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skerry sailboat with polytarp sail

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
Rowing an apple pie dinghy

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
getting a Tanzer 22 sail boat

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 sail boat maintenance links

Tanzer 22 Projects

  • -Replaced rotten core in cockpit
  • -Made cushions for the cockpit
  • -Replacing the damaged bulkheads and bent chainplates.

Puddle duck racer sailboat building

Puddle Duck Racer

  • Started building a Puddle Duck Racer, another plywood boat, just for fun.
Dragon Boat Racing

Dragon Boat

  • -Exciting Dragon Boat Race!
  • -Dragonboat Equipment and Organizations
  • -Joining a Team
Carbon fiber research

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.
Birds mouth mast and Carbon Fiber mast

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 Material, dyneema, spectra, nylon, polyester

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 of boat related things

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 and -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.