A new Sundowner
I've a nice long post all written out, pics taken, captions done, all that stuff but for some reason my lappy wont read the camera card. Grrr!So it will wait for a little while, and just to show that...
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Got the camera working so here's the post I missed on Monday
Its Monday That used to be the worst day of the week, but now I’m working piecemeal at several things or sometimes not at all? Well, the young ones are all back at school, the parents who took time...
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I designed my Navigator design quite a few years back now, originally designed as a race trainer which would teach late teen aged sailers the basics of handling the small high performance keel boats...
View ArticleRAID January 2016
Last summerI made a half hearted attempt to organise a group of friends to go cruising in small boats, researched the area, campsites, routes and courses, pickups and parking for the vehicles and so...
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Progress, plus a very ambitious voyage.
I’m home again, the little ship here on the river really does feel like home. Waking in the morning to look out from my bunk and watch the light gradually come into the sky, the stars fade and the...
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Back to the Pacific NW, paradise ( in summertime)
I was surprised to be asked. Complimented too, you've no idea.I’ve a trip coming up, I’m to skipper a charter motor cruiser in Desolation Sound, British Columbia for a 10 day charter with a friend who...
View ArticleRaid dates, SEI and SNS Plans and other news
RAID Dates and other news.Time to book leave from work, family or any other excuses for not coming along.29 January to 6 February.Raid to be run in the area between Kawau Island and Shakespears Bay in...
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From Desolation Sound, British Columbia.
Blog.Desolation Sound, British Columbia.Jackie and I found each other ok at Vancouver airport and the flight across to where we were to pick up our ship was quick and efficient, the cab driver who took...
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From Desolation Sound BC
Morning has broken-------In these deep sided sounds the sun does not come up over the tops of the trees until a little later than you’d be used to, but we’re only about 3 weeks short of the longest day...
View ArticleHome again and back to work
Home again.It’s a long way home from Vancouver to my ship in Auckland, Skytrain in Vancouver (great public transport, quick, quiet and cheap! Well done Vancouver BC) then a flight to San Fran, (very...
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A grumble and other things.Just recently over on the jwbuilders yahoo group, there was some discussion about temporary shelters in which to build a boat. There were some good suggestions, and some...
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Cruising, from a small boat perspective
Camp cruising I love camp cruising, began my cruising career in a then 40 year old open 14 ft sailing dinghy with a damp kapok sleeping bag, a very old and temperamental kerosene stove, two spoons, a...
View ArticleIts cold out there!
Its the shortest day of the year today, here in the southern hemisphere anyway. Its calm after the mayhem that yesterdays fast moving winter storm caused, and while there is some light cloud its...
View ArticleSpring is just around the corner. Well, several corners and a couple of...
Three minutes and forty four seconds. Not a lot, you cant do much in that small amount of time. I can type about 100 words, walk a hundred and fifty yards at a gentle pace, paddle around twice that if...
View ArticleFacebook, travel and stuff
We’ve started a Facebook page, I’d tried to do that a couple of years ago but got annoyed at how many emails it dumped into my inbox and spent ages trying to unsubscribe to no avail. But since Yahoo...
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I was busy building a garage, I've mentioned it before. A kitset 6m x 3.5 m one from Trade Tested here in NZ, it came in several cardboard boxes, not very big ones, and did those boxes not seem like...
View ArticleLots of fun but no holiday!
Much too busy!I have been flat out working at SCAMP Camp ( with a side expedition to the dentist to get a broken tooth fixed) pretty much ever since I got here to the Port Townsend area so have been...
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RIP Frances Diana Kyle. 1932/2015Things have been very quiet on the posting front, Apologies for that, but its been a rough week.While enjoying summer, SCAMP Camp and SCAMP skills, the company of good...
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Nose to the grindstone again
Or at least hands to the sanding block, I’m unexpectedly home so have a chance to get some work done on SEI. Its cold here, but the daytime temps are ok for WEST epoxy with fast hardener, and the sun...
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Working on the mast for SEI
Beefing up the mast.Chuck Leinweber at Duckworksmagazine.com has been using a woven fiberglass sleeve to reinforce the wooden masts he’s made for the various boats he’s built.As far as I know he’s been...
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