How do they get boats into bottles?

Question

I know they can fold the masts down but that doesn't explain how they get the boat itself inside.

Answer 1

All the questions above are correct.  Now if you want to see for your self and learn the art here is a clip.  There are many more where this came from, so look around.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=0m7UsXXmSQ...

Enjoy.

Answer 2

Things You’ll Need:

Thread

Putty

Scissors

Building materials

Bottle

Paint or dye

Hinges

Step1 Get a bottle. The bottle's opening should be considerably smaller than the bulk of the bottle's diameter, but not any smaller than 1 or 2 inches.

Step2 Choose what type of ship you intend to build. Most artists of this kind like to create replicas of boats throughout history.

Step3 Measure the diameter of the bottle's opening. Keep this number handy. You will try to build the hull of the ship with a width and height less than that number.

Step4 Build the hull of the ship. Build everything except the mast, the spurs (support beams for sails) and the sails. Make sure this much of the boat can fit into the bottle.

Step5 Build the masts, spurs and sails separately. At the base of each of the masts, add a hinge. Each mast will need a hinge that can bend the sails at a near 90-degree angle.

Step6 Add the masts and sails to the rest of the ship. Make sure all the hinges are pointed so the open side of the hinges face the front of the boat.

Step7 Attach a line of sewing thread to each of the vertical, hinged masts. Connect the thread on the masts above the hinge. Make sure each thread is longer than the length of the bottle.

Step8 Mix paint or dye into putty to make the putty look blue, green or whatever your desired "sea" color should look like.

Step9 Get the putty inside the bottle. The putty will perform two functions: it will represent the sea and hold the ship in place.

Step10 Bend the masts forward and keep the thread pointed toward the rear of the ship. In this form, the ship should be able to fit into the bottle's opening.

Step11 Place the ship into the bottle and, using some homemade tools, place the ship firmly in the desired position on the putty. Make sure all the lines of thread are still outside the bottle.

Step12 Pull the lines of thread back gently, one at a time, to raise the masts and sails up to a perpendicular position. When the the optimum position is reached, cut away the threads.

Answer 3

they make the boat in there, people use sort of long tweezer sort of things to move the pieces of the boat and make it inside the bottle

Answer 4

they have a long stick with a hook that curves around the peaces and makes it so u can build it they dont come inside and u cant take of the bottum its a fricken bottle

Answer 5

The ship is built inside the bottle from the very beginning.... so you see, they don't get them into the bottles at all ;)

Answer 6

Long tweezers and a magnifying glass.

Answer 7

They don't actually try to squeeze the boat in the bottle, lol. They use really long stick-like objects with little claw thingies on the ends to attatch peices together and build the boat inside the bottle. So you never really had to put the boat in the bottle!

Hope I was a help!

Answer 8

Cut off the big bottom, put boat in bottle and glue bottom back on.