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Eric had Wanderer II designed then it was built by a small yard in Southampton. He told us a funny story about the name. When he hired the painter to put the name on the transom, Eric was terribly...

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somehow I couldn't find this thread and reposted. Then got a notification so thanks for the leads. Yes, the organizers are providing accomodations at Bastion point. I am told that is real close...

Larry and I have been invited to fly over and speak at the Wooden Boat festival in Tassie this February. Sounds like a blast. I sure hope we meet up with some of the neat sailors we encountered when...

Larry and I have been invited to be guest speakers at the Tasmanian Wooden boat festival in a few months. We'll be flying in and, though we've sailed in these waters many years ago, we've never...

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After owning and doing up one 115 year old New Zealand classic and surveying several others, we have been quite impressed with the longevity of double diagonal kauri boats, especially those...

What a fine festival the folks in Port Townsend put on. For us it was like a home coming with reconnections with folks who inspired us such as John Guzwell, Dale Nordlund, and folks who helped us or...

The room holds about 75 according to the librarian. So should be enough room for a non-sailing venue. But, if necessary, we can look for another place to get together with folks who want more sailing...

We've been invited to Port Townsend to speak at the Woodenboat festival. Will also be in Camden Maine in two weeks and in Annapolis. If any of you would like to meet up, you can take a look at our...

Thanks for that. I have written four chapters of Taleisin's Tales, then got all caught up in work on our Cost Control While you Cruise DVD. But that has just been formally released so it is time to...

Not sure. We are headed towards Groton Connecticut to join friends and get our pickup truck/camper out of storage by early July. But not sure we can get there in time for the boat show.

Larry and I are headed stateside, but on our way tomorrow we'll stop and visit the local workshop where Gypsy is being restored. Last week we took just a few minutes of video showing the crew at work...

John has sought the advise of a maritime lawyer and appropriate letters have been exchanged between lawyer and the people who insure the boat which sank Gypsy. Those insurers will not reply until the...

Since i couldn't correct my spelling error - I have started a new post to make sure Gypsy's story lives (not loves) again. Take a look at Gypsy Legal battle thread.

As I posted in a previous thread under the title with one misspelled word - Gypsy will love again, work is definitely under way to restore the lovely classic that was run down and sunk during the...

As many of you know, the lovely 34 foot Gypsy, designed by Logan and built by Couldrey in 1939 down here in New Zealand, was sunk during this years Auckland Anniversary regatta. Her crew, Jill...

Some of you have already read about this incident, but please read through this and see if you can provide some good input.

On the last weekend in January, up to a thousand boats take part in the...

Got an email asking if Jay Greer actually did the carving on our boats transom as he says somewhere on this forum. Truth is, Jay not only carved the name on Taleisin, but also on our previous boat...

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I have been using International paints brightside on Taleisin for many years. I really liked it. Then i heard it was being discontiuned so I bought a few gallons to keep me going. Now I have...

Taleisin was built almost completely of teak (black locust frames). Her paintwork on the exterior has held up very well. In fact we have have never stripped her back to bare wood in 28 years. We did...

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Thanks for that. We don't need a foundry just this minute. But we often get folks asking for this sort of info. And yes, we do want to get over to the Mahurangi. In fact we want to get out...

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Thanks for getting me into the right state!
We just finished the launch of my latest book, the one about the time we spent building Taleisin - Bull Canyon, a Boatbuilder, a Writer and Other...

Larry and I have been invited to be speakers and guests at the Geelong Wooden Boat Festival in early March 2012. (It is near Melbourne in South Australia. We're quite excited about this as it was at...

It has taken a bit of too-ing and fro-ing (I hope those are real words) to find a foundry that has the right mix of good craftsmanship, fair prices, good safe storage and a staff that is well versed...

About three years ago Spaulding Woodenboat center became the custodians of all the patterns Larry made for Taleisins hardware and rigging. The foundry they originally choose did not work out well for...

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Just posted a note in building and restoring - we have found a new home for Taleisin's patterns. Spaulding Wooden boat center is still custodian, but foundry is on east coast. You can still look...

Over the past few years since Larry arranged for the Spaulding Wooden Boat Center in Sausalito to be caretakers of the patterns he made to create the deck and mast hardware for Taleisin, there have...

the patterns are currently in San Francisco US area. We think US is best place not only as the dollar is relatively week, but also as the Spaulding center have been good coordinators of the patterns...

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I put this post in the resource/product search but thought I'd repeat it here since those of you who are building and repairing boats are likely to be able to help. Just want to cast as broad...

A few years ago we put the patterns for all of the bronze hardware Larry made for Taleisin on semi-permanent loan with the Spaulding Wooden Boat Center in Sausalito. Various patterns have been used...

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Last week when we went to the Spaulding Wooden Boat Center in Sausalito to give a seminar, we also brought along the last of the patterns we used to build Taleisin. Now the center has the...

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We have been traveling a lot and didn't get back to read some of the notes sent when we gave Lyle Hess plans address. For the reader who asked why the Falmouth 30 has only 5000 pounds ballast...

It's hard to find time to write the book when I am enjoying sailing Taleisin so much. Thanks for the kind words though. It's encouraging to know the book was appreciated.

Incidentally Taleisin...

Larry and I have received a lot of inqueries about plans for boats like Taleisin and Seraffyn. Lyle Hess daughter and son-in-law changed phone numbers and over the past two years some folks have not...

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A few years back Larry and I were trying to arrange for the use of the original foundry patterns for the Nathanial Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 25 for a restoration project. We located the patterns at...

Andrew Craig-Bennett had a question about mast tenon dimensions after reading Larry's book, Details of Classic Boat Construction. As I did not have a chance to answer sooner (we've been sailing) I...

Thanks for the replies. Ken, We would be glad to share the info on protecting varnish work with carpet. Can you create the link for us, I am not too savy on this link up stuff yet.

Larry prefers...

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In the current printing of Larry's book, Details of Classic Boat construction we have added some sources for resorcinol adhesives made by DAp and Weldwood, but these are 1 part powder to 2 part...

Thanks for the input. Strangly, it is very hard to get silicon bronze rod here in NZ. In fact I bring it in for two other local boat repair yards. You can get maganese bronze, but not silicon. Prices...

Thanks for the input. Strangly, it is very hard to get silicon bronze rod here in NZ. In fact I bring it in for two other local boat repair yards. You can get maganese bronze, but not silicon. Prices...

Thanks for the input. Strangly, it is very hard to get silicon bronze rod here in NZ. In fact I bring it in for two other local boat repair yards. You can get maganese bronze, but not silicon. Prices...

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We are looking for a good source for bronze rod. We are using it in our repair work and also to help out the other boatyard over on the mainland. (We live and work on Kawau Island during the...

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We are looking for a good source for bronze rod. We are using it in our repair work and also to help out the other boatyard over on the mainland. (We live and work on Kawau Island during the...

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We are looking for a good source for bronze rod. We are using it in our repair work and also to help out the other boatyard over on the mainland. (We live and work on Kawau Island during the...