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riders and futtock riders on the ceiling were used in the pi- nas for the main mast step. Breasthooks can be observed. The fore step is not shown at all.
Figure 2.116 shows the gu n room w ith the sternpost and the upper ends of riders coming up through the deck (c). In the foreground on either side we see the upper ends of a pair of futtock riders, which Witsen forgot to draw in the previous illustrations. It should be mentioned here that Witsen constantly mixes up upper and lower decks in his text. Throughout the translation this mistake has been corrected without comment.
In figure 2.117 we see the riders in the stern, w ith fut- tock riders, a rising floor rider—not the rising floor timber or crutch, as treated in section 26 ( The Floor timbers, bilge Futtocks, Steekers, Crutches, andTransoms), which is part of the frame, but a rider to reinforce the ceil- ing—and the knees of the broekstuk, joining the fashion frames below the t uck (see section 7 , The Broekstuk) and of the lowermost transom, just barely visible.
59. When it has been launched, then make sca oldingoutsideandtothestern.
(155 I 26) At KK [fig. 2.118] on the same plate, a Ship is shown, that has just been launched, to which the scaf- folding is being made, ready before the Yard.
a Is the Putlog.
b Is the Putlog strut.
c Is the staging by which one enters the stern. d The Mast, on which the sca olding is made. e Is the bank, on which the lower end of the
sca olding lies.
A notch is made in the lower face of the Putlogs, in which the strut is made to stand with its end , the strut is cut o with an angle, at the lower end coming against the ship.
At MM [fig. 2.119] a Putlog is shown with the lower face facing upward, and the notch in it, a is the hole of the putlog, and b the end toward the ship, it is fas- tened to the ship on the Wale, or whatever serves best.
a On the plate NN [fig. 2.120] is a Putlog, seen from below.
c The End of the Putlog, lying on the wale. b The strut below the Putlog, the one end
fastened to the ship, the other standing in the hole of the putlog, but nailed; and when the putlog is long, as they are forward and aft, then two struts are made to it.
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Figure 2.112. Etching of a ship launch by Reinier Nooms, 1660. The artist’s depiction fits Witsen’s description in all respects except one:thescaffoldingsupportsarealreadyattached.Seesection59(Whenithasbeenlaunched,thenmakesca oldingoutsideand to the stern). Courtesy Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
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