a conundrum…
Have you noticed that almost no one still makes manual windlasses anymore and, that the few who do sell them for more than their more-expensive-to-build power versions? Curious that.
Taking control with a nod to responsibility…
The other day, a reader who often drops me mail to let me know I’m an idiot, directed me to a thread on a forum regarding a woman’s decision to buy a cheap RV stove for a couple of hundred dollars instead of a “proper” marine one for a couple of thousand… Silly man. First …
Big Frelling Skrowl…
Yes, a thirty foot Skrowl… “Un bateau de 9m pour l’habitabilité d’un 11m, les performances d’un 10m, le coût d’un 8m et le temps de construction d’un 7m…”— Yann Quenet
Does anyone know where I can find plans for a TARDIS?
My current project onboard “So It Goes” is revamping the stowage system for tools and other associated objects of boatbuilding mayhem. It is not an easy job… Fact of the matter is, I’m pretty close to losing what little sanity I still possess and, I suspect, if I don’t sort out a means of making …
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Small boats, small problems…
Some Muscadet goodness… Oh, and speaking of small, Mariah of Comet Camper fame is doing another Tiny Transition and Downsizing class you might want to take advantage of…
Just the sort of testing/writing we need more of…
Practical Boat Owner tests the junk and Bermudean rig the way it should be done… Good stuff and you can read it online here.
a small suggestion for the new year…
Time’s a funny thing… Way back when, I woke up one morning knowing I wanted to move on to a boat…Funny how shit like that happens. The thing is, at the time, living on a boat and cruising was in no way a popular or hip thing to do. In fact, if you were doing …
Some good news…
Did you know you can now buy plans for the Skrowl and other neat designs from the Yann Quenet stable? You still here?
So, what about that Tad Robert’s scow cat schooner?
Here’s a glimpse of the interior accommodation… What Tad has to say about it… From the transom, four feet of cockpit with outboard well in the sole. Storage lockers port and starboard under the seats, each one is 24 cubic feet. A large locker under the forward cockpit sole, for gas cans, spare outboard, crab …
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Some more thoughts of the Columbia 26 sort…
So, back to the Columbia 26. As the previously mentioned list shows, there is really not a lot I’d change but a couple of things do come to mind. Mainly the rudder, propulsion system, and rig. Today, because they are somewhat related projects, we’ll focus a little on propulsion and the rudder. Having looked at …