'Tis the season for kitting out boats here in the shop. It is keeping the business very busy as we finalize the Goat Island Skiff kits and in January...
Sunday, 31 January 2016
Recently two came out, one in Small Boats Monthly and the other on the brand new, UK-based Barnacle Bill. Small Boats covered the Calendar Islands Yawl...
Congrats to Barbara Simon, the new owner of the Willard Beach Dory (WBD), a new stitch-and-glue dory skiff drawn by Roger Long who has retired and is...
"I like to get out there sit in the swell and look out" is how I think of a pleasant row in my home waters of Casco Bay, Maine. Along with dreaming of...
I have shown the Building the saloon settees.Looking forward at the foredeck, with deck beam flange being laminated.This is the second boat of our design...
Fleshing out the Calendar Islands YawlModeling the InteriorWhile I am actually breaking out the geometry of the final 3D computer model, the interior...
Saturday, 30 January 2016
Newly launched, Den's 24' Ulua cranking it on out in the Manukau Harbor, New Zealand with a temporary windsurf sail. A more crab claw styled...
The Deer Isle Koster is a new kit that will hit the market by November. We are very excited aboutthis addition to the catalog. I finally had a chance...
2Oceans 1RockIt's rare to hear such solid advice as this and I think the guy may have a chance.Equipment Failure: Anyone who has sailed offshore...
The First layer of radius being fitted to Mike's boat.The rebate along the edge of the side panel can be seen in this photo.Final hull shape starting...
Friday, 29 January 2016
about a year late... but hey. what can you do. hopefully it will all be done in time for the states on the 19th of april. if the new foil's maiden voyage...
More than 20 years ago Anthony Steward sailed around the world on a tiny open boat. He took the mould plug from my Ant Steward's little boat shipwrecked...
Drop in Sail rig, ready to go with custom canvas sailbag.Yawldory Elyssa just launched. We built the masts and spars.Caledonia Yawl birdsmouth-hollow...
went out today for a few hours to test the new modifications. conditions were like 3 to 12kts. anything above about 8 i was foiling, though probably needed...
Team Pure and Wild should win the Race to Alaska if they keep it all together and right side ...
Thursday, 28 January 2016
For those who aren't all over it yet, grasshopper is a plugin for Rhino that allows you to build 3d models parametrically. You can choose to model...
A potential builder of the Didi 950 Stability Graph. Click to enlarge.With no wind or waves and the ballast tanks on one side filled, the boat will not...
I'd been using this brailing line setup for a few years on my own Ulua so when Dennis Bullen asked me to make a sail, by cutting down an old genoa jib, ...
Yesterday "Black Cat", the "Black Cat" finishing the Governor's Cup Race. Photo courtesy of What The Saints Did Next.When I wrote my piece yesterday...
The article about our January capsize in the Cape to Rio Race is now in print in Graphic from Professional Boatbuilder magazine of the start of the capsize.In...
Wednesday, 27 January 2016
Some new photos up at my Flickr site for the two past corporate and family boatbuilding events at Mystic Seaport.One thing we love is that all our participants...
The Calendar Islands Yawl will be a lug-yawl rig. Details forthcoming!! Stay tuned for the quarter scale model of the boat. I'll be assembling the...
This seems to be a period of hull-turning. About 10 days ago I posted about the Axle bolted to bow.Lifted on engine hoists and turn started.Cradle ready...
It has been awhile so this is a quick overall update on projects:* Goat Island Skiff kits can be cut anytime. Marketing for kits will begin by late Winter...
Late Summer Update and AnnouncementThe KDI project is fully funded thanks to a group of enthusiastic sponsors. Thank you! I now have a lot of work to...
Tuesday, 26 January 2016
Finally got around to watching my interview from the worlds. Knowing full well that i'm a pretty rough looking bloke I was putting off watching at it...
I have written here before about the versatility of the Argie 15. This week I watched a video posted on YouTube by Özden Oğul, of two couples sailing...
Steve Watson is building a Pulled out of the garage.Half-way over. A hull is intimidating in this position and must be controlled. Gravity can quickly...
Skip Johnson has been working at the bleeding edge of experimental, backyard proa design and construction. ...
Skip is not exactly new to this sort of thing having built a larger proa some years ago.
Here's a great video about Skip and the kayaks he's designed and built.
I designed the Paper Jet in una-rig Lite format.It has proven capable of doing all that I intended, although I have used my prototype #001 as a single-hander...
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