Save-On Wooden Boats

Mutiple die cut sheets of wood, four different colors and thicknesses of rigging thread. Brass and pot metal deck fittings and other parts. Sail material requires measuring and cutting.

This ship is famous for sailing from Southampton in 1620 with 102 pilgrims on board and landing at Plymouth Rock in Massachusetts. Bokapy wood hull planking. Brass parts such as the chain plates, lantern braces, eyebolts, and wire for handbolts. Cast iron anchor and bailing pumps. Light and dark gray cotton thread for rigging.

The H.M.S. Bounty is very well known to all from films and books. It's relatively simple: a merchant ship, rigged as a frigate, and equipped for exploration journeys, a common practice amongst all the navies during the 18th century. Mutiple die cut sheets of wood, five different colors and thicknesses of rigging thread.

The Universal series is designed for the builder with little experience, and has a pre-construced hull for easier assembly. This ship is a magnificent scale reproduction of The Albatros sailing ship, which was built in 1899, also known as a North Sea Klipper. It went through a complete restoration in the mid '80s, and was recommissioned as a sailing cargo vessel with classification GL 100 A4K, and still sails today! Various types of top-quality woods are used.

This Spanish Navy's 4 Masted Naval Training Academy Training ship was launched in Cadiz on the 5th of March 1927. In preparation for the great race of 3,600 miles between Lisbon and Hamilton in 1964, some of her sails were amended and after some hard training the ship reached a speed of 15 knots. She has a crew of 36 officers, 143 trainee sailors and 70 Marines.

The H.M.S. Victory participated under the control of Admiral Nelson in the Battle of Trafalgar on October 21, 1805 when the English defeated the French-Spanish fleet. The Victory was heavily armed with 104 cannons. It had a crew of 850 men. This vessel is totally restored, and anchored in the harbour of Portsmouth, serves as a museum.

Mutiple die cut sheets of wood, four different colors and thicknesses of rigging thread. Brass and pot metal deck fittings and other parts. Sail material requires measuring and cutting.

It is difficult to encounter in the history of sailing vessels a ship with so many diverse activities during her active life as the US CONSTELLATION. In fact she started her active life in 1798 and was withdrawn from sevice in 1955. Her missions were various: she seized numerous ships, and defended the Hawaiian Islands against annexation by the British in 1845 and 1849.

H.M.S. Bounty, a merchant ship fitted out as a frigate, will always be remembered for the mutiny organized by Fletcher Christian in 1789 during a voyage to Tahiti. Christian and the other mutineers forced Captain Bligh to abandon the ship in an open longboat with 18 crew members who were loyal to him and a few provisions.