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That pilot house suits her very well: reminds me a bit of Gen. Patton's "When and if"!

I also remember, quite a while ago, your first works on your boat.....Sooo much has been done since: it's not...

La plus belle oeuvre de Murray Peterson!

What a cutie, and glad that she, again, has a loving owner! I really hope she does not have the problems of another "Coaster", owned by a man working at...

It is hard to believe that this picture:

http://i855.photobucket.com/albums/ab111/svaap/Minde/15Mindedekksarrangement_zps613e8694.jpg

....and that one:
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So, there goes one more opinion - actually similar to mine - about staysail schooners, from a man who owns and regularly sails one. Thank you gentlemen for making this thread well alive...

Hi Jay,

Your post reminded me of some discussion we had about these boats quite a while ago (in 2006, actually!) , and I searched for it: ...

Very valid remark, Peter, and on a subject that has been discussed quite a few times.

Basically, you are right, but on this boat the staysail becomes really small if right on the stem. To respect...

Shutter plank in!

I've looked with attention at every single pictures you posted of this amazing work, plus some other ones on engines, other boats, and the odd stoves, but I must say I felt some...

OK, Rick, and sorry for being a bit hard on you: I shall send you a A1 printed copy of the sailplan once fully detailed. Promised! ;)

Hello again "Bertho"

The debate had started a long time ago with the owner about having a large light genoa instead of the staysail/ jib/ flying jib combination. This is where I even considered...

A mistake occured with photobucket and the sailplan of our presently build boat came instead of Orion III....and you posted just while I was editing to correct it.

So, yes: there is a large light...

Thanks Ian.

I am not aware of any sizable schooner by Pete Culler... Any example to show?

Yes, dipping the top of the fisherman when tacking is what needs to be done a such a conventional rig....

Hi Nick,
I am very surprised to read this comment from a person of your experience, since this is the most classical, common stay arrangement between masts on gaff schooners.
May I cite only the...

In spite of the annoyance that such a remark causes for me (whatcha wantin': pics and kid's cartoons only??), and in spite of the general lack of interest for anything a bit profound on this forum...

You see a tree like that and think: "mmmmmhhh.....clear straight grain!"

http://i380.photobucket.com/albums/oo249/lucky-luke-vn/pruning-Douglas-fir_zps7a54e2b9.jpg

Anyway: the question has been answered by who was concerned. Thank you Hwyl, too. Time to close this thread, then.

:) :) :)
Don't be sorry! Just post pictures of Pookie (cat? dog? not kangoroo, I suppose!).

I did read your post in the "other part" of the forum, following the link given by Hwyl. I must say...

Pssst!: it is only 28 pages!

Thanks for chiming in anyway ;). Gives some life.

Actually, if one excepts Mr. Lenihan whale size "humor" thread, and the very active Aussie "antipodean...

Where is Bernadette? What happened to her that she deleted her so great thread about the built of her new boat?

I sent her a mail to which she has not replied (not her habit!)

Those who may...

Nearly but not quite, George. So, as your sequential work description is certainly easier to understand than my verbiage, it should stand corrected as follow:

(a) build, true up, and make solid...

Would be great if you took a picture and post it here!

Yes: this is perfect Sitka spruce, dead straight and close grain, quarter sawn, near absolutely clear, from one of the last old growth cuts...

Lowering that bundle starts by gradually removing the pieces of wood that were supporting them right above where they have to go, while also gradually taking off the ties:
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Now comes the real thing: gluing!

I shall not bother you to death by showing the gluing of all the staves, one by one, of both mast, don't worry, but it was decided that the two "top"staves, and...

Now comes the dry-fit trial, for both "training", finding the problems, and also measuring the time taken. This "exercise" was repeated twice.

The lower stave, which corresponds to the aft side of...

The rest of the work then migrated inside the spar making and rigging shed.

The scarfs are then glued in this "controlled environment" (I mean: air conditioned), both cooler and dryer than outside...

But now: enough talking!

I know that you, people, love pictures, so, as it is not everyday that a 35cm. diameter, 700 kg. mast is made (and to follow will be 37cm. and over 800 kg!), here are some...

