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Don´t worry. It takes some time to get used to the lug rig. Things will be much easier soon. I very often stand on the foredeck to unhook the sail. The way Michael Storrer riggs the yard ( see his...

T hanks for all the input. This boat and lug sails are both new to me. Yesterday, I added another twist to my sail striking problems. I tried lowering sail with one reef in for the first time,...

Thumps up man!Y>

Steve, stand next to the mast, keep tension at the luff with one hand while releasing the halyard with the other,when the Yard will stay centered. Max

Hi Vern
With glassing the inside of the rudderhead only it may happen, that when the wood of it get´s slightly more humit, the slot will close a little and jam the blade.
Don´t ask why I know...

Well done! Congratulations Scott!
How did it feel to sail her the first time?
Max

Hi Vernon
As a suggestion for the mizzen, here a picture of my set up.
A wee bit more complex with kicker, outhaul and boom lift. Sounds very complicatet, but is not at all.
A major advantage is...

Thanks Bruce
Absolute cute this boats. I like the clean decks and little deckshouses very much.
My planed trip to the Carribean this year unfortunately won´t happen.
But I surely will have a...

Bruce, this carriacou sloops are awesom. It even took me a while to reccognice the girls .
Could you tell more about them? More pictures maybe?

Love that caledonia stem!

Thanks all!
Your boxes look nice, but don't you ever need that space for crew? Or do you just take them out when sailing with two or three?
Honestly I don´t know James.
Back in winterlager :p...

Back to sea.
Boy, that feels gorgeous!
So far I like the look of my new boxes at sea more than hoped.
Still it is pretty cold. Anyway I went down to the harbour yesterday, put some gear into...

Hi folks

I just got my copie of " working sail" from Luke Powell.
An absolute beautifull book about pilot cutters, their building, and the life of Mr Powell himself.
I allways had a hook on...

That´s a good question! I´m curious too. Alternativly you could glue in the thwart and keep the benches removable. That works good on LJS.
Vern I love to follow your thread. It reminds me so much to...

Well I reckon Drybags will stlll be a important part of this boat when on a trip.
Probably all over the boat and under the sidebenches.
There will be still a plastic box for the veggies under the...

Hi folks
My boxes are nearly ready by now. This is how they look
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8092/8572751270_0a26a0f493.jpg
The handels are just old webbing strapps, fastend with screws and...

Not at all. Awesome! I love your thread. It´s a little like standing in your shop and watching over your shoulders how you build these beautifull boats.
Thanks a lot
Max

Can´t wait to see Kalypso sailing man!
A few years ago I visited a boatyard near Porto Heli while visiting friends. Several big fishingboats were under construktion. A very cool place though the...

Congratulations Stefos.
A lovley boats and nice colors.
I´d love to see more pictures from the construction if possible.
Greetings from deep snow
Max

Hi Vern
To me it looks pretty strange looking at the positions of your additional floors.
I would put the forward one in front of the bracing knee. That way you have something to lay your forward...

Why enlarging the nail hole for a plug ? I would carve a little splinter, sort of a wooden nail, and glue it in with epoxy.
In coastal northern Europe the salty ones call this a `dead man`.

That was a fine read this morning Howard.
Thanks a lot. It makes my longing for spring even harder.
To the Kellykettle. I just have seen these on pictures. Aren´t they fired with wood? If so,...

Thumps up dude

In the mean time I build these little shutters from carbon fibre. I used some scrap pieces plywood and small nails to build the mold. Absolutely low tech.
I ´m very curious how they will work under...

Hi Alan
I made it to the supermarked to have a look at the current issue of "segeln".
It´s fun to see LJS again in a magazine.
Grüße ins Schwabenland Max

The bigger issue is actually getting them out of the boat as it looks like they are locked into place fore and aft, so a challenge to figure out how to lift.
Yes, getting them out going to be...

Hi Alan ( that´s a very schwäbisch Name though ;-) )
There was an article about Long John Silver and me in "Segeln" issue 2/2012.
Can´t say if there is again a picture of LJS in the magazine, but...

Hi Tom,
the boxes are beside the centerboardcase in front of the thwart. So they won´t be in the way of rowing at all.
Usually I used plastic boxes for all my cooking gear and veggies. Stuffed...

Not much has been done over the last time. The usual maintinance jobs on Long John Silver took all of the time. That blazing sun in the Med. was quite hard to the varnish!
Here are the latest...

This sounds very interresting Howard.
I love coffe too and never thought about roasting my own. Could you share some further explanations and pictures with us? I´d love to see your coffe equipment....

Yeadon never say never!
I commited such a blasphemy once in NZ.
There was this guy who had two very vintage outboards on his fishing dinghy .Probably the first commercial outboards ever.
He...

Hi Osborne
That´s a very common saying here in costal Germany. Simplifies naval science to its very basics.
cheers Max

Thanks Ed. That was very interesting!
Max

I think it is the MK III version.
When I bought my AT plans from Iain he mentioned the slightly slimmer MK II wich after his own words is more on the rowing-side.
He offered to give me a copy of...

I´m pretty sure that orca knew it was no seal. Otherwise the dog would never ever have made it back to shore. Very curious these beasts though!

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That is a good reason to get hinges on the boxes Jim.
I will use a pair of brass hinges with the bolt fastened to one side only. When I can take away the open lid by pushing it forward.
I got some...

Sometimes it´s called Karosserieband. You´ll get it from Würth, Pantera or in some shops selling car parts.
Max

On a different note, do you really need a 6:1 tackle for your centerboard?

There is 18 Kg lead in the tip of my centerboard. So I definitely need some tackle. Probably not 1:6, but I got that...

Yeah, that are BIG boxes.
I´m not sure myselve if this is going to work. It´s a experiment.
If it doesn´t work, well then I´ll have some nice boxes for the attic.
When finished they will be...

Last summer while sailing around Corsica I started to think about building this waterproof boxes.
With gear for two on this extendet trip most was stowed in several waterproof bags tied up beside...

Well Rick your right. It doesnt happens to all these masts once in a while.
It is sometimes easy to write things wrong when using another language.
I wanted to say that I have seen and repaired...

That happens to these Folke-masts once in a while. Nothing to worry about.
Normally it is just glued with epoxy, orwhen dammaged more, a new piece is scarfed in.
Make shure that no epoxy squeeze...

I have a clam cleat for the downhaul back in the cockpit at the centerboardcase and like it that way. Quick and easy to work with under sail.
Have a look at my Flickr album. That 3 sheave blocks...

You will love that boat man!
But wait, dont clip that boom´to early. Go sailing first for a couple of times. See how far the outhaul needs to be pulled when the wind picks up and the sail streches...

Truely you shouldn´t worry about cargo capacity
You could build a Sooty Tern to get more capacity though.
I sailed my Sooty Tern with two adults and loads of gear on several extendet trips.
I...

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That place was covered with very shallow rocks!...

Oh, I didn´t think about that!
My flickr account is full so I tried picasa wich I dont like. It immediately copied all my pictures and startet a face scanning.
That felt strange and not very...

Hi folks
That was an awesome trip!
A long borring 1500km drive to get there, but absolutely worth it.
We were very lucky with the weather and met many charming people.
With a small boat there...

Sometimes on the sidebenches I sit on my square fenders on roughly the same height as the twarth. This is very convienient. So higher sidebenches could be nice, but make it more difficult to look...

Now that you've had your boat for awhile how is the varnish on the floorboards holding up?
Pretty well. Much better than expectet. You get some scratches during the season.
Is it slippery? ...