For the first time, I understand why the assembly line was invented, and why it was so successful. I have been working on all the bits and pieces that make up...
At this moment, I am blogging from the middle of the river that flows through Steinhatchee, FL. Helena and I have spent the last few days preparing the Blue...
About once a week, I look at a tool or a trick that seems totally cool and indispensable, and for that week, that tool seems to be the most important tool or...
The Depoe Bay Wooden Boat Show is coming up next week! This is always a fun show, very low-key, and Depoe Bay is a beautiful and interesting little harbor. The...
I'm so bummed I will miss the show this year! I was planning to be there with Ravn, but life intervened. It's a classic good news-bad news scenario: My...
When I announced that I was ready to sail off on Cabin Boy's Big Adventure, a bunch of people -- presumably experienced cruisers -- wished me 'Fair Winds'. ...
Has anyone built an Everhope or know of any pictures on the web. I would like to try to build one from strip plank plywood, does anyone know if this design...
I planned to sail a few short hops in the Blue Moon as a kind of shake down cruise. So I could get to know the boat, discover any problems before they became...
One of the great things about cruising in an 'interesting' boat is that it's easy to meet people. People are just naturally curious about an old fashioned boat...
I've been on the lookout for more than a year for any pictures of an Everhope - so far nothing. If I build one I will also use plywood. At first, because of...
I have a Florence Oakland schooner, and when I got it I completely underestimated the response from the general public. I have never had a problem finding...
Today I'm anchored in Clearwater, Florida, having decided I didn't have time to make it into Tampa Bay before dark. Ever since threading the needle into Cedar...
the first night I anchored in the Manatee River, I anchored off Emerson Point Park. This is a huge anchorage that was almost empty when I was there. There was...
While waiting for the antibiotics to work their magic on my poor battered shin, I have been working on my to-do list. Top on the list today was to mount...
From looking at the line drawings, I think she may look similar to "Little Water" obviously 5ft shorter. There are pictures of "little water" in the Photo...
There are also some pictures of a boat in the photo section of this group that is called a "little Water" however the stern is not the same, it has no tumble...
... Everhope is very similar to Rescue Minor and to Sholes Runner. I own a Rescue Minor and suggest that there is more boat in Everhope, depending on your...
I think I may have my terminology a little mixed up. I was Thinking of Glued Lapstrake plywood construction. Not sure why I called it strip. Although strip...
I don't know why I didn't put Everhope's specs in her catalog page. She must have been one of the early boats into the online catalog, before I caught my...
Having completed some chores, like lashing my sidelight box into the rigging, it was definitely time to move on. One problem: getting back up the Manatee...
I have the article on Everhope from motorboating's Ideal series on file in my hard drive. If you would like to see it let me know here as I don't usually check...
A V-bottom displacement cruiser from John Atkin: http://www.boat-links.com/Atkinco/Cruisers/GreatBear.html -- John (jkohnen@...) His heart was bound...
I'd be interested to see Shoals Runner and Little Water and any others you want to take the time to send. The address is johndolph@... Thanks for the...
I expected the first couple weeks of this cruise to be a bit of a 'shakedown' -- both of the boat and of me. And indeed it has! I was initially annoyed by the...
John .. this is a wonderful boat. I don't think she needs 70hp though .. 55hp (say a 4JH Yanmar) would do fine or even 40 for a cruising speed of 7 knots....
Len's computer got hijacked. :o( Don't open that link he sent. I'll moderate his messages until he's clean, so we won't see any more garbage from him here. ......
Yesterday, it was finally time to leave Sarasota Bay and head south. Unfortunately, a southerly wind was blowing like stink, as they say. No matter, I thought,...
People say that sailboats don't have brakes. Maybe some people's sailboats don't, but mine does. And it saved my butt several time... today! I have got my...
