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...

Boarding/Swim Ