First Sail in Sea Pearl Scout

Sails good.  More to follow.  Note 1991 Tohatsu 3.5hp long shaft outboard.  Holy baloney, outboards can be very, very nice.  And evil.  But nice.

Scullmatix

I purchased a scullmatix for my boats, and I gave it a whirl in the local pond.  My lovely wife took a picture of me sculling through the fog on IAZ,P.  It works... but I need more room to get it really going, me thinks.  Im primarily going to use it for the Sea Pearl 21.

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 is being used for the buttstraps and other very critical components, otherwise the PL Premium is being used throughout the boat.  

Here are some pictures.

The boat is actually quite large.  Much larger than I ever thought from looking at pictures.  There is a lot of room.  The main salon in the middle is over 6 long.  It is wide.  It is awesome.  It will easily take dogs, children, and adults, at the same notice.  Notice Storer-inspired inwale.

Looking good!