A BERMUDA SLOOP of 1740 by plans of Frederic af Chapman

The BERMUDA SLOOP, a fast sailing ship

The Bermuda sloop is a type of sailing vessel that seem to be built first in Jamaica during the early 1600s. They were fast, reliable and robust ships.
By 1700 buildings of these ships shifted to the Bermuda Islands. The Bermuda sloops became a commonly used sailing vessel in the Caribbean and later amongst sloop rigs worldwide. Soon, shipbuilding became one of the primary trades on the Bermuda Islands. The ships were exported throughout the West Indies and eventually to Europe. The spreading of that ship type was partly due to the availability of large quantities of red cedar, that has superior qualities of rot-resistance, low density (allowing the ships be lighter and faster) and high strength.
It were the French that first used that ship type for leisure trips. They made it well-known in Europe, too.

Literature used by the maker of that model: Eduard Bobrik: Seefahrtskunde, Howart I. Chapelle: The Search For Speed Under Sail; Frederic af Chapman: Architectura Navalis Mercartoria; Orazio Curti: Schiffsmodellbau;  Charles G. Davis: The Shipmodelbuilders Assistant; Merrit A. Edson jr.: Smithonian Institution; Wolfram zu Mondfeld: Historische Schiffsmodelle; Alec A. Purves: Flags; Steel's Elements For Sailmaking, Masting And Rigging; Zeitgenoessisches Aquarell von Karzavhin.

The BERMUDA SLOOP model, photos, description and dimensions

Please take your time to have a good look at the set of photos. There are several views of the entire ship model  and several closer views hull and rigging. If you click on a photo you will get that photo in high resolution. Only these high resolution photographs show how much work and handicraft ability were put in the model. (If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator, press F11 to minimize navigation bars and have a larger screen with the photos.)

This very beautiful model of a BERMUDA SLOOP is 1 : 48 scale. Length is 84 cm, width 28 cm, height 65 cm.

This model has been already sold. The pictures and the data are shown in the gallery of the ship models sold only to let enthusiasts and model makers enjoy the photos and maybe get ideas or some guidance, if someone builds such a model by himself.