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Tag Archives: chesapeake
The Sheer Beauty of a Fair Rail: Chester Yawl Part 2
In which the boys in the boatshed live on the edge before being run out of town on a rail. ON FAIRNESS I like to run my eye along a beautiful curve. When a line sweeps along a contour with … Continue reading
Posted in Building, Sailor's crafts, Uncategorized
Tagged boat, boat-building, chesapeake, chester, clamp, CLC, fair, project, rail, sheer, watercraft, Woodenboat, yawl
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Bonding With Boats, Beer and Epoxy
In the hierarchy of things that constitute “simply messing about in boats” sailing is at the head of the list. Next is time spent building, restoring, painting or in any way physically advancing a boat from land-bound to seaborne. Time … Continue reading
Posted in Building, Sailor's crafts, Uncategorized
Tagged Alaskan Amber, beer, boat-building, chesapeake, Chesapeake Light Craft, Chester Yawl, CLC, craft, epoxy, Light, MAS, New Belgium, okoume, plywood, Port Angeles, row boat, watercraft, Woodenboat
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The Weather Outside is Frightful
As I sit here tonight there is about ten inches of snow on the ground outside. Most of it hit the ground earlier today while I was at work. The temperature is 25 degrees. That is pretty low by Port … Continue reading
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Tagged boat, chesapeake, Chesapeake Bay, dragonsong, haul, rhode River, sailboat, sailing, season, seaward 23, snow, Winter
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