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Just lovely, Gary

Thanks, all. It's been a good day. Spent most of it making a boarding/swim ladder for the boat. We're planning to get her back in the water in 2 weeks and need a way to get in and out of the...

You should be able to find a garage for under $700k with enough space to live in the corner.

I have dealt with the MacBeath store in Salt Lake City, and they have been good to work with. I think that their Berkeley store is even bigger. Should have everything you need. They also stock marine...

There was a Nancy's China at Point Hudson Marina in Port Townsend, WA, last September and October. She may be permanently berthed there. Where are you located? If you add your location to your...

On my glass and epoxy sheathed cold molded boat, Jespersen's put a couple of coats of Interprotect below the waterline. Bottom paint over that. Topsides paint just above the waterline. They seem to...

Design #146

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Nice

Nicholas, that wuz you? Must have been 1997 or so. Hope you didn't see my tears in your rear-view mirror as you drove away. So glad she got a second lease on life with people who could care for...

Our local Tandy Leather store has a scrap bin with some good, heavy oil-tanned remnants that I used to make chafing covers for our dock lines.

We owned an original cedar on oak Herreshoff 12 1/2 for several years in the West, both in Texas and California, before I really knew much about wooden boats. She spent a fair amount of time out of...

Everything you ever want to know about thru-hulls, NPT and NPS:

http://www.pbase.com/mainecruising/seacock_primer

Paul Gartside's design #160, "La Vie en Rose":

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If you have 110v power on board, this one works great and the price is right: www.amazon.com/Eureka-71B-Hand-Held-Vacuum/dp/B0006HUYGM

Don't force the plywood down to the molds if it is going to cause a flat spot. Let the plank run fair even if you have to stand off the mold a little bit. Favor perfection in fairness of the...

Likewise, Bern'

Hey Phil, I see that you made the cover of this week's "New Yorker" magazine.

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G'luck

RandyColker (fellow Yank) - Are you still planning to go?

Thanks for taking this on, Phil. Hope you like herding cats.

We leave the US on January 28th and will be in New Zealand until the festival starts. We'll also have an extra day in Hobart after the festival is over.

Rosemary and I will be there. We're staying at the Fountainside in Hobart, and would love to get together with other forumites for dinner, drinks, and tall tales.

A real beauty! Congrats!

What do you call the sail that is flying from the main gaff and boom?

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Thanks, kc8pql. I used photos of Alaya when I was explaining to the designer and builder what I wanted the interior to look like.

Rbgarr,

We really like those “reading chairs” as well. I lifted them from Bill Rothrock’s book, “A Somewhat Irreverent Look at the Design of the Long Distance Cruiser”. That book is an interesting...

Thanks for posting that link, Don.

Their Product Guides for metals and plastics look very helpful. Any finally, an on-line source for organic, free range metals!

Thanks, Peter. I guess some explanation is in order. My patient and supportive wife's name is Rosemary, but she didn't want to have the boat named after her, so the oblique reference honors her...

Good question, Don. There seems to be a long waiting list at most of the marinas. Suggestions and recommendations would be welcome. We'll probably just be transients next summer, spending more nights...

Since we launched so late in the season, we weren’t able to get as many hours under sail as we would have liked, but those hours were glorious. We got to share the bay with the schooner...

From Sidney, we went to Port Townsend for the dodger, sail covers and interior cushions. We really enjoyed our time in Port Townsend. It is a treat just to walk around the yards there. Hundreds of...

Next came bending on the sails:

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Carol Hasse came over from Port Townsend to help with the fitting:
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Finally getting around to launching photos and report. Here is a shot of Eric and Bent Jespersen as the boat is lifted off the stands:
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Busted.


Sorry, guys, I haven't had access to a computer. Launched on 9/17. We have been living aboard since 9/26, fitting out and enjoying the PNW. Currently in Port Townsend. We're going to...

How about the Herreshoff pram? 10ft LOA.

You won't have so much trouble bending and twisting the planks forward to meet the shortened stem. I'm not sure if it can be modified for sailing,...

Just lovely, Gary. Congrats. Wishing you many happy hours aboard her.

That's what I'm doing on the port side pictured above. When measuring the space under the cabinets, be sure to leave room for an air space under the cushions to prevent condensation.

Hypervent...

Devastating news.



This is really good advice. Just let her be for a while.
Wishing you the very best, Stephane

After 20 minutes in front of a household fan, the lead was cool enough to handle with gloves. Each disk weighs about 30 pounds.
With the fast melting and cool down, I was able to finish 10 disks...

Found this burner at a restaurant supply store:

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Advertised as 100,000 BTU's.
Available here for 25 bucks: ...

These are cedar tongue and groove planks, glued and screwed to marine ply bulkheads:

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Scanned from the 2005 Calendar of Wooden Boats. The one in the center is by Jimmy Steele, the other two are Beach Peas. Note how high the bows ride, even with the towing eye high on the stem. ...

The Beach Pea has a flat bottom without any rocker.
Some other recent discussion of the Beach Pea Here: http://forum.woodenboat.com/showthread.php?142036

Great!
Also important, rows well.

Looks beautiful. Great job! Looking forward to sailing photos.

If you don't have the patience to let time and seawater do their work, there is a cold patina product called M20 from Birchwood Casey that will darken bronze, resulting in a brown color something...

My Dad had a documented vessel on one of the inland lakes in New York state. Someone from the local sheriff’s department boarded him a couple of times every summer because he didn’t have...

Took this photo in Bucks Harbor, Maine, a few years ago. Don't know the design or builder, though.

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http://rockportmarine.com/boat_details.php?boatID=19&category=5

Chuck,
Since I started the project in 2005, I have had plenty of time to collect used gear from eBay at a considerable savings. The cowl vents, stanchions, hawse holes, cleats, hatches, portlights...

The masts were finally stepped last Thursday. Eric did not want to do it on Friday (the 13th) and all went well. The spars and rigging were built by Serge Gabilondo at Yachttech in Sidney and he...

Perfection in design and execution. Just lovely. Congratulations.

Delightful! Bon Voyage!