The Building of East Indiaman Götheborg Pt 3 - Hur Ostindiefararen Götheborg byggdes del 3

See how the East Indiaman Götheborg was built just as in the 18th century! This documentary follows the building of the exact replica ship; from the selection of 200-year-old oak trees to the traditional, hand-made carpentry and blacksmith work, and the making of 1.964 sqm hand-sewn linen canvas sails and 20 tons of hand-made hemp ropes.
This is a truly fascinating documentary that everyone with an interest in old, traditional 18th century shipbuilding ought to see!
Se hur replika ostindiefararen och fullriggaren Götheborg byggdes precis som på 1700-talet! Denna dokumentär följer skeppsbygget, från selektionen av 200-åriga ekträd, till det traditionella snickeri, gjuteri och järnsmide arbetet, de 1.964 kvm handsydda seglen av linneduk och 20 ton handgjorda repen av hampa.
Detta är en fascinerande dokumentär som alla med ett intresse för gammalt, genuint och traditionellt skeppsbygge bör se!
'The Swedish Ship "Götheborg" is made of oak. Oak timber is hard, strong and resistant to decay as it contains tannin. This is why oak has always been by far the most popular wood for shipbuilding in Europe. Oak has been used for beams, knees and planking. More than a thousand oak logs from southern Sweden and Denmark have been used. Other important tree species include pine, spruce and elm. Pine has mainly been used for the ribs, decks and masts, spruce for the yards and spars, and elm for the blocks.
The new East Indiaman's gun deck has ten six-pound cast iron cannons. The cannons were cast according to a drawing dating back to the 1700s from Åkers Styckebruk in the province of Södermanland, the most important cannon producer in Sweden at the time.
18th century East Indiamen were mainly designed to sail in a tailwind. The rigging is an exact reconstruction of the original rigging from the 18th century. Built mainly using 18th century technology and materials.
Rig: Full-rigged square sails
Number of masts: Three
Number of yards: Ten
Heaviest yard: 1,7 ton
Material of the mast: Pine, approx 37 pines
Material of the yard: Fir
Rope/cordage: 20 ton hand-made hemp
Number of blocks: approx 650 st
Hight above waterline: 47 m
The sails are made, maintained and repaired by hand. During voyages there are always sailmakers on board to carry out repairs when the sails are damaged. It takes eight years for a sailmaker to make all the sails for the ship, which is why new production always is carried out.
Totalt har det gått 4000 m3 virke, varav 75 % ek och 25 % furu i bygget av Götheborg. Allt virke specialbeställdes eftersom skeppsvirke inte kan köpas på vanliga brädgårdar. Eken behövde vara 100 -- 200 år gammal.
10 kanoner i gjutjärn, sexpundare. Originalet hade 30 kanoner, både tre- och sexpundare som försvar mot pirater och andra anfallande skepp.
1700-talets ostindiefarare var i huvudsak undanvinds-seglare. Riggen är en exakt rekonstruktion av en originalrigg för en ostindiefarare från mitten av 1700-talet. Tågvirket till den stående och den löpande riggen väger cirka 20 ton. För att manövrera riggen finns inga moderna hjälpmedel. Den hanteras helt och hållet med muskelkraft.
Ostindiefararen Götheborg är ett tremastat skepp med råsegel, dvs. rektangulära segel, på alla tre masterna. Förr i tiden kallades ett skepp av det här slaget fregatt riggat, i dag kallar vi det ett fullriggat skepp eller en fullriggare.
Riggtyp: Fullriggad råseglare
Antal master: Tre
Antal rår: Tio
Tyngsta råt: 1,7 ton
Längsta råt: 23 m
Masternas virke: furu, ca 37 furor
Rårnas virke: gran
Tågvirke: 20 ton handslagen hampa
Antal block: ca 650 st
Riggens höjd över vattenlinjen: 47 m
Samtliga segel ombord tillverkas och repareras för hand. Under långseglingar finns det hela tiden segelmakare ombord för att utföra reparationer när segel får skador. Det tar åtta år för en segelmakare att sy alla segel till skeppet, därför pågår ständig nyproduktion och reparationer av seglen.'
Ägare: Svenska Ostindiska Companiet, SOIC
Owner: Swedish East India Company
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[@gj3072]

Thank you for uploading these videos. It is so great to see that all these traditional trades still exist.

[@carmelpule6954]

As I come from a wooden boat building family in Malta I can appreciate all this to great dept. It is said that the chalking mallet had a cut in it so that the repetitive sound would not be so hard on the chalkers ears and it would ring out a more pleasant note, but alas many of the chalkers went deaf. Great workmanship which takes me back seventy years where I helped my uncle shape the planks for the sides. He occasionally trusted me with cutting a frame with its complex angles and curves.

