HAllo, Zijn er ook nederlandse of vlaamse bootbouwers in deze groep? In dat geval wil ik je uitnodigen om ook lid te worden van onze groep bootbouwers, die met...
Urgent!!! Need to move a very nice 19' sloop rigged,,homebuilt,,, excellent hardware,, on a very good, big wheel trailer.. Needs varnish work. make offer in...
Gidday I have an 18ft Open Daysailer in my sights and am going to eyeball it in the next few days. It is about twenty years old and built from Ply that is...
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Wood rot generally requires food (wood), moisture and warmth... so anywhere that water might collect is a good place to start. A few pokes with a small pen...
Hey the e-zine from Outdoors Magazine had a short blurb on suggested items for beach camping that I thought might be useful to others... it's a short piece...
Hi there Jason If its handy to Auckland, I'll gladly come an Have a look at it with you if you like... Dave Perillo http://www.openboat.co.nz ... eyeball it...
Boyz & Girls..I am no longer an armchair sailor...I actually went sailing Saturday in a Grand Banks Dory with Roger Allen, curator of the "Florida Gulf Coast...
Great Post & fine Links that make me dream even if I am from Belgium and only sailed in Tarpon Springs; Viva Florida ! Ben ... sailing Saturday in a Grand...
Larry, Thanks for the link to the site. I'm in love with the spritsail skiff! Can you give any information? Are there plans, etc? Thanks, Dennis ... sailing...
That skiff was built by a local builder...we at FGCMM will be building one soon...I'll document with some pics as we go once it's started....I'd like to build...
Thank you all very much for your help regarding the purchase of my new boat. Thank you Roger for your advice and also Dave Perillo for your kind offer. The...
Dennis, For what it's worth, I built a Rangley Boat (17' x 4'pulling boat similar to a Whithall) using fir strips that I had to cut from 1" boards. Good news...
Hi all, Anyone have experience of the above insruments specifically for dinghy use? (I'm particularly interested in something to make myself.) Anyone know of...
I have an old Davis knot stick that I could take some photos and measurements for you. I don't think that they make them any more. It is a piece of 1"id clear...
Now added a top sail to the D4 sail "inventory" (D4 Jib Photos) Still can't beat a Butterfly but kept up with a gal on her sailboard (who was so good looking...
The skate wheel on the end of the skeg is real neet. How does it handle the soft stuff. Is it much better than the skeg itself? It just has to be great on...
Hey Scott, It goes thru the soft stuff but not very good. You are correct about on the pavement. I usually rig by my van and then it's across the parking lot,...
Alan, The 'Knotstick' I have is a almost as you describe. It is a clear plastic tube with a spring and a moving 'marker'. The tube has two 'scales' engraved. A...
I have to hand it to you Dave... you've really pushed the envelope on D4 sail rigs!!! ... From: Dave Seaberg [mailto:twowheeler73@...] Sent: Tuesday,...
But am I done yet? Couple of weeks ago at the Midwest Messabout I was asked if I am going to build another boat. But you know, I am having just to much fun...
But am I done yet? Couple of weeks ago at the Midwest Messabout I was asked if I am going to build another boat. But you know, I am having just to much fun...
... But that's not good enough, it only goes up to 9kts and we know from Cap'n Calamity that a 12' dinghy can maintain an average cruising speed of 12kts in...
... Yes, Lew, true...but if you are in a 12' dinghy in the North Sea and going over 9 kts, I'm pretty sure that some combination of prayer and attention to ...
But at $40 plus s/h, it would seem mo'better to save your lunch money for a week or two longer and buy a cheapo GPS for $90-$100. The cheapest instrument for...
... a ... I think the advantage of the Knotstick is that is essentially foolproof. No batteries, no sensitivity to all the things that electronic gear don't...
GPS works wonderfully well for speed down to less than 1 mph. It too is an average over time, but the averaging takes place over only a very few seconds so...
