Thursday, March 31, 2016

Concordia Sloopboat Feather

Glenn Woodbury is skipper of this little sloop which was designed in the mid-1960s by Captain R.D. "Pete" Culler when he was working at the Concordia Company in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA.Feather was built by John Graham in Sausalito, California in 1983 and now resides on Marrowstone Island in Washington state.Glenn describes his fine vessel:"She...

Isles of Shoals again!

Another blast out to Isles of Shoals for my Goat Island Skiff!The intrepid reader will remember last years trip.  That trip was C-R-A-Z-Y with a roaring tailwind J-Pirate and myself hung on for dear life and made it the Isles in about an hour, and that included non-direct route a pansy-jibe (the 270 deg. tack).  The way back was 3 hours in...

Fowey River Class

The Fowey River Class is a 14 foot traditional dinghy which is actively sailed in the Cornish harbour town.Based on a knockabout day boat by Reg Freeman in the late 1940’s, the design of which was published in Yachting World. In the early 1950’s a local dentist commissioned a boat to be built by Hunkins Boatyard across the river at Polruan, after that...

Michalak Jonsboat

This is a decidedly non-Goat Island Skiff post.  My friend Peteloaf, who did a wonderful job building a Mik Storer Eureka (see this post on the Storer forum) is now building a Michalak Jonsboat for himself and his family.  So far, so good.  The boat is built with meranti ply from Goose Bay Lumber, ash, and pine.  Epoxy...

Onawind Blue

Onawind Blue is a 15 foot Light Trow designed by Gavin Atkin and fellow blogger of In The Boatshed. The Trow was in part inspired by a traditional working boat from a very unusual stretch of protected water on the Dorset coast known as the Fleet, which is enclosed behind the gravel banks at Chesil Beach.The traditional Trow was a heavily built, flat...

Seat cleats gluing daggerboard

Ok my pretties:Today I decided to start gluing again after a long hiatus. My back is good enough now that I can bend into the boat now if Im really careful. We had a couple days where the temps were above freezing by a few degrees, so the garage temperature came up as well. With a well placed $12 heater from Lowes, I glued up the seat cleats for the...

Mingming

Mingming 2008Mingming, then called Phaedra, as I first found her at Woodbridge.A rapid-fire ten day rebuild to make her ocean-proofA good sea-worthy hatch!First sea trials - in the not-so-bleak mid-winter.Roger and Mingming in Praia da Vitoria, Azores, Azores Challenge 2008photo Tony HeadApproaching Jan MayenJan Mayen IslandWhales! Roger was accompanied...

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Harrac

The first time I saw Harrac must have been the summer of 2007 or it might have been 2006, she was backing off of the fuel berth at Moodys marina on the Hamble and she irresistibly caught my eye in the same way that you cant help noticing pretty girl.She was designed by lan Pape as a Yawl and built by Curtis and Pape at Looe in Cornwall in 1981 with...

Susanna

Thanks to Peter Gregson of Wooden Ships, who sent details of this lovely counter stern, bermudian cutter.Designed by Norman Dallimore and built by William King & Sons of Burnham on Crouch in 1936.Susanna measures 33’6" LOD and 38’ LOA, 8’6” beam, 4’6” draft, 6’ headroom, 9 tons TM. Built with 1" pitch pine planking on Canadian rock elm frames,...

Road Trip The butterflies of Morelia

After three days in the fascinating city of Guanajuato it was time to reluctantly say goodbye and get back on the road. Our first stop was San Miguel de Allende. This town is renowned for its arts and culture, and is home to two prestigious schools, the Instituto Allende and the Instituto de Bellas Artes. These schools, founded in the 1940s by artists...

Meander 2014 How the Thames grows up from baby to teenager in four days

Although Im happy to be accused of stretching an analogy too far, the 124 mile journey of the River Thames from its rural source to the point it becomes tidal, is rather like the development of a child, from wriggling infant to grown man, ready to head off to sea to seek adventure far from its home shores. Along the way it leaves its toys  lying...
 

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