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Nice clip showing some fine sailing. I guess your decks do not get dusty do they.....Welcome to the forum..

You were lucky.....This was the same reason I had not been out sailing for months. The rudder head had started to disassemble itself. I removed the rudder , taking it home to the shop, and rebuilt...

Watchkeeporthing.....The North Atlantic is not nearly so densely populated with large commercial traffic and Wiz's Caribbean. That is both good and bad. You can go days or week without seeing another...

Go for it Norm. You only live once.....Like Wiz, I'd prefer to close up the cockpit for the trip, get that watertight envelope reasonably intact. Management of the electrics is an issue. you will...

I sail with full battens, though with less roach. I like them to....

We see from time to time these micro-cruisers concepts appearing. Probably most are inspired by Matt Laydens boats, Little Cruiser, Paradox, Enigma, and Ellusion etc.. Matts designs are all modified...

Nice Ian. Fantastic photo story. I particularly like the one of you reaching past the buoy. I was out the other day for the first time in months. I put Whimbrel on the hard through low water to do a...

I agree completely

I have known a few, occasionally dreamed myself....but no....I am not enough of a builder, and at this point in my life, I am not interested in many parts of the world...been there, and didn't much...

A small easily moved boat with sufficient buoyancy is good, partly because the the rower or paddler has a higher power ratio than you will have in a longer heavier boat. The photo above looks like...

I had a 16 foot rowing boat somewhat similar to the Herreshoff rowing boat, though with flatter floors. It was a job rowing to windward in a strong wind and rough sea, but doable. There was no great...

I'd probably sail, like James.
You might consider a rowing boat similar to a sea kayak with a molded deck over the bow and stern and relatively low freeboard, all with the intent of reducing...

I use paper bags for charcoal on Whimbrel.

Good story.....Some times a reasonably simple voyage plan goes sideways.....you just have to push on.....

I totally get that.....I would like to have a window....but I am happy with the stove anyway.......and it heats wonderfully

I have a Tiny Tot and a thread about it here http://forum.woodenboat.com/showthread.php?154768-Tiny-Tot-stove . It works really well for me and is certainly one of the less expensive stoves out...

You guys do not waste time do you? I frequently work long days, but I have a farm as well as boats(plural). It is always a conflict which will get the attention.....

We had a bow shed for a building job in a heavy snow load area. We recovered the plastic 3 times in almost 6 years... but the show and rain stayed outside.... it never failed.....I don't remember the...

Though it is slightly less attractive I like the full width cabin. Much better on a cruising boat.
1.......More room below.
2.......Safer for moving around the deck. and
3.......Usually stronger...

A lot of traditional boats carried more weather helm than most people like these days. I never found the helm difficult on a Rozinante, but there was certainly a weather helm.
I am happy with the...

Work is progressing.....

I'd go for the cat yawl for all the reasons James gives. It is a way better cruising rig and not enough slower than a sloop to detract from potential excitement. An added plus is that a cat yawl...

I two words...probably not......the builders-poly is pretty easy to adjust to fit. the only concern is having enough head room for the job being done...

The social contract is that by and large most people hold similar views about not killing people around us , or harming them in less egregious ways. We tend to agree within a given society regardless...

Without diminishing the apparent indifference of the dispatcher, Id guess that nearly every call she receives is an emergency and people are in some sort of desperate staites. I presume she was...

Then we are definitely fluxed....The times they are a'changing....
I'd suggest that the social contract is codified with the Rule of Law. If the rule of law breaks down then it becomes a mass of...

The social contract is in flux....or is it fluxed???

There is the time and opportunity now to look at this whole event from a number of different directions and hopefully learn. Condemning the police or anyone on the basis of media sound bites or bits,...

Thanks..... looks somewhat Bolger-ish I think. It seem to me this photo was posted on the Forum before.....

Perhaps morality is really a social code, how we organize ourselves and how we conduct ourselves, a contract between us and the rest of our community. It was not that long ago that our ancestors...

keep us posted....I want to watch this...

Too Cool!!!!!!!

One of my justifications for favouring wooden boats is that they will largely rejoin the environment when finished. None of the other usual materials will do that. There are a few hi-tech goos which...

What is a full bedroom? I had a full bedroom on an old power boat for sure. I am currently sailing a cruising sailboat with sitting headroom in the cabin. We can set up the berth area as a double, or...

Fritz Fenger in Yakaboo was rudderless, as were many of the St. Lawrence skiffs.
I mainly sail hands free using sail adjustment for maintaining course. I use the mizzen sheet.....a couple of inches...

I use a kellet from time to time, mainly to reduce the normal swing in a crowded anchorage. It helps keep a better scope angle to the anchor. I have seen anchor rode’s, of all sorts (all chain, chain...

I think 1 3/4" or 1 7/8" cedar on oak frames in an arch will be substantially stronger than say 3/4" or 1" ply on straight frames, though a substantial layer of glass will help. Assuming the plan is...

Good point about the sponge effect.....Your point about building with ply is totally valid for a trailer boat but not for a boat that live 265 in the water. The extra weight is an advantage to...

I had the float switch stick and it killed the battery and burned out the pump. Since then I replaced it all mounted higher up, and test it once a month, but as far as I know it has never pumped...

It is really hard to get a 4 corner sail to set when it comes from a flat sheet of material. I have tried several times on several models and was never really satisfied. I tended to fall back on 3...

Nice Model....How did you do the ballasting for the model??

I trusted TomF but not necessarily all the others here....

I tend to agree, I usually refer to her as a 'modified sharpie' My comments are in response to queries, and is certainly relevent to the OP question. A standard traditional sharpie might be...

Sounds like that old line about guns not killing people, people kill people....... similar logic????
lessee. Your continued well-being is dependent on keeping control of your bit, keeping control of...

What year was this picture taken? There looks to be an inflatable liferaft on the roof of the wheelhouse.

I have sailed the Meadowlark frequently in seas to 1.5 metres, and twice in seas approaching 3 metres. When close to the wind, occaisionally (perhaps every 10 or 20 minutes) a wave will slap the...

Very Nice !!!!

Totally depends on the boat and circumstances. normally I'd trim it to sail.

Not really sure about the snob appeal....I suppose some might rest their ego on a mizzen mast. For me it is practical advantages only. I'd not pass up buying a boat simply because it only had 1...

The yawl rig was often used as a rule beater...stick a little rag on the back of a sloop and you get an better rating.

In a proper yawl the sail is a working sail, usually somewhat larger than...