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My Skerry Build
-I built a CLC Skerry, stitch and glue boat including Birdsmouth mast and polytarp sails and kept detailed record
-Faerings were the inspiration for the Skerry
Apple Pie Tender
Day by Day record of building Chuck Merrell's Apple Pie Pram as a tender for my Tanzer 22 boat. Video link of launch.
Stitch and glue boatbuilding
Tanzer 22 Main Page
Took the plunge and got a keel boat. What a great adventure.
-Had a survey done and I have a ToDo list for my Tanzer22!
Tanzer 22 Projects
-Replaced rotten core in cockpit
-Made cushions for the cockpit
-Replacing the damaged bulkheads and bent chainplates.
Puddle Duck Racer
Started building a Puddle Duck Racer, another plywood boat, just for fun.
Dragon Boat
-Exciting Dragon Boat Race!
-Dragonboat Equipment and Organizations
-Joining a Team
Research on Materials
-Carbon Fiber properties
-Carbon Fiber Available Materials
-Kevlar, Twaron, Aramid Characteristics
-Marine Plywood Grades
-Marine Plywood Glues
-Youngs Modulus is a Measure of Stiffness.
Mast Making
-My Carbon Fiber Mast
-Research-Carbon Mast
-Carbon fiber Properties
-Birdsmouth mast building with link to video.
-Larry McInnis sent me photos of the birdsmouth spars he made
10 Essential Knots
-10 Must Know Knots, Learn these 10 knots and you will be able to tie just about anything on and around your boat
More Knots
-Fireman's coil keeps a rope tidy and untangled.
-Buntline hitch
-Bowline on a Bight
-Truckers hitch
-Farmer's Loop
Rope Characteristics
-Rope Trade Names
-How ropes are Made
-Nylon Rope
-Polyester Rope
-Spectra/Dyneema/HMWPE
-Aramid, Kevlar, Twaron
-Rope Comparison
Sails
-Experiments with several polytarp sails on my Skerry boat. 3 Spritsails and a Jib so far.
-The jib was particularly successful
-Spritsail article
-Cleaning my Tanzer 22 Sails
Photographs
-Boats around Toronto
-Boat Club Icicles
-Storm April 2011
-Toronto Skyline, mostly from the Water
-Cloud Photographs
Boat Links
-Boat related Links
-Lots of Boat Plans
-Link exchange? Contact me.
Odds and Ends
-Hand made Launch Dollies at my club
-Anchors
-Anchoring a Boat
-Attaching an anchor to boat, rollers
-Dory Article
-Faering Article
-Row Boat Article
-Peapod Article
-Punts
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-Free Punt Plans
MISC STUFF
-Home, James!
-Towing a Boat Safely
-Making Wooden Cleats
-Keelboat Launching
-Learning to Sail
-More Photos
-Cats at Work
-Free canoe paddle plans
-Nautical Terms relating to hulls and boatbuilding
Email Me
Comments? Found an Error? Want to Exchange Links? email me.