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Recent Blog PostsIt's always been kind of a long and awkward step up from the dinghy to the transom top. :rolleyes: I picked up this used ladder at a swap meet a while back, and it looked like it just might be a...
Loren Beach 05-11-2013We now have five coats on the bulkhead and also on the teak trim we just reinstalled a couple days ago. Teak-plugging all those holes will have to wait for next winter. Too many other immediate-need...
Loren Beach 05-07-2013When it comes to providing shade for the cockpit, a cover connecting a stern bimini to a dodger is most popular here in Los Angeles. Many modern widebodied cruising boats have both those appendages,...
Christian Williams 05-06-2013The first sewing project was a cover for a wooden pram, to be supported fore and aft using the mast as a ridge pole. I measured the boat and allowed for a 2-inch hem for shock cord under the...
Christian Williams 05-02-2013Why bother to learn to sew? Sewmanship, as Popeye and I likes to call it, is a manly art dating way back. On the other hand, a stock sail cover on the Internet doesn't cost much more than what the...
Christian Williams 04-29-2013
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Recent Forum PostsI have no wires. See pictures in my initial post. I made this for my handheld Garmin GPS that runs off of batteries. I mostly day sail, so I use rechargeable
Looks a lot like my ex boat partner. He will show up in one of these kinds of stories one day...
It seems like 8 to 9 degrees might be good in flat water, but on a pitching sea aren't you afraid it will stall the sail out? Don't you need more of an
Uh, is now a good time to brag up making your own covers? Super easy, inexpensive and a great payoff in protecting whatever finish you choose?
I vote for adding the inside tracks. That is what I am in the process of doing. The tracks would start approximately even with the mast and continue
Hi Respected Sailers
We have been using Cetol for many years and we like it a lot. Easy to put on and easy to patch. Our teak sure does
Dan,
As you can see from the responses, there are a lot of oil fans, and Cetol fans. I happen to be a varnish fan. On my E'27 the amount
Sounds like you are busy enough to have zero free time (I was there once). But you know, the water and the bilge pump are recurring issues for everybody

The 90 Percent Jib
https://vimeo.com/66378694 This video is one minute of sailing versus five months of boat work. A familiar ratio? Why do we do this? Why, whilst grinning along with spray flying, does the mind...
Christian Williams 05-17-2013