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[heimlaga]

It was very rare to cut of the stern of a boat to fit a transom. I think I have seen 2 or 3 such boats in my life. The stern was too sleek on our rowboats...

[heimlaga]

Aye. And we need to do it now and on a massive scale. Every turret lathe or CNC lathe not busy with other things should be turning shells and cartridges...

[heimlaga]

Never ever.

Why do you then support a regime built on oppression and torture?

The Ukrainan government is not clean. Neither...

[heimlaga]

A Russian writing about the oppression of civilians in Melitopol in occupied Ukraine:

https://meduza.io/en/feature/2023/10/04/shut-his-m...

[heimlaga]

The first motorboats built in the 1910-s and 20-ies were only slightly beamier and slightly heavier built wth slightly higher sides though essentiallt...

[heimlaga]

Maybe I should tell about the local boat building tradition.

This skötbåt (herring net boat) built in Replot in the 1860-ies represents...

[heimlaga]

That boat just screams Larsmo. Their boat shape is a bit peculiar. Without much deadrise (shallow comparatively protected waters) and with narrow strakes...

[heimlaga]

Spruce (norway spruce) is the traditional timber for small boats and for house carpentry. Pine (scots pine) is the traditional timber for ship building...

[heimlaga]

Several European countries already prepare to step up. We have only two choices. Support Ukraine or go to war ourselves....

[heimlaga]

I have no damn idea what American main stream media is writing or saying.

My sources are:
-Finnish state media which must by law be...

[heimlaga]

The only thing in that text that fits together with the reality I know of is that the Ukrainan army just could not get the breakthrough everyone was hoping...

[heimlaga]

First and foremost it is people looking for employment in industry and Österbotten is rather industrialized. Small farming has been on a downhill slope...

[heimlaga]

1500€ a year would probably be absolute maximum sustainable output of our 4.5 hectares. As I said I supplement it by scavenging windfalls and such off...

[heimlaga]

Essentially a smallholding doesn't make any money at all these days. You are very fortunate if it pay's it's own cash costs. Usually there is a significant...

[heimlaga]

This will put even more pressure on the Russian supply lines. Great!...

[heimlaga]

Whether traditional solid wood boatbuilding is more elitist than plywood and epoxy or not is a matter of where you live. I happen to live in a place where...

[heimlaga]

If you at some point start thinking about moving in this direction I am happy to help you with what I can to get you started. And I mean it....

[heimlaga]

Hard to say.
Fully grown woodland with boat timber in it is often 6000-12000 euros per hectare (10000 square metres). Land that has been clearcut...

[heimlaga]

A reinvention of the popovka

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_monitor_Novgorod

Those tubs must be awful seaboats....

[heimlaga]

In states bordering Russia the rekoning is that the probability of being executed once your country has been conquered by Russia is roughly the same as...