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So much regular life getting in the way of boat building… but that’s the norm, it seems. Aging relatives… work pressure… a broken clothes dryer in the laundry. I got back to it for a while today and mounted FRAME A. And just to get the effect, I mounted the bow transom with a...
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Mac McJunkin on May 13, 2012 at 3:17 pm I came up on an analogy the other day, in the book “The First 20 Minutes” you may enjoy. The Sea-Squirt is not one of nature’s more charismatic creatures, but it’s life story is instructive to modern humans. Tubular,opaque and squelchy, it resembles a worm-fish...
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With every related purchase I make, I’ll add it to the running total. I figure, without sails, trailer, or fancy internal doo-dads, I’ll be spending about $2600. Before the build I estimated a cost of about $4700, if I went expensive on the plywood. I was rounding up. $2600 or so. Hmm. ...
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Sven Yrvind – Project Ten – April 19, 2012 Famous Swedish sailor Sven Yrvind talks about project and the boat Yrvind Ten that he will use to circumnavigate the world non-stop. The boat is smaller than 10 feet. Read more on Sven Yrvind on www.yrvind.com Information about Sven Yrvind as a public speaker http://www.sverigestalare.se/talare/sven-yrvind/...
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Honestly, I’m not much of one to do work around the house. I find it unsatisfying and boring. For me there’s only modest joy in repairing a leaking sink, other than to think I saved a few hundred dollars by doing it myself. But I do it because it is the right thing...
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Back in 1880, ‘A Daring Voyage across the Atlantic’, written by William Albert Andrews was published in London by Griffith and Farran. It chronicled the remarkable voyage of the two Andrews brothers who sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in a 19’ lapstrake dory. With the purpose of outdoing Thomas Crapo, who did it in...
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Alone across the Atlantic in a 14 foot sailboat: The trailer for a movie about his solo voyage. ALL Pico Boating Stories Originally posted 2012-04-05 23:09:31. Bryan LoweThe author of this post is also the editor of ShantyboatLiving.com. He has built several boats including the Escargot pictured at left. Note: Join in the shantyboat...
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Selway Fisher Micro 10. Sunday, April 29, 2012 I spent Saturday building the center girder of my Micro 10 project. It started with a trip to the local lumber yard to pick up four sheets of 1/2 inch plywood and a few other odds and ends. Then it took hours to figure...
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By the standards of the Selway Fisher Micro designs this boat is huge, but these videos give you a glimpse of the path ahead. Part 1 of a 16minute film documenting my successful voyage across the Atlantic in a 26ft boat in March of 2008, from the Canary Islands to Barbados. More info at http://www.bigoceans.com...
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Mindy says: LITTLE CRUISER is our fifteen foot sharpie designed and built by our friend Matt Layden as a coastal microcruiser. Constructed in 1988, LITTLE CRUISER was one of his favorite boats and he sailed her engineless as far North as the Bay of Fundy in Canada and as far South as the Exumas...
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