Certainly, and, as I said earlier, only the lowers are really needed when cruising short-handed (which means not top mast is needed either). However, I do not very much share this concept of...

"It depends"!

Brigadoon does have running backstays - small ones though and on her topmast only- that she uses only when carrying her fisherman staysail:
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A good reason for getting aboard some old timer, then, and eventually having a look at some book about these also called obsolete schooner rigs, but that have - and still do - taken sailors across...

Hello Bertrand!! Nice to see you chime in!

I suppose you are referring to the book "The American fishing Schooners", by H. Chapelle, a reference for anyone interested in classic gaff schooner...

On my old lady, I had kept the main mast spreaders fixed (in the lateral plane: not raked aft) but made the foresail spreaders pivoting, although not raked aft either. The reason was that, with the...

Sad story!

Having just seen the pictures of the boat, the miserable state in which she is, damaged, pillaged, I can find ZERO excuse for the yard to have left her become such a wreck! George can...

Thanks George. I did not know this thread had been resurrected (and I do not venture much farther than in the "building" section on this forum).

I had read many times, over the years, about what...

Interesting points in your reply, Don, and rest assured that I did not take your comments as questioning my judgment. Just and only love this interesting debate with guys like you and Ed. Has...

I am sure all those who read on this forum will be very interested to read your well though and explained comments Ed and Don.

To add my two cents, then:

- Original Ted Brewer sail and...

Thanks John. They have, actually, "de-bugged" their program and it works just fine now.

Dear Ed,

Your comment/ reply is an absolute delight! Also wonderful use of English language: even I , poor, ignorant (but working on it!) almost prehistorical French can appreciate it!

I was,...

Thank you, Ed, for your clarifications. Webster's, Oxford, Gruss, Dobnik & Hartline, and Bruno dictionaries (last three being specific marine ones) were unable to tell me what a "tang" was, but...

This "lashing/ banding" you describe sure has "tons" of cumulative force!
In the case of the mast fittings we are discussing here, they are half circle shape, with a bolt each side to tighten the...

Soooo true! So many options to analyze, decisions to make, compromises to adopt, new options to experiment, so many variables, constraints of all kind and of all origins, etc....etc...!!! "One fits...

Hello Ed,

I know well the arrangement you describe, with a bolster that pushes the block away from the mast, but do not like it. Fact is that none of the large gaffers used it....and neither do...

The owner/ builder, Bertrand 'Alencon, is sometimes posting here under the pseudo "bertho". I guess this will be what his name, Bertrand, sounds like in Phillipino mouth!

He did a really great...

Thank you, "old" Bawley. The bubble mystery has been resolved now (well: 90%!) and was mostly due to the applicator!!! Human error, once more!

I also want to thank George Ray for his exhaustive...

WOW, George!!! Thank you, thank you and thank you! Impressive search!

And not only you found (how did you do that???) all the threads, but also pointed out this "Sea-me" active reflector that...

Hi all,

The un-replacable Capt. Chuck Philips, aka Paladin, left us a year ago (or is it two years???) |:(.

One of the (many!) truly interesting things he described here was about some radar...

Nice to see this re-start after your cold winter. Here, it has been nearly 40 deg. Celsius for the last three weeks. Happily, the clouds of the rainy season are coming up,and the air cooling a bit!
...

WOW, Bernadette! Such lovely pictures of that little heaven on earth you're living in....fortunately only during your assignment!

Thanks for sharing, but living there?: no thanks!

Sorry for responding late to this thread.
I can only wholeheartedly second that, Mike! And also: why systematically go for fifty over years old designs???? The book mentioned by Thad only cites...

Far East Yachts (the official name of the yard): very well visible on Google earth now:

http://i380.photobucket.com/albums/oo249/lucky-luke-vn/Google_earth_zpsadd84f5e.jpg
Note: bloody damn...

Glad there were no replies to my post regarding the "varnishing incidents": gives me less work! Maybe the replies would have been "what an idiot" or other congratulations!!! This was effectively...

Sorry, O Webmaster, for not using the "multi-quote" feature, but I like to differentiate subjects, if your Highness does not mind ;)

Test, test, test....and try to understand....and eventually...