Thankyou, glad you like it! :) Thanks for your kind comments! Unfortunately WWII MOC's are not really my thing, but thanks for bringing your impressive creation to my attention nevertheless. :) Thanks Ben! I'd love to try this again with a bigger boat, more rolling effects etc. Watch this space! ;)

immaculate !>....great sea effect, sparkling....well done

Amazing job! I just love it! Very good! Can you come see my u-boat?

That's beautiful! The wave effects look so real and so perfect! Lovely work :) Nice addition with the Squidman :D Amazing work ;)

Thanks Leda, glad you like it! :) Thanks Elk Guard. :) I'm glad that the relationship of the boat to its environment works well for you! Thankyou and happy new year to you too! Here's to many more mocs in the months to come. :)

Cheers fellas! Heh, i think i have created a wave moc with a piddly boat plonked in the middle... xD Thankyou! The various ways people create the look of water in Lego never cease to amaze me, so this feels like high praise to me. :) Thankyou! :) Thanks El Barto, glad you like it! :)

Cheers mate! Glad you like it. :) Thankyou for your lovely comment! :) I love that pic too, and i did have it in mind (impossible to do a wave scene without thinking about it really) whilst i was building this. I look forward to seeing your brick re-creation of it for sure! :) As for Malte's "flexi-cheese" technique (although i've used mainly plates and tiles), you might not be able to see it that well as the second piece of tubing is on the bottom of the hull - you can see a bit of it poking out in the close up pic of the bow. ;) Thank for your comment Sebeus. :) It is an odd shape, i'm glad you mentioned it cause i wasn't sure about it myself. Trad Sri Lankan fishing boats do look to have that sail configuration - square with one of the bottom corners tied to a sheet. However, in tying the other bottom corner to the prow, i noticed that this twisted the masts to the point that they popped out - i ended up trimming the sail on the trampoline side as i didn't want this to happen. :/ The upshot is, it could look odd because of my meddling with the sail to stop the masts twisting. I don't know how dynamic the masts are on those boats btw - i imagine reasonably so, otherwise how would they come about? (I'm used to my cats having booms, can't you tell?) Cheers Master Leo! I was thinking about making the large wave on the back left rear even more, but i think this looks more realistic. Glad you like it! :) Thanks! :)

By the way, the waves look great and I love the comparison between this and your old version.

Gorgeous shapes and that violent ocean is wonderful!

Fantastic work on the sea swell, what really sells it is the bow of the boat starting to heave up the crest of the next wave.

Thankyou very much for your kind words! I am in awe of your LDD ships btw, just amazing stuff. I might have to wait for my breath to come back before i comment on them! ;) Thanks! My name isn't Gabrial Thomas, but Gabriel Thomson. Close, but no cigar! ;) Thanks, glad you like it! :) Thanks mate, i've been wanting to make something like this for ages - this is the first chance i've had since the end of the MocOlympics. It's a nice way to start the new year too, with something different! :) Thankyou! :)

Cheers, glad you like it! :) Thanks, i certainly had a bit of a struggle with that sail... :P I'm still not 100% happy with it, but as you can see in my last pic, it's certainly an improvement on my last sailing ship! Too right mate, hoist the red and the blue! ;) (Thanks for your comment btw!) Cheers Blake! :) It certainly looks good on a larger area, i agree. Thanks, that motion was exactly what i was aiming for, so i'm stoked to hear you say that. :) Cheers!

Thanks, me too! I often find myself amazed and awed by other ppls boat mocs, i feel like it's high time i took up the challenge and starting making a few myself. :) Thankyou! :) Cheers mate. :) Thankyou! i'm pretty happy with the way the waves have turned out. :) Thanks, i really appreciate your kind words, and i'm glad it's given you some inspiration as well. :) I certainly feel like i've learnt a lot from building this, hopefully my next boat will be bigger and better! ;)

Fantastic piece.

A nice design and a beautiful start of 2012. Love the water details, and the boat is awesome! Well done!

those waves really make the creation...

The water is perfect.

The boat looks good, but I'm really impressed by the way you shaped those waves– probably some of the nicest work on that sort of thing I've ever seen. Nice work!

This is beautiful! Epic kudos on those waves!

Impressive set up here, Dude! You've really captured the wave action-Awesome!

I am in awe at the sculpting of the waves with the varying slopes! The flexing hull vs the fixed is awesome! Excellent work!

I am in awe at the sculpting of the waves with the varying slopes! The flexing hull vs the fixed is awesome! Excellent work!

This is full of wonder! I love it! The sea reminds me of "The Great Wave" by Hokusai one of my favourite paintings, and something i've wanted to recreate in Lego for a while. I might have to swing by here and take cues from this when I get round to building it. You've come a long way since you ended your dark ages, that old ship is charming this new one is spellbinding! Very nice piece of Lego art that will long be remembered. I couldn't see where you used Maltes flexi cheese technique. I have just borrowed it myself for my latest car creation. I must have a break from cars soon and let my minifigs out to play :-)

Nice, the curve is great, strange sail though, a tricorner would be more natural I think. Great job

There's a lot of motion in those waves! Wow! Amazing build! Gives a real sense of the boat attacking the water.

Instant eyecatcher. The shape of the boat is very elegant indeed. Beautiful work on the waves.

Cool, and is your name really Gabrial Thomas. Thats the exact name of a guy in heroes ;)

I agree with Luke, I love the way the water looks. ~Mr.X~

The sea's terrific, and the curvature amazing. Great work!

Incredible job with the waves!

WOW! That's excellent! And the sea waves are particularly well done! Great job!

I love the ship, especially how you attached the the sail! And also liked your experiment with the clips

Great catamaran! Long live Kaliphlin!

Those waves are gorgeous from afar!

Very nice build, the swell of the sea is excellent, really gives the feeling of motion. Nice job!

that is incredible! i love boats and this is no exception!

beautiful waves, excellent moc.

Excellent.

Wow! This is outstanding!! Not just the boat (which is beautiful), but the waves too - I've not seen anyone make a better sea than this. 10/10

I actually already spotted this on a dutch forum I'm a member of and then I already thought this one was marvelous! You really used cool techniques in it's hull design. And it gave me ideas for my ships of the southern area of my fantasy world. Seriously keep up the good work! Oh and I totally forgot to mention the waves! They really work out like this, especially with the trans-clear 1x2 plates making it look like the top of the waves being blown away by the wind. Awesome! - greetings, Elderon