Getting Around

My website meanders some, I know. Here are a few topics that are popular. Otherwise see bottom index and navigation pages.

A good article on Carbon Fibre
Boatbuilding Links to lots of boatbuilding plans, many free, methods, styles of boats, varnish, mastmaking, all from my website.
Boat Plans
Some Free Stitch and Glue Boat plans
My Boats
Compilation of my boatbuilding resources
Stitch and Glue
Catnip for Humans?
Make a garden for your cat!
Fleas are amazing
Making a witch or wizard hat
Anchors and Anchoring

Some Navigation Pages

Boats	Cats
Gardening	My Photos

Christine DeMerchant's Web Page

What's New?

After trapping and Neutering a Feral cat I managed to tame it. Yesterday it played fetch ball with me

I posted a video of this. I think he's a golden retriever cat.

I rush to do maintenance before launching my Tanzer 22

Trapped and Neutered 2 Feral cats this week.

Humber River Walk, link to fish jumping.

Building a coroplast folding boat, Boat is almost complete.

How to choose a tender

Comparing different types of tenders

Dredging at my Boat Club

This Week's Watercolours

Watermelon

Other Watercolours

Learning to paint water and skulls!
Watercolour paintings

Resorcinol glue is a mis-understood wonder glue. It's a bit of a prima donna to use though

Polyurethane glues (PU) (PUR) have interesting characteristics for Boatbuilding.

Sliding Riggers are more efficient than sliding seats when rowing

Rowing mechanisms to allow forward facing rowing.

New and improved Rowboat page

Updated and Expanded the Folding and Take Apart Boat page.

SKERRY BOAT Skerry Story Deciding what boat to build Making wood cleats Sailing my Skerry * Teach yourself to sail * Spritsails * Capsize Test * Leathering Oars	PUDDLE DUCK Building a Puddle Duck Racer * Boat Related Links	TANZER 22 Main Tanzer Page I Get a Tanzer and bring it home The Motor saga Tanzer22 Information Sail Cover Sail Cleaning	APPLE PIE TENDER day-by-day build Launch including Video Making a launch dolly	DRAGONBOAT Races Joining a team Boat and paddle specifics+suppliers
MAST MAKING Skerry Birdsmouth Mast Larry McInnis's Birds mouth spars Making a Carbon Fiber Dinghy Mast	CARBON FIBRE & KEVLAR Carbon fiber properties Some research on Carbon fiber mastmaking Kevlar Fiber Properties Carbon Fibre available Forms and suppliers Comparison of Carbon Fibre, Kevlar and fiberglass Terms and Definitions of vocabulary used in Composite Boatbuilding Carbon Fibre Thermal Conductivity	TANZER 22 PROJECTS Replacing the cockpit plywood core. Making cockpit cushions Making New Sail Cover Replacing front Bulkheads I get a new motor and break my motor mount Covering for Winter using PVC electrical conduit	BOAT TOPICS Towing a Boat in the water Teach yourself to sail Avoid outboard damage because of Ethanol/gas mixtures Making a launch dolly Keelboats spring launch Nautical terms relating to hulls and boatbuilding Nautical terms relating to Sails GPS Terminology Spelling Alphabet for VHS on board Boats Diving Flags International flag alphabet Radar & Radar Reflectors GPS and Chart Plotters	KNOTS & ROPE 10 Essential Knots Compare rope materials Rope Trade Names Fireman's Coil Truckers Hitch Farmers Loop Buntline Hitch How ropes are made How to whip the end of a line Chain Splice
BOAT BUILDING Marine plywood Grades Marine Plywood Glues Anti fouling paints and coatings Varnish Stitch & Glue Boat Building Deciding what kind of boat to build. Polyurethane glue for Boatbuilding Resorcinol is an amazing boat-building adhesive. Boatbuilding resources and pages from my site.	BOAT PLANS Free Punt boat Plans Free Stitch and Glue Boat Plans Links to Boat Plans Links to stitch and glue boat plans Take apart and folding boats Free canoe and kayak paddle plans as well as free oar plans. Free Canoe and Kayak Boat Plans Dory Boat Plans Strip Building boat plans	ANCHORS AND ANCHORING Anchors Anchoring Attaching an anchor to a boat Chain Splice for smoothly attaching rope to chain Anchor Bend Knot Anchoring and Anchor Terminology Drogues and Sea Anchors Articles and Videos about Drogues and Sea Anchors	BOAT STYLES The Dory Fearings Peapods Punts Rowboats Skin on Frame and Kayak Take apart and folding Making Coroplast Boats Rowing and Rowboat Terminology Using a sliding rigger to row Rowing forward facing Boats designed using only one sheet of plywood	SAILS Sailmaking Jib Sail for my Skerry Cleaning my Tanzer sails Sprit Sail Article Installed a furler on Tanzer Test Sail of my new furler on Tanzer
CATS Cat Navigation page My herd Ferals I take care of Feral Kitty Condo Feral Kittens Cats at work Silly Cat Pictures I Neuter 2 feral cats Taming a feral Cat	CAT GARDENS Making a Cat Garden Is Catnip, Kitty Heroin? Plants that Cats Like In fall I bring in plants for my cats	CAT HEALTH Raw Meat Diet experiment Allergies in Cats Feline Leukemia FeLV Fleas in cats Natural and Low toxicity control of fleas in cats Ear Mites in cats Hairballs in cats Top Cat Politics Lulu's fence One of my ferals gets an eye infection	CRITTERS Bugs Bat rescue Racoons + more Racoon Rescue Cuban Wildlife Iguanas Crows Playing Snapping Turtle Rescue	GARDEN Flowers Growing Ginseng Hardy plants for pots Human Uses of Catnip Growing Canna Lilies Overwintering Canna Lilies Moulding a hypertufa ornament Planting a Shade Garden Growing Hostas
COSTUMES Some of my costumes 2 Medieval A King 4 Halloween Wizard Skelleton face Zombie Garden Gnome DIY witch/wizard hat Make a chef's hat for Toronto Zombie Walk Zombie Chef costume Witch Costume	MY ART Paintings Making a simple mold Masks and Jewelry More Paintings I took a Watercolour Course My Boneaparte portrait spoof Continuing watercolour classes Some Lame attempts at cat portraits.	PHOTOS Photo Navigation page Toronto Skyline Toronto Scenes Including China Day Toronto Boats April 28 2011 Gale Toronto CNE Sculptures Boat Club Icicles	PHOTOS Rowing my Skerry Boat up the Humber River Street Art in my Toronto Neighbourhood Art project on a sidewalk Photos from Mad River near Collingwood	SKY PHOTOS Eclipse Photos Cloud Photos More Clouds
TRAVEL Niagara-Falls Morocco Moroccan Plaster Moroccan Tiles England Spain Mexico Korea Cuba	KOREA PAGE I had when I was teaching English in Wonju, Korean Paper Making	GOOD STUFF My Bike Trailer Can Woodgas stove Make a Solar Oven in 1 hour Article on Radon Brass	LINKS Boat Related Links Lots of boat plans Cat Related Links	EMAIL ME Email if you have a comment, want to exchange links, or found a mistake. Christine

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