May 2010
Sagging roof
Submitted by v28build on Mon, 2010-05-31 18:59Sorry I haven't been around much recently... yet again life intrudes in the best laid plans. Regretfully, our family has been dealing with the illness and apparent imminent death of a close relative, so I may yet be on and off a bit.
Did manage to go clean up a bit and look over the boat this afternoon. Noticed one worrisome thing... the roof is sagging.
The area near the front and the rear of the cabin where the front and rear walls, the head and the "kitchen bulkhead" are available to provide some support, its fine, but in the center of the longer span of the cabin, its sagging. read more »
Club of the Waves
Submitted by cac on Sat, 2010-05-29 22:34Not exactly boatbuilding, but surfing is definitely a popular part of watersports... check out this blog specializing in surfing artwork. Interesting combination.
Boating T-shirt
Submitted by cac on Fri, 2010-05-28 09:02I really like this... go to the page and vote for it if you want them to produce them :-)
Kayak building at the Boat Building Academy, Lyme, in September
The Boat Building Academy at Lyme Regis has organised a 10-day course on building West Greenland kayaks building course starting on the 27th September. read more »
Lowrance Simrad SonicHub, some details revealed
Tipke Marine Fold-It Utility Cart
Submitted by cac on Wed, 2010-05-26 22:07
Round the Island Race, 19th June
Round the Island yachts racing off the Needles (thanks to Onedition), the 43ft Fred Shepherd designed Maybird, and Ocean Pearl (Vanessa Bird) read more »
NoLand RS11, analog to NMEA 2000 engine monitoring
What follows is a first time guest entry by regular commenter Adam Block, who is planning a 2011 Pacific crossing aboard his Nordhavn 47 Convexity. Adam says "hehad no idea what he was getting into when he started a recent electronics upgrade," but he did manage to convert analog engine data into NMEA 2000 for display in the N2KView software above and elsewhere. He's also written a clear explanation of the options available for this tricky task, and the specifics of the NoLand RS11 h read more »
