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The Course We Steer Looking To Another Year
The swing of a compass in time with the easy motion of a well trimmed sailing craft is mesmerizing. The lubber line is a wandering, even elusive, target in rougher conditions. Â The combined mediums of wind and water can present … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, boat, boat-building, helm, sailboat, sailing, sailor, sails, soulcraft, steer, water
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Simply Messing About Anytime, Anywhere, It’s All Good
I’ve gotten used to not having much snow about. When you get it hanging around for a week or so it makes you nostalgic for Spring. I see the canoe on it’s saw horses with a blanket of white and … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, voyages
Tagged about, boat, boat-building, boats, in, Kenneth Grahame, messing, model, nostalgia, Port Angeles, sailboat, sailing, sailor, schooner, willows, wind, Winter
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Boatbuilding In A Small Way
Building a boat, even a small one, can be a large undertaking. Everything being relative, the size of my budget demands a minuscule boat. I remain in an extended period of constructive daydreaming. My hands, however, want to be actively … Continue reading
Posted in Sailor's crafts
Tagged boat, boat-building, carve, catboat, half, half model, Herreshoff, mahogany, model, museum, Mystic, naval architect, pine, Rozinante, sailboat, sailing, seaport, Winter
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Pointed At Both Ends, What A Concept!
I was just cruising the web looking at boats and having a moment of appreciation for double-enders. This timeless hull form was not so much developed by the mind of man as simply assembled organically by the hands of natural … Continue reading
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Tagged boat, boat-building, magazine, mast, sailboat, Woodenboat
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Ted Brewer Catboat Model Update
Several Weeks ago I commented on a very well done model of a Cape Cod Catboat that is the subject of a thread on WoodenBoat Magazine’s Forum. Donald Branscom has continued to build a miniature vessel with skill and resourcefulness … Continue reading
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Tagged boat, boat-building, branscom, Catalust, catboat, model, sailing, scale, scratch, Woodenboat
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Building a Memory, Modeling the Brewer Cat
I first became interested in boats, sailing vessels in particular, when I saw my first ship models. They were in display cases in the Cabrillo Beach museum in San Pedro, Ca. I was awed by the web of rigging on … Continue reading
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Tagged boat, boat-building, branscom, catboat, Chesapeake Bay, donald, Good Old Boat, magazine, marshall, model, museum, sailboat, sailing, sailor, watercraft, Woodenboat
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A New Magazine For Sailors Comes Over The Horizon
Magazines are going online every day. It seems like they all have a digital version available. At the Wooden Boat Show in Port Townsend I was introduced to a new magazine which is not transitioning to but has launched directly … Continue reading
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Tagged boat, boat-building, Inquisitive, magazine, museum, naval architect, rudder, sailboat, sailing, sailor, Yachting Monthly
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Garage – from the Greek for Keep Boat Stuff Here
From the Merriam-Webster free online dictionary comes this succinct gem of the English language: Definition of GARAGE 1 : a shelter or repair shop for automotive vehicles There are not enough hours in the day for all the activities we … Continue reading
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Tagged bike, boat, boat-building, camera, garage, mast, rack, sailboat, sailing
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Wooden Boat festival First Impressions
I just got back from the Wooden Boat Festival in Port Townsend. My first impression is that i am a little overloaded. The sheer variety of vessels is amazing. It was a splendid oportuninty to see some of the designs … Continue reading
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Tagged Adventuress, boat-building, Martha, Olympic Peninsula, Port Townsend, sailboat, sailing, schooner, watercraft, Wooden Boat Festival, Woodenboat
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County Fair in a Bottle
The sea can be a boring place to hang out on long passages. Sailors have filled the off-watch hours with their own particular amusements for centuries. Now a days they have television or the Internet. not so long ago amusement … Continue reading
Posted in Sailor's crafts
Tagged boat-building, bottle, county fair, craft, illusion, mast, model, Port Angeles, rum, sailboat, sailor, sails, sale, schooner, sea, ship-in-the-bottle, water
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