Milestone: interior paint
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Nice! Looks great Paul
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Sweet little boat, Paul. Glad you shared the photos.
Reminds me of the Peep Hen design.
-Jim
Beautiful work. Grog to ya, mate!
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Sorry, the pics got moved in a reorganization. The build pics can be seen here:
http://www.cruisenews.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=67&t=3498
warning, slow loading due to many pictures
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Hey, is thar a Matt Layden design?
Inspired by Matt, but self designed. It does have the chine runners of the Paradox.
Paul - just went through the whole 5 pages of imagery - she is looking great! A couple of Q's:
1 - Will you have ports in the doghouse? I imagine that would be a necessity, or surely a luxury, to not have to poke ones head out into the Great Lakes night air to make sure you weren't dragging anchor. ;)
2 - Outboard - will the controls be within reach of the cockpit, or are you going to wrangle up some sort of remotes?
Very interested to find out how she sails. The chine runner designs are very intriguing to me.
Sven would approve, I bet! :) He hasn't updated (http://www.yrvind.com/present_project/) in quite a while, hope he is still doing OK...
Neat project. Keep us updated.
Quote from: skylark on April 22, 2011, 06:19:58 AM
Inspired by Matt, but self designed. It does have the chine runners of the Paradox.
Cool job. keep us posted. I,too, am quite intrigued by the chine runners and Matt Laydens designs. And yes, I did encounter them via a book by Sven (Yrvind)a few years ago,
extremely KISS and Sailfar-style little vessels.
Quote from: CapnK on April 22, 2011, 08:24:40 AM
Paul - just went through the whole 5 pages of imagery - she is looking great! A couple of Q's:
1 - Will you have ports in the doghouse? I imagine that would be a necessity, or surely a luxury, to not have to poke ones head out into the Great Lakes night air to make sure you weren't dragging anchor. ;)
2 - Outboard - will the controls be within reach of the cockpit, or are you going to wrangle up some sort of remotes?
Very interested to find out how she sails. The chine runner designs are very intriguing to me.
Sven would approve, I bet! :) He hasn't updated (http://www.yrvind.com/present_project/) in quite a while, hope he is still doing OK...
The cabinhouse will have ports. I need a couple more coats of paint on it before I can install them.
I have an old 2 stroke motor and I am hoping that I can control the choke and pull start the motor standing in the hatch opening. I will also make a switch to ground out the spark. So I hope it will be remotely operated.
Weather has slowed me down, not much progress lately.
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Got the halyards fitted in. Anybody know how to make some simple jam cleats?
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http://www.cruisenews.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=67&t=3498&p=5094#p5094
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQL9YILA9_g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu3VXTr49n0
Cool!
It looks like it is coming along well.
Years ago, I had an idea to make a small single-handed trimaran with fresh water ballast that I could pump back and forth from one side to the other. That would allow more sail area, and also store the drinking water supply.
Never got around to it though.
Keep up the good work and the posts!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgBs1ROHiqM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ-nXwbeuEo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJeFzB2QqQE
most excellent, Paul... should be perfect for the great loop !!!
Merry Christmas
http://youtu.be/NclGqs94frY
Frozen in and taking on water
http://youtu.be/nTF4DLwkNHo
Is your boat OK? Being frozen in, I guess she can't sink? Also, is your boat the only one left in the marina, or is everything just blanketed in snow? Stay warm!
I can't tell much, it is still frozen in the ice. If it thaws a bit, I will be able to learn more.
Encased in Ice
http://youtu.be/EYItVbhvDLw
Quote from: skylark on March 10, 2014, 12:42:56 PM
Encased in Ice
http://youtu.be/EYItVbhvDLw
Ok, this brings up something that has been on my mind this morning.
We've had a fairly nasty, cold damp winter down here. The Houston area, just a few hours east of me, has had SEVEN episodes of freezing rain so far this winter- absolutely unheard of for here, and here at my house we have had the cold slow drizzles, with LOTS of wind. Temps in the lower 30's, wind chills as low as 16F. Seemingly for weeks.
Nothing like folks up north have every year, (thanks be) but-
I'm about to go postal with our weather. Seriously affecting my moods- lack of warm and sun
So my question, seriously is- How on EARTH do you people up there survive through months of this poop???? And stay sane?
Its not easy, at first it is nice to stay inside and read a book by the fire or whatever, but eventually everybody goes crazy with cabin fever. This winter has been tough, heavy, heavy snows one after another. About wore out my snowblower.
I second Skylark's sentiments. Worst winter I can remember in my life. No place left to even put snow. I have a bank at the end of my driveway that's like a mini matterhorn and backing out is a leap of faith.
Cabin fever to the extreme, compounded by the fact that I fell very ill and have been on bedrest since before Christmas until last week. In answer to the question as to what keeps me sane through the freeze:
Herreshoff
Slocum
O'Brian
Small Craft Advisor
Good Old Boat
The wondrous Internet
...and most of all my ADD-riddled imagination! ;D
Spring can't come soon enough I'm still a couple of weeks away from even being able to easily access my boat! Aaaargh!
The ice in the river broke up and was pushed out to Lake Michigan, and my boat is still there!
http://youtu.be/08bHHKpYEFY
Now THAT would be scary. I've got one pic of Tehani with snow in her cockpit, but she was on land. 2004 ;)
Hope it's all ok
Recovery has started.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LG6EVELCz7A&feature=youtu.be
Went back today and sponged out a couple 20 buckets. Hull seems to be OK. There is some cleanup needed, the outboard bracket was ripped off by the ice, and the rudder is suspect. But she is floating on her lines.
http://youtu.be/ieBDaIfEicM
The boat seems OK, a little worse for wear and tear, but still a usable boat.