[@robdvarela1303]

Thank you for uploads. these traditional trades are so magnificent ! So much goes into building just one . Understandably the ocean sailing ships off the modern times must have safety considerations such as fire prevention, and extinguishers, water tight bulkheads and motors, but the system of building has not changed much. Thank you again and three HUZZAH's to all !!

[@bruceburns1672]

I take my hat off to European shipbuilding from the past as Australia where I live would not of been settled without their sturdy well built craftmanship .

[@chrishiggens9225]

Awesome documentary and incredible construction. Thankyou for posting this film.

[@Acheiropoietos]

What an amazing project. 10 years in the making!

[@dariussav7924]

Ein tolles Handwerk!!! Vielen Dank fuer das Video.;)

[@radioguy1620]

These are some tough jobs, not too many today could handle them, Great work.

[@amartinjoe]

AMAZING! i'd wanna see this ship in person. awesome!!

[@blueskygoldensun]

You are welcome, everyone! I am so glad you like it. I think it's a fascinating story and to me the ship is an enchanting vision of a more romantic and nostalgic era when genuine workmanship and quality was valued.

[@OmmerSyssel]

Sofie A Ohøj dear Sofie.. Those days with your romantic values never existed! The rich Swedish owners had such a life.. No one else involved in building or sailing this huge ship had such values or lifestyle. It was nothing else than an ordinary hard job with long working days & maybe 1/2 day off weekly! Low wages, often alcohol involved, living in primitive housing with many children. Life span typical 35 - 40 years.. The seaman was often kidnapped when no one wanted to hire & once out of harbour nowhere to go for months until next harbour & often two year's before entering mother land! If he survived. Imagine what could happen at home with no contact in two years.. "The days where ship was out of wood, and men out of steel" wasn't just a saying! Try search for "Pamir" or "Shackleton's Journey" or read "two years before the mast". All gives real impression of those days unbelievable harsh life at sea..! -Even today, some issues hasn't changed that much ;) Thx a lot for the upload!

[@davidshaw7105]

he was write so many people who had to work very hard back then steel and miners moulding iron and steel men and women to I would not want to go back then

[@blueskygoldensun]

Many people work hard in our times too, but of course you are right in that romantic dreaming of times past tends to ignore the harsh and oftentimes downright terrible lives that poor people had to endure, people who had almost no rights and who were often on the brink of starvation and abused by the upper classes upon whom they were almost totally dependent.

[@vlajkota8312]

Sofie I love you so much. I love shipbuilding so much and I've been doing this job, and now I envy the one who deals with this business and I'm jealous of the shipbuilders. I am a coworker of welders I know all metal jobs but I do not have anywhere else to work ... I would only love to work. if someone asks me for some help, they do not have to pay me. I like to work. Thanks

[@steverawlings]

Awesome series of uploads,i love these majestic vestles,wish they were still around these days

[@luminoustarisma]

I remember the moment she first hit water. My school did an excursion on one of the paddan boats, just to watch it. Pretty cool to think back to it now.

[@brian.7966]

Fantastic film. thank you for showing it.

[@Fozzfreedommachine]

Sophie, THANKYOU :)

[@blueskygoldensun]

Thank you. I am glad you like it. :)

[@rubengerardofernandezgarci2706]

Apasionante trabajo la construcción de barcos de madera, así como las técnicas llevadas a cabo por los carpinteros de rivera, con la maestría de siglos de experiencia llevados a cabo por los maestros para construir estas maravillas flotantes.."

[@lucienlajeunesse]

i worked in a small boat shop in the 1950,s we biult 6 80 ft boats for the canadian government they are still in operation i worked inthe lofting room above the office making full sized petterns i wrked on in stalling the 2x6 oak ribs the they were planked with 2" select fir it was the most satisfying job i ever worked on

[@reh3ddoes]

That is a wonderful story. Are any of the ships you worked on visible online? A link would be great.

[@zdenekondrasek2022]

Great story !! Thanks...

[@proflooney]

Love it I been trying to find some nice drawings of the gothborg to do a 1/24th plank on frame with no luck, but this is really inspirational to keep looking

[@luishermidas2801]

Exelente injeniegeneria ,y desplazamiento ,los felicito 👏

[@mhelzanati]

nice work for all thanks

[@plinkbottle]

Just amazing

[@tomellis4750]

Magnificent

[@derrickwilliams451]

that's so cool I want to learn how to build a ship

[@krisgee1154]

I saw her in Guangzhou (Canton). Stunning

[@bushidibushido9503]

I like this ship.

[@bobm549]

What a great endevore. Thanks for the vid, how do I get a ride ? Beautiful.

