:

[Peter Plones]

Don't be to humble Dave, Mr. Brandsma is one of the best professional wooden boat builders in the Netherlands.
If you want to check out some other Dutch builders take a look at www.houtenschepen.nl. (http://www.houtenschepen.nl.)
The bending of the planking is called "branden" (burning) in Dutch, they use a propane torch to burn the inside of the curve of the plank and if necessary cool the outside with some water, while applying a bendingforce(weights)
This link will bring you all to the site of an other famous Dutch builder ( de Jong)with some pictures of this procedure.
http://www.jachtwerfdejong.nl/gallery/detail.asp?iPic=434&iType=44

[Dave Fleming]

Peter, thanks for those informative web sites.

What kind of wood is used for that heat/water process?

[Alan D. Hyde]

Stunning.

Remarkable.

Admirable... :D

Alan

[Peter Plones]

Sorry Kim,
I forgot to answer your question, these Frisian yachts where designed for use in inshore waters, mainly in the province of "Friesland" in the Netherlands. In good wheatherconditions they where used on a inshore sea (Zuiderzee, now called IJsselmeer) comparable with the Chesapeake bay in the US.
Some of the yachts had an added (small) deckhouse, they are called "Boeiers",they where used mainly in inshore or coastal waters(the bigger one's)

[Peter Plones]

Dave, these yachts are traditionally built of European oak.

[Dave Fleming]

Thankee, Peter.

[Joe ( Cold Spring on Hudson )]

AMAZING SITE THANKS.

Hey look the Dutch version of the WoodenBoat Forum :D

http://www.jachtwerfbrandsma.nl/photoalbum/files/P1010043.JPG

[Concordia..41]

:D

[Bob Cleek]

Oh, yea! I had the pleasure of studing those boats in the flesh back some eight or nine years ago in Amsterdam at their National Maritime Museum. They do wooden boats good... but they also do steel amazingly well, too. The older yachts are incredibly built, particularly for craft intended to sail on relatively shallow, sheltered waters. I've seen sawn oak frames maybe three by four inches on twelve inch centers in a thirty footer! Mainly oak. The Dutch government provides (or did) a harbor at the Maritime Museum for classic boats, working and pleasure. The Museum is the old (I mean, like 1650) Dutch naval arsenal and the surrounding docks and ropewalk were built courtesy of the Dutch East India Company. Still servicable today. Not only do they subsidize the berthing for classics, but they also provide shop space and power tools! The Dutch have a way of doing things right without much bother. There are royal barges and yachts from God knows how far back on display in their museum. Amazing carving work and gold leaf, perfectly restored. Well worth a visit when you are in Amsterdam... if you can tear yourself away from the town's other "delights!"