Friday, March 14, 2008

How's the Book Coming, Part zero?

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Every few weeks or so, I get email asking me how the new version of The Aleutian Kayak is coming. Then I type something to the effect that ...
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Survival at Sea, Update

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See below for pictures of three survival at sea books that I posted about. I've read two of them completely now and skipped ahead to th...

Chandleries

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When I need to buy boaty stuff, mostly exotic plastic string, I go to the local chandleries, of which we have two. Pictures below. Mostly, I...

Plastic Fantastic Container Bloat

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Don't get me wrong; it's nice that when I buy a tool, it comes in a container. Makes it easier to carry to the imaginary job site. ...
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Logo Wear

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I'm helping a friend install display panels at a sporting goods manufacturer's new headquarters. The manufacturer has been eminentl...
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Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Survival at Sea

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A friend of mine mentioned that he would be doing some extended sailing in a catamaran of his own construction. He has done extensive voyage...

Elevated Storage

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Addendum: the black and white images are all from the U of Alaska, Fairbanks archives. I checked their website and there was no mention of ...
Thursday, February 28, 2008

Pt. Hope Kayak

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Not too long ago, I finished a Pt. Hope kayak. Above is a picture of the frame, finished except for a coat of red paint and a cockpit coamin...
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How Long is Long

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This is not SPAM. We're not talking manhood here. We're talking paddle length. Back about a decade or so, John Heath published an ...

Outrigger Canoe

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This is a picture of Matt in an outrigger canoe fashioned of salvaged floatation and a skin on frame canoe. The booms are salvaged 2 by four...

New Blog Home

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Ok, moving the blog to a new home. I've already figured out that this interface is a little, how shall we say, crude? I just typed in st...
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