[@claybair4904]

all I can say is wow

[@nowheretosit]

Useful as a period movie prop.

[@ga1actic_muffin]

i like how all of these old ship building videos have music that sounds like its from old Gamecube and ps2 JRPG titles lol

[@yolandagonzalez8078]

ooooooo excelen

[@niklar55]

_" when genuine workmanship and quality was valued."_ Thats because their lives depended on it. Those ships without it, ended up on the seabed.

[@rsvsbg1608]

you mean, their capital / deemed investments depended on it. Lives have never happened that much.

[@bluegent7]

Rudolf S Add to that a pride in their work, and care for their reputation, that every normal master, artisan and worker has, and we're beginning to paint a picture of the matter in the three comments made so far in this thread.

[@OldsmobileCutlassSupremeConver]

Very nice, i dig hand made anything. The Scary part is the guy applying boiling hot tar with no Safety Glasses.

[@Kimdino1]

+Sofie A +++ Thank you very much for an excellent, lovely & very informative video.

[@blueskygoldensun]

You're very welcome!

[@rivaldesigns3642]

pretty weird editing back then but great upload

[@abubakkarkara7913]

Nice

[@acadman4322]

Great project, incredible modern engineering and one very irritating little whistle!

[@MM-jx9si]

That engine looks like its right out of 1743.

[@timothyblazer1749]

I don't understand why they didn't build a Yawl boat for this instead of mounting engines. Such a beautiful ship, and I think would have been even more so without the propellers.

[@toggtlas7099]

The engines where a required safety feature - They had to put it in to get rated as a seaworthy vessel with and comply with insurance regulations for that type of ship. Most of the era replicas can never go out on open sea because they fail to comply with modern safety standards. It's a compromise; Do you want a 100% authentic build that sits pretty in the harbor or do you modify it to rate as a commercial sea vessel?

[@alexhayden2303]

No pitch hot and the Devil to pay! Is linen still the best sail fabric?

[@bigbob1699]

YOU STILL NEED IRON MEN TO SAIL YOUR WOODEN SHIP. GOD SPEED AND FAIR WINDS. WISH I WAS THERE.

[@blueskygoldensun]

Very true. Iron men with lions' hearts, fiendly winds and God's protection.

[@Laz_Arus]

14:44 Someone goofed when proof reading the spelling of the harbour port just south of Perth. There is only one "E" in Fremantle !

[@tamaraevans3717]

I want to make ship too

[@desdicado999]

an absolutely wonderful creation, how unfortunate its building and launching was not more publicized here in Canada well done Sweden.now if you can deal with the immigrant imposed upon your people i would be really impressed

[@ragimundvonwallat8961]

just imagining all that caulking and depression is creeping on me lmao

[@rangerdanger3486]

Hate the fact that it has an engine but on the outside it looks okay

[@derrickwilliams451]

like that

[@Durgeshkr00]

How many trees were cut down just for building this.

[@theemeraldpalace9080]

Forget tar and rope, use flex tape.

[@JP-ir2eq]

Is this Wes Anderson?

[@NoName-uh3lp]

Diesel engines and stainless steel tanks! So much for authenticity!

[@user-wp6qm3ec4i]

The Vasa is built .Шуруп кувалдой забивает. Это не шведы. Это турки.

[@danthemansmail]

Engines and propellers....

[@jawadad802]

but arent the props interfering with the sailing capacities?

[@randymusick3645]

No because they can feather the props just like an airplane.

[@thecoco9736]

Ow.. Dia mampir ke jakarta juga , ... Itu mau dibeli orang china ya.. Bro..

[@antontaskinen1532]

so sad that Götheborg will stay next ten years at pier. And it think that it is not going to sail never again becose after ten years without active service with yards and sails they wont work.

[@alexhayden2303]

The exact replica ship; twin screw/twin diesel..........FORMIDABLE!

[@MrRandyh59]

i'm sure there is a reason, but you just messed it up for me when you put in a engine

[@andywolf100]

Follows the building of the "exact" replica ship; complete with its two authentic "replica" diesel engines.............

[@sylentlight6771]

Great series but GAH! That annoys me so much that they went through such painstaking work to make it look old fashioned, even using old fashioned methods... Then stuck an engine and props on it... At THAT point they might as well have taken a modern ship and just bolted planks on the sides and a couple of masts on it. Boom, just as authentic.

[@blueskygoldensun]

No, a modern ship with an engine is not 'as authentic' as one built using the old methods and materials. This is a very authentic ship, but it has an engine due to safety concerns since it is travelling on the high seas with lots of people on board. The same goes for life-saving equipment. I don't think most people would like to be stuck on the high seas during a storm with no modern life-saving equipment. The ship itself is built just as they did it back then, using the same materials, with a few modern security additions.

[@paanikki]

+Nicholas Kindig The whole idea was to build a real ocean sailing vessel, not a replica for a museum. Today's ships MUST comply a large number of international safety and environmental requirements for the ship's structure, equipment and crew to get a classification for ocean sailing. Ships are not allowed to visit foreign ports outside their designated sailing area. While some other 1700's replica ships may be more "authentic", they are classified for coastal or "insea" sailing only. A sailing replica ship is always a compromise. Nobody expects anyone to sail with 18th century nautical charts, without any tide tables or weather forecasts, without any communication equipment, wearing 1700's clothing and no life-saving equipment whatsoever. Even the essential tools for celestial navigation, the sextant (optical instrument) and marine chronometer (needed for determining the longitude) were invented in mid 1700's, but most seafarers of that time used more clumsy and inaccurate instruments for determining the position.

[@blueskygoldensun]

+paanikki Very well put!

[@randymusick3645]

It would be a real crying shame to get in a bad situation say during a storm and lose the ship because you did not have the engines.

[@OmmerSyssel]

Nicholas Kindig Ohøj romantic landlubbers. As mentioned in the documentation much of the modern installation was due to modern safety regulations! Otherwise She would just be another floating museum not allowed to leave its safe harbour.. Modern comfort is simply common sense & makes Her useful many years ahead.. Try imagine yourself 20-30 days ocean sailing with unpredictable wind & no protection merciless delivered to any harsh conditions as snow, frost, fog, rain & hail along with ongoing meter high sea and daily forced to climb 30 meter mast..? Despite any personal condition & readiness! It's not only a question of comfort, but necessary lifesaving installations & equipment..

[@josecorreia8606]

E à arca de Noé

[@bigbob1699]

Did they want to offend the SEA Gods ? Where was the lady to christen her with champagne ?

[@MegaZimZim]

they wearnt allownd to use it as a ocean trading ship otherwise.

[@Zaratustrov]

What a pitty they had to follow SOLAS rules and can't make it 100% reproduction. (

[@paanikki]

+Zaratustrov Nobody would sail half the world with such reproduction. At least with a crew of young kids.

[@denforundrade695]

Norway made a big longship called ''The Dragon'' and they sailed across the Atlantic to the US. It was like in the old days but the crew has modern clothing at least. That i suspect would be a real challenge..

[@cpt.mirones5109]

Sailing Cargo is becomeing a thing lately even some without any engine at all one from 1873

[@OmmerSyssel]

Zaratustrov It was a choice because of modern technology installed! Lots of traditional boats are build without these technical features.. Search the Internet for information, instead of sharing your failing knowledge on thousand years old successfully craftsmanship..!

[@OmmerSyssel]

paanikki Risking their life's on the ocean because of some landlubbers high thoughts on tradition instead of modern (logical) safety standards..? Have you ever been sailing on the Atlantik with some 15 days to next safe coast..?

[@thebentley71]

What is this ship going to be used for. I saw some old cannons, I hope this ship is actually useful, not some musuem or replica tallship to show people how they sailed 200 yrs ago. The should use this ship to deliver food, freight or what ever is needed around the world. I think all ships & boats should be powered by the wind & assisted with electric motors that are powered by solar panels & wind generators. We don't need gasoline or diesel engines on the ocean anymore. They even have developed a four dr & 4 passenger solar car that can go 400 miles on a full charge of its batteries, & can propel itself by the solar panels alone, to speeds of 60-80 mph. The electric motor is attached to a 7 speed transmission, to help conserve energy. Nissan has a 70 lbs 3 cylinder diesel engine that makes 400 h.p. which could be used in airplanes for hybrid diesel/electric. Seimens has 100lbs e-motors that put out 300 h.p. they can be matted together to produce double the h.p. with a prop. Imagine a big plane with e-motors double up & with a prop, 1200 h.p on each wing 2400 total h.p, & solar panels covering the topside of the wings & fuselage, along with 2 nissan diesel engines matted to high output generators/altenators to create energy for the e-motors. Their will be no need to take mother earths blood anymore, or at least not as much.

[@migzahoy]

Why fuel its a sail ship it kinda ruin the purpose

[@luc1pop]

Security mostly, as said in the video.

[@paanikki]

+TrueBlogge777 SOLAS convention (United Nations) was signed by over 160 states all over the world, including most countries in the 3rd world. So, the regulations are not swedish, nordic or european. The ship classification organisations have also other rules that go beyond the regulations of the original SOLAS.

[@banjopete]

Your ears not working?

[@805gregg]

What a waste of good trees, modern designs would sail 3 times faster, why make an old slow POS and waste good wood