The Building Process
This is our archive of images and notes to show the building process over time, with the most recent events shown at the top of the page. Click any one of the images to see what was happening on that date. Use the links at the top of each page to see how Duyfken was built.
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THE FIRST SAIL |
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MAY 1999 |
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 THE LAUNCH JANUARY 24, 1999 PHOTOS & VIDEO |
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"...archival research increasingly shows that the original ship was exceptional - often out-sailing much larger ships, and manoeuvrable enough to be taken close to unexplored lee-shores even during the stormy and dangerous monsoon."
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JANUARY
1999 RAISING THE ROOF |
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DECEMBER
1998 FINISHING TOUCHES |
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 AUGUST-SEPT 1998 |
 AUGUST 1998 |
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"Duyfken is being built as a program of "experimental archaeology" - at the end of the process we should know a great deal more about the advantages and the disadvantages of plank-first construction as practiced by the Dutch, who were the most successful shipbuilders and sailors in Europe." |
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MAY 1998 A VISIT FROM AB HOVING |
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MARCH 25, 1998 |
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| "Planks were pre-bent to shape over an open fire..." |  |
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FEBRUARY
20, 1998 BENDING THE PLANKS |
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| FEBRUARY 1998 SHAPING THE HULL |
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| NOVEMBER
1997 |
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"No original plans of any ship from the Age of Discovery exist because shipwrights did not use plans drawn on paper or parchment. The only plans were in the master-shipwright's head, and the ships themselves were built by eye." |
 SEPTEMBER 12, 1997 |
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 AUGUST 27, 1997 |
 SEPTEMBER 1, 1997 |
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 AUGUST 1, 1997 |
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 LAYING THE KEEL JANUARY 12, 1997 |
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