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Yes, I've postponed until 2022. Go HERE to read the advertisement on CrewBay.

Intercourse Canada. We can sail around it. ////////Obviously COVID is having it's way with us all for a few more months. The trip is postponed for a year....

I've had about 10 responses on CrewBay, but don't have a crew yet. It'd be great if I had responses from some wood boat aficionados, like you. Just send a Personal Message (PM) here. Thanks... ...

I am seeking able crew* to sail from Friday Harbor, WA to/from Glacier Bay (s.e AK), via the Inside Passage...with some offshore passages. I've done the 1500-mile one-way trip south alone, taking...

Here was mine.....rocketship.

http://www.yachtflyers.com/forum_images/windmill2.jpg


http://www.yachtflyers.com/forum_images/windmill1.jpg

Great Ben, let me know, and please do circulate the PDF. Thanks! Jack

I am in need of 1 or 2 crew to get to this and other events. I'm exibiting at the WBF, so crew can stay aboard at Point Hudson. See the thread and more details here.

I am seeking able* crew to sail from Friday Harbor to/from any of the events listed below. Go one way? Fine. I’ll send you back to/from Friday Harbor on the Clipper or bus. I‘m flexible! Ask me...

Finally finished...including photos of the installation on the boat. Go Here

Hi Dave, For some of the same reasons that the C-Head has the octagonal shape, so I arrived at that shape. But the C-Head processes the solids more thoroughly for composting, because of it's...

Thanks all !!

Here's the final draft of my discussion about the head that I installed on Nymph. It is not quite complete (I need a couple more photos on the boat), but enough for this week: Go...

I have crew. Thanks. See you down there......

Last bump. Since I need to depart Friday Harbor this coming week. to make it to Lake Union in Seattle for the Wood Boat Festival there, I need to hear from potential crew now. Send me a personal...

bump......read the above.......

There is one gadget. It's the urine diverter. You can buy it via Separett, a Swedish company. They obviously have people in Sweden that are more comfortable with their bodies and nudity than...

I don't know how different it is, really, from the c-head. I didn't care for how simple the components for the c-head were relative to the rig-a-mor-role of using it. The difference between what I...

[QUOTE=cstevens;5679197]Interesting. What KAIROS describes is absolutely identical to a C-Head.......

Except we don't need to play with the waste, nor move it to a different bucket, we use free...

Well, I started this thread years ago, and have gained much from the inputs here. I ended up going a different route which has worked well for my sailboat, Nymph.

I mocked-up the commercial...

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I am seeking experienced crew to sail from Friday Harbor to the Lake Union Wood Boat Festival, at the Center for Wood Boats in Seattle, September 29...

I need crew!......to sail to the P.T. Fest, and to the Deer Harbor fest earlier. Here's the flyer I've posted in Friday Harbor:

READ THE FLYER

Previous work…….

Nymph ( ex-Able: we gave her back her original name) was built in 1963. All mahogany, including the 16” wide (max) x 3/4” thick cabin-side planks. A bronze trim ‘ring’ around...

Here's an aerial view (google earth):

http://www.yachtflyers.com/forum_images/jensens_aerial.jpeg

There's no pub there now. If you add a pub, I want to bartend.

Jensen's Shipyard, in Friday Harbor, WA, is available to lease. Arrangements can be made through the Port of Friday Harbor as indicated in the link here. Wood boats were built here for many years. ...

My phrase is "symmetry is overrated". In most cases symmetry is limiting. In this case, the lumber available may have been the decider.

Then, if your boat performs better on one tack, you can...

This is what will probably work. Imagine this in the context of the image of post #1. The rod only passes through one large (loose) hole in the bracket on the bulkhead, so it's business end can...

Imagine the valve much more upright than shown in the picture. Pushing the handle from on (upright) to off (90-degrees toward outboard direction) might work. Where the rod goes through the bracket...

Pretty good! I figured I wasn't the only person that has wanted to do this. By extending the valve handle I'd get more power. None available though so I'll make one. Thanks.

This gets me thinking of a bicycle shifter type arrangement. The shift lever can be as long as needed to provide the mechanical advantage. Or use a steering quadrant in place of the handle, and a...

Conceptually, at least, this is the scheme. I want the gadget to stay semi-permanently attached (bolted) to the handle. A push-to-close, pull-to-open rod guided by fittings on the bulkhead,...

It's a Groco IBV series. Stainless handle is 7" long. Has 3/8" square hole at the end for assisting operation with a socket wrench. Requires quite a bit of force to open and close the valve. ...

I'm installing a seacock for a sink drain. The location will be difficult to access for me (disabled), so I'd like to rig a way to open/close it remotely. No electronics.

Here's what the space...

UPDATE - Practical Sailor (April 2016) tested mechanical terminals. Bottom Line: Sta-Lok and Hi-Mod tested about equal in strength (about 96% of wire strength), while Hi-Mod got the Best Choice...

Eighteen months in the water and my prop is still clean. So, the Carauba Wax really does work for a propeller in 53-degree water. I also removed the antifouling paint from my dinghy and put this...

I thought this too, originally, but turns out that you can attach them so that the hand-ripping part is permanently kept inside of the chain link. Computer geek advice......as I recall you must use...

Couldn't find it in USA, but here's a trailer........ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUhr_N4UfI4

Here's 5 stories to listen to:

http://cargoland.kcrw.com/

Race Rocks with Olympic Mountains in the background (the mountains are 20 miles away, across the Strait of Juan de Fuca).

http://www.yachtflyers.com/forum_images/race_rocks_2013.jpg

The Petit zinc spray paint works well. This season, though, I'm trying an aluminum hull anode, so I used Carnuba Wax on the prop. Nothing but slime on the prop for 6 months so far (53-degree water)....

I'm reminded again of the value of this forum. Small island here and limited expertise.

The boat came with a hard-mounted MD1. But one of the engine bed-logs was so rotten that I'm sure the...

I've seen grease guns with hoses attached to grease fittings on farm equipment. Bailing-Wire setup, literally. But the 'remote greaser' on the boat is so much more elegant and in such a different...

My 1963 Scottish sailboat came with a traditional stuffing box and cutless bearing, but also has what I call a 'grease injector'. There's a brass cartridge with a threaded plunger in it. You put...

She's a joy, sure, and is impressively well-behaved and usually exciting to sail (we often have light winds and strong currents here in summer months). Going to windward in, say 15+ knot winds,...

http://www.yachtflyers.com/forum_images/719CUyZtT3L._SL1382_.jpg
Cover photo above is of Elfin of Lorne

After working on and sailing ABLE for the eight years since I started this...

I did have a suction/air leak in my fuel shutoff valve a couple of years ago. It was a three-way valve - off, main tank, spare tank. The spare tank hose was a 3" stub with a piece of tape over the...

I assume you were wearing a non-inflatible PFD, and I see what you mean.

I once lashed an inflatible PFD to a 14 lb. anchor, threw it overboard in 8 ft. of water, and timed it. It took about 9...

The owner has provided the following info......

Kath-Ell (original owners Kathleen and Elliott)

Built in 1947 in Gibson's, B.C.
40 ft long, 10.7 ft beam., draws 6 ft
She displaces...

Found the Pacific Northwest Schooner Association website. Some notable schooners missing here: Martha, Adventuress, etc.

Obviously there's higher tech or better-looking-traditional, but as far as good looking, simple, cheap, and yet exciting and still a daysailor, I had a great time with my Windmill. Ben F mentioned it...

This thread ought to be up in Designs/Plans maybe? Or at least Boat Related. I didn't know it existed for years. Rarely down here in the Bilge. Does not show up in New Posts, of course.