The research comprises the analysis of the problems relating to the re-manufacture and the utilization of sails hardware and the boat construction techniques that may arouse.
The possible problems to emerge relating to the re-manufacture and utilization of sails hardware, and the boat construction techniques will be analyzed. The ancient and modern science of navigation will be compared. The most significant characteristics of our project is to build the replica by using the same method applied in ancient shipwrights namely ‘shell-first method' which involves the replacement of the planks in the supportive frames; thus being the second sailing example of a replica built by the very same method in the world.
The ship, which is built by ‘shell-first method' , is to be launched for a long-distance voyage and the crew will experiment capabilities of sailing by the problems that will arouse during the voyage.
The knowledge we have about the deck and the rigging of the ship is lesser. However since the sailing traditions and the techniques are well known, it is quite possible to gather information about the methods applied by the mariners of that period and to realize it.
On the other hand, the rigging, being used according to the changing weather conditions during the voyage will give significant clues of archaelogy and experiment of ancient sailing methods.
This experiment is a first in our country even though the similar examples are present in the world.
The problems, which are likely to be encountered during the voyage, are:
• The contrast of ‘shell-first method' to the thesis relating to the symmetry of the ship.
• The distribution of ballast and cargo.
• The negative effect of the inside placed keel to the weather side of the ship during sailing.
• The problems relating to the usage of double boom system.
• The effect and the difficulty of the scarce usage of spools and pulleys to the rigging of the ship.
• The low docking-launching maneuver capability of the ship.
