Post by jules on Jul 4, 2014 6:01:32 GMT
Hi,
I am wondering if the floor timbers of Vasa were fastened to the keel before the keelson was fixed.
Witsen, describing the bottom first method, does not mention any fastenings and Van Yk, describing the frame first method, mentions that the floor timbers weren't fastened to the keel but only nailed to the garboard strake.
The E81-wreck only shows a small section with exposed floor timbers, the rest of the floor timbers is covered by the keelson. The exposed floor timbers show no fastenings (see picture).
I know that the English used to bolt every other floor timber to the keel and, after placing the keelson, bolted the keelson to the keel through the other floor timbers. (Endsor describes it beautifully in his 'Restoration Warship'.) This does not seem to be the case in the Dutch/Vasa method. In the E81 wreck the keelson is bolted to every floor timber with two adjacent fasteners; using as fasteners wooden pegs and iron bolts.
Regards,
Jules
I am wondering if the floor timbers of Vasa were fastened to the keel before the keelson was fixed.
Witsen, describing the bottom first method, does not mention any fastenings and Van Yk, describing the frame first method, mentions that the floor timbers weren't fastened to the keel but only nailed to the garboard strake.
The E81-wreck only shows a small section with exposed floor timbers, the rest of the floor timbers is covered by the keelson. The exposed floor timbers show no fastenings (see picture).
I know that the English used to bolt every other floor timber to the keel and, after placing the keelson, bolted the keelson to the keel through the other floor timbers. (Endsor describes it beautifully in his 'Restoration Warship'.) This does not seem to be the case in the Dutch/Vasa method. In the E81 wreck the keelson is bolted to every floor timber with two adjacent fasteners; using as fasteners wooden pegs and iron bolts.
Regards,
Jules
