... The typical configuration consists of several turning blocks at the base of the mast, some sort of a gasket/fiddle combination where the line enters the...
Hi Ken, I cannot talk anymore about the use of a trim tab in severe sea conditions, because I have no experience of it, but I would be grateful if those who...
I guess this is targeted again to Brent, query being, did you ever consider a double ender or even a full canoe stern? I'd be interested in hearing your...
Hello All The progress on my 26 is going slow and I need to go sailing " going through withdralls" so I am working on my merit 23 hadn't been in the water a...
Hey Guys, Wow, Thanks for your overwhelming interest in Island Breeze, the Brent Swain Bilge Keeler currently in Fiji. Short and sweet, here'e the deal...We...
http://www.johnsonyachts.co.nz/ben45.htm was scanning for some new ideas on bowsprits, etc. and came across this Jay Benford steel design built in NZ. imho...
Hi Seer, That is a beautiful boat. Jay Benford certainly has an eye for designing beautiful boats. The use of white paint, light coloured wood and mahogany...
Hi Seer, Thanks for the nice comments. She is a beautiful boat and I was the project manager for her while I worked for Johnson Yachts (2002 - 2004). However,...
The following post will be of interest to anybody buying an older Swain boat which is in need of repair. My chief concern is to stabilize the boat by removing...
I have a book around here somewhere of Benford's early work in wood and ferro. His designs are damned salty, but almost uniformly heavy. Some of his aft great...
She can, and much better than you would expect. I have had her making six knots to the weather in 25 to 30 knots of wind (but fairly smooth water). ... -- ...
Seer, A quick note on an old topic. Hydrive an Aussie company the largest marine product distributor in the southern hemisphere specializes in hydraulic...
Hello All I was just outside looking at some of the junk I have aquiard over the years and I have a nice aluminum mast and boom from a smaller boat, Its about...
You could possibly sleeve the mast and add 4 feet that way. The extra weight of the aluminum sleeve would be low down, close to the deck so it would not add a...
Hello Alex I did some rough figuring and I would be loosing about 50 to 60 square foot of sail under full sail, that is a lot for light airs but would be great...
I've been a lurker and not much of a poster on here for a good while... I'm still in the "idea" and "design choosing" stage of my boat building world, but...
The 26 footer is designed to take a Soling mainsail which are a dime a dozen. Sleeving the mast you have wouldn't be difficult. You could still use the sails...
You'd never get the holes where they enter th pilot house watertight. I once tried running the halyards to the cockpit. When I went to douse a sail , it would...
Jim Don't believe him. Sandblasting is the only way to go. When I had to sandblast the inside of a fin keel, I cut a hole about a foot by 6 inches in the aft...
Weeeeelllll, since i don't yet have a steel boat, going to have to rely on my experience in working on rehabbing old 4x4's, many of which have rusted out...
Phil Bolger wrote 100 sailing rigs or some similar title in which he goes through all the rig types pros and cons as he sees them, check it out. His series of...
... extra weight of the aluminum sleeve would be low down, close to the deck so it would not add a substantial weight perhaps? I wouldn't give up 4 feet of...
I'm trying to encourage development of radio controllable versions of the little tin pop-pop boats I remember playing with before WW2. I thought this might be...
... If you're the guy who was looking at buying a Colvin Witch, yeah, I have some comments. I priced the steel for a Witch hull (I have a set of plans) and it...
Good link - interesting and unique boat. One thing puzzles me: having built a hull from cupro-nickel with it's inherent anti-fouling properties, why then paint...
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