Just catching up on this thread and saw the discussion about customs in Port Townsend. I have a relevant anecdote that may help clarify the situation...
Out of curiosity I did some more poking around the derelict vessel regulations and there is more. I expect that Garret is going to add a few more Os...
Well hm. So with the refrigerator done I started working on the reshaping the dinghy chocks for the Nutshell. In shifting the pram around to block it...
I absolutely agree that this regulation, if it were more widely heeded, would kill many boats. It is already doing so in some cases. See this thread...
Back to some actual Building/Repair work. The new refrigerator actually showed up yesterday after being delayed in shipment several times. It's very...
Personally, I don't disagree with the policy. While it does seem like an encroachment on our freedom to mess about with old boats, I also think that...
This boat is going to be used by me and our son Dash, who is now nine and just went through the El Toro sailing camp at the Center for Wooden Boats....
True, that's what Joel White intended, but the seller bought a generic 50 sq ft sprit sail from Duckworks and made spars for that rather than making...
As I posted on the Skookum Maru thread, we recently bought a Nutshell Pram to serve as a more capable tender than the fiberglass lapstrake dink that...
^^ also a day tank for a stove is usually a gravity feed. Pump from the main tank to the day tank and then gravity feed to the stove. If you have to...