Wednesday, May 14, 2008

On the stability of small boats, part 1

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This is not going to be a detailed discussion on the stability of small boats. I will actually write something for my website and it will b...
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On explaining stuff

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Many years ago I had a job as a writer of technical manuals. If a machine was novel or its working wasn't common knowledge, the manual u...
Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Today's Shipwreck

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Boats don't last forever. Sooner or later they die, and when they do it's often right in the water in an inconvenient place. Often...
Monday, May 5, 2008

Boys Build Boats

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Some pictures of boats being built. A Greenland one and an Aleut one.
Thursday, May 1, 2008

May Day

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My wife just informed me that today is May day. In many parts of the world, this is a holiday, kind of like Labor Day in the US. I suspect...

How's the Book Coming, Part 2

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For those of you paying attention to the title of the post, I skipped directly from part 0 to part 2. There is no part 1. The part zero com...
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Tuesday, April 29, 2008

The Roger B. Smith Design Award Goes to ...

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My Ryobi R1801M router is a piece of crap. I think the intentions of the designers were honorable, but in the interest of economy, they mad...
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Pt. Hope Kayak Revisited

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Two days ago the wind was blowing straight out of the west and whipping up whitecaps. So I thought it was time to give the Pt. Hope boat an...
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Almquist Lumber 2nd Annual Wooden Boat Show

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I have been invited to come up to Arcata for the second annual wooden boat show put on by Almquist lumber. The date is May 17 for anyone wa...

TAKS 2008, The Blue Water Symposium

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TAKS 2008 is coming up in October. For those of you who don't know what TAKS is, it's the Traditional Arctic Kayak Symposium. This...
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Thursday, April 17, 2008

Sandbagging

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See a few posts back for seaworthiness. Seaworthiness has something to do with stability and stability is aided by a low center of gravity....
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The Olive Drab Helicopters

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Lots of noise outside yesterday. So I looked and found these helicopters hanging around the gray ships of the reserve fleet. Big helicopters...

Paddle Decorations

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I made a paddle for one of the local paddlers. He wanted decorations on it. I did a NW Coast design for him. In the process, I also did a fe...

Wood Gathering

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I almost finished my driftwood kayak rack earlier this week but was a few sticks short of a complete rack. So off to the Alameda driftwood r...
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Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Seaworthiness

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I just picked up a book called Seaworthiness, The Forgotten Factor , by C.A. Marchaj at one of the local used bookstores. The prose is a li...
Monday, April 7, 2008

Sunset Cruise on the Bay

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Sunday I went out on Tim Anderson's Free Yacht. See here for more details on how he got this free yacht. Tim is a first rate scrounger...
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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