May 2008

Outer stem

Submitted by v28build on Sat, 2008-05-31 22:06

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Got to work for a good while on the boat today. Picked up a 1x8x8 to use to make the outer stem. Got that cut and laminated up (two layers of 1x and 1 layer of 1/2" ply/MDO). Got the bow trimmed up and in shape to mount it, and I think I may have figured out how to mount it :-)

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Gunning punts in Norfolk and Essex

Gunning punts at the Museum of the Broads. The smaller boat is styled after a gun punt but is too small for the purpose. Intending to pick up on another recent theme from Chris Partridge’s Rowing for Pleasure weblog, I took some photos of gunning punts at another of my favourite small boating museums, the [...]

Norfolk Broads boat sheds and boat houses

Sign spotted at a Stalham boatyard Boat sheds at Hickling, including the Whispering Reeds boatyard Following Chris P’s Rowing for Pleasure post, by coincidence I have also been making a little study of Broadland’s boat sheds and boat houses. They seem to me to have almost as much character as the people of the area [...]

World's Largest Sailing Cat

Submitted by cac on Fri, 2008-05-30 22:17

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One big, big boat... recently went through a refit. Lots of pictures.

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Live-on Boat for $300

Submitted by cac on Fri, 2008-05-30 22:12

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OK, so it's an older article and we're talking 1976 dollars, but its still interesting and nothing that can't still be done today. Using traditional and newer, non-traditional methods you can have a boat that works well, less expensively than you might think.

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A splendid shed at Rowing for Pleasure

Just back from a few exhausting days piloting a sailing cruiser with my increasingly teen-aged children on the Norfolk Broads, I see that Chris Partridge has put up a photo of a splendid boat shed. Be sure I will chip in with many more over the next few days…

Gear puzzle, and Gitana Eighty’s nav station

So Sail Editor Peter Nielsen sends me this shot wondering who makes that articulated stalky thing holding up the B&G autopilot, and where he can get some for his boat. I have no idea, and I’m interested too. Can anyone fill us in? Of course I asked Peter where he’d seen it, and damned if he hasn’t ...

Sailing Scuttlebutt

Submitted by cac on Thu, 2008-05-29 22:12

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Sailing Scuttlebutt is another online web "magazine/blog" that looks pretty interesting. I ran across it by being referred to some interesting pictures they were hosting this week... the first couple are certainly an interesting looking boat (or plane, or something). read more »

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FOB to Finland, Class B & Spot onboard!

Sometimes you-know-who works in mysterious ways. On Saturday afternoon I watched a long-time friend, Tom Amory, set sail for Finland with his daughter and her friend, but without the Simrad AI50 Class B AIS transponder he’d tried so hard to obtain...

SolidNav.com - electric power retrofit

Submitted by cac on Wed, 2008-05-28 21:55

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Another new entry in the electric power world. Looks to be designed as a sailboat drop-in replacement for your gas engine. Some of the technology looks interesting.

I'm thrilled to see more and more of this type of equipment on the market.

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