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Nice report, thanks! I enjoy the scenery that's so different from my area.

Kevin, ah that makes a little more sense. I've never noticed the word "sedge" in my little area of the Chesapeake and looking through the charts islands are either named, or just labeled "marsh."
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Steven, I was vaguely aware Sjogin was somewhere in the northern part of the Bay and even kept my eye out to see if I saw her, but I didn't realize Beaton's was 1/4 mile from where I launched.
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A few days later the weather looked like I might be able to do a 40 mile trip down Barnegate Bay with a side diversion through some marshy islands over to the inlet to see the lighthouse. Then I’d...

Nice report, fun to follow along in Google Earth.

Another fascinating update, thanks!

Nice job! Do keep us informed of how the paint holds up.

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I’m glad there’s still a little bit of nature around in such a built up area.

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Thanks all for the comments!

Neil, there really is a lot to explore on the East Coast. I've had the boat down to the Outer Banks in North Carolina a few times and I've spent quite a few enjoyable...

Hah, my wife has decreed I need a motor with me and I didn't think my electric trolling motor setup I've been working on was quite ready for prime time. Turns out, the Seagull wouldn't start and the...

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Up where the river widened we came across a gaggle of Optimist and Club 420’s out racing from the Shrewsbury Sailing and Yacht Club.
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My wife’s parents changed apartments in New Jersey at the end of July, so we took my dad’s truck and utility trailer up to help them move. I haven’t been sailing yet this year since the arrival of my...

I've got a 15' stitch and glue dinghy that sticks over about 3'. I built a better trailer setup for it a few years ago with a central platform that helps support the keel. The side bunks really just...

Yeah, I don't think historically sprit rigs came down much. They were either brailed up, wrapped around the sprit, or the mast and everything was taken out. My boat is just big enough where I want to...

1. Where is the tack secured? To the boom or the mast? In the diagrams I've seen the tack appears to be secured to the mast but they are all for a boomless rig. I assume the tack should be secured to...

Whenever I'm hiking out with one foot hooked under the main thwart I wonder what the difference is. I have to assume it's a bunch of things that add up. 28 extra square feet of sail, Okoume vs Baltic...

It's looking great!

I rather like the narrow side decks my First Mate has, they serve as a good warning that you're about to go over. On occasion I've sailed along with the rail buried and water halfway up the deck just...

Nice progress, it's really looking great! I think that pram bow is growing on me.

What boat did you take out on the reservoir? That looks like a beautiful place... certainly no rocks like that...

I've been doing some experiments with a fairing around the motor shaft lately. I settled on a NACA 0025 foil after a fair bit of research, downloaded a 200 point drawing from Airfoil Tools which I...

He seems to do ok, although it is comically huge on him. He got a bit wiggly after 45 minutes but I guess that's probably to be expected. I'm thinking 30 minute cruises on the creek would probably be...

I'll third the Racelite hardware, especially having the lower one longer so you can get the rudder in place on the water. I had to bend mine a bit to fit around the aluminum rudder head. Get one of...

Today I took the switch apart to see how it worked on the inside and when I put it back together I had all five speeds. I think what was happening was the sliding contacts were hitting speed 5 when I...

My skeg is 3/4" yellow pine and I only epoxied it on. I did shape the squeeze out into nice fillets between it and the keel. I haven't hit it with the intention of breaking it off, but you can thump...

Super interesting thread! I tried the Wayback Machine for the images but they weren't cached. The poster logged in in April, so I sent him a PM to hopefully get a picture of his setup. I had a...

I'm currently working on rigging up a trolling motor for my First Mate and like you decided the motor is pretty ungainly when it's kicked up. Even if it didn't drag in the water there's still a lot...

Nice job! I bet this photo was in your mind the whole time you were building the boat.

Thanks James! You're right about the lack of shop time. I've taken over the living room floor and coffee table with this trolling motor project and I think my wife is about to kill me. But at least...

Nice progress! I haven't done anything lapstrake, but it looks like the CNC kit really speeds up planking.



I was swayed by the siren song of easy touch ups and put some Behr exterior latex...

Really enjoying your updates! Great photos and the videos are really well done too. As soon as one episode is done I'm looking forward to what'll be in the next. Kind of hoping you keep going west...

The conversations on Reddit and SA have been super entertaining... every day I look forward to seeing which predictions have come true on that train wreck of a project.

My son is now two months old and it's becoming apparent that long daysails aren't going to be happening very frequently if I want to live a happy life via a happy wife. I'm thinking a quiet cruise on...

I imagine you've come across him, but Roger Barnes has a lot of great videos with his Ilur. Definitely a capable boat.

https://www.youtube.com/c/RogerBarnesMusings/videos

A guy I follow on Youtube is building the first boat of the Wave Rover 650 pattern. It's a 21.3'/6.5 meters long, stitch and glue boat with bilge keels. I believe the plan is to set out on a...

Looking good!

Very nice! Looking forward to seeing it in the water!

I finally got the boat registered so I can use a motor! I made the trip to the DWR office in Richmond so I could iron out a few questions I had on the application. I plan to take the boat to NJ next...

I get 483 results from googling:

site:forum.woodenboat.com "wee rob"

You're right, the analog volt meter is a bit useless. Maybe I should leave it out and just use the digital one on the usb charger. I tried searching for one that was 10-15 volts, but couldn't find...

Rick, I stole your idea of some big analog meters. Perhaps not entirely necessary but I thought it'd look cool, give me a way to improve my electronics skills, and might be easier to see in the sun....

I'm planning to modify a 12 volt trolling motor and run it from a control panel, basically copying the idea here: https://archeryrob.wordpress.com/2013/04/27/kayak-trolling-motor-stern-mount/

I'd...

I've given up on using the trailer as a ground. Just too much frustration after a few years of corrosion set in. The last time I wired my trailer I used some 7 strand trailer wire and made the purple...

Man, that brings back memories of me bugging Ross about why some of the sub dimensions in his plans didn't add up to the overall dimension. It turns out he designs in metric and converts to imperial...

Thanks guys!

I considered removing the lower leaf and have seen it advocated elsewhere, but I'm not entirely sure it's a good idea on 2 leaf springs. It seems to me the lower leaf helps spread out...

I've been super busy with the arrival of my future crew back in April, but everyone is doing well and we're starting to get into the swing of living with a baby... he's sleeping pretty well at night...

Nice footage, thanks for sharing! That camera you mentioned is pretty neat.

I might be wrong, but it's my understanding that boats with a single sail don't really heave to very well. You need a...

I've got a 15' skiff and I built aluminum rudder cheeks for it, mostly because I do metalworking for a living and have the tools. The designer called for 1/2" or 12mm ply cheeks which is quite a bit...

Nice job on the bailer!

I just tie my Tropicana jug bailer onto my boat with a bowline, but a more boaty solution would be either a soft shackle or a wooden toggle.

Such a fascinating thread, thanks again for sharing!

I like it!