I'm slowly updating the webpages on the blog. In the meantime, three Deblois Street Dories are slated to launch in the next several weeks, including two...
Monday, 29 February 2016
Didi Sport 15 rigThe rig combines a reefable square-top mainsail with self-tacking jib, as working sails, with an asymmetrical spinnaker on retracting...
Read More..
Didi 38 "Black Cat" in the Cape To Rio Race 2014. It is not possible to visualise what it is like to be there in that situation, even if you sit inside...
Actually John Slattebo calls it the Tipnol, a Marshallese term for one of their canoe types. The Tipnol is John's personal canoe made up from...
Sunday, 28 February 2016
Be part of the Calendar Islands Yawl project this winterCalendar Islands Yawl daysailerNew designthe brief: Hull above will be modified...
Le Lac Saint-Jean se fait beau pour Bororo. from Michel Boissonneault on Vimeo.Guy Rinfret was one of the very first builders of the T2 proa. This...
Sabik, a 16' Wa'apa was recently launched by builder Dave Johansen at Pau Pau beach on the island of Saipan in the Mariana Islands. It will have...
I designed the Explorer #59 being chased by Challenger #20.It is good to see a smaller sister, the Sentinel Challenger, racing in the same fleet. The...
Saturday, 27 February 2016
Yesterday I reworked the digital version of my book "Shaped by Wind & Wave". When I first released it last year it was in ePub format, readable on...
I re-designed the foil with a bigger bulb, so that the socket could be 25mm deep. The bulb looks a bit fat, but in theory it should work. I wish I could...
The release went well from the mould, by my standards. (lucky i didnt spend too much time on the mould.) The vacuum finish is impressive, the part is...
Heres a quick clip feeding the sewing machine a 12 foot seam. This is joining the top two pannels of the sail to the bottom. These are Chinese Junk sails....
Here is some teaser information.One of our popular plywood designs that has been around for a few years is about to be elevated in status. Tooling is...
to The Compass Project in Portland, Me is building a DSD with a group of kids and they are doing a great job.The boat is built like dories have always...
Friday, 26 February 2016
My last post was about people going long distance in small boats and most of my readers know that I am soon to go long distance in a slightly bigger boat....
This time last week we were in Connecticut, participating in the 24th annual Inlet Runner in the "I Built it Myself" section of the Wooden Boat...
Here is a design for the Ulua crossbeams that extends outenough to strap on a safety ama. It also curves up to keepthe safety ama above the...
Heres a few pics of progress around the deck and inside. My Very kind Dad has made us the most beautiful deck hatch along the lines of one that J Benford...
The 2015 edition of theSome of the boats at the 2014 Festival, Didi Cruise-Mini in right foreground.I will be taking part in three sessions, one on each...
Thursday, 25 February 2016
We (myself, Christophe Matson, Eric Risch the designer of the EBDS, and Steven Bauer) had a wonderful time guiding three wonderful families through the...
I have recently added two new radius chine plywood designs to our range and wrote about them on this blog. Here are updates on both boats.Yesterday I...
Those who followed our abortive Cape to Rio Race on the Didi 38 "Black Cat" and my recent blog posts about it will know that we went through situations...
In December we moved to a temporary address for home and office. The time has come to move to a permanent spot again. That will happen the last week of...
My own build of the GIS continues until this Friday when kits for the boat go out, the patterns for which are based on this build. The assembly of the...
well, practically. i stuck the wingbars on with string.stood back and admired my work. (you'll notice that i stuck them on once before, made holes in...
Wednesday, 24 February 2016
The Calendar Islands Yawl 16A Sail-and-Oar Dinghy for one or two peopleThe CIY 16 began as a 19 x 6 1/2-foot daysailer design with a deck and coaming...
Small selection of our plywood kit designsPlywood kits for our designsTo see our full range of designs, go to...
Michael Vermeersch of Ohio commissioned the Michael with wife Pat & daughter Catherine.Since adding this design to our stock design list, another...
The details of how to design a yawl so that the tiller gets around the mizzen is an interesting topic. There are a number of tricks:Using a line steering...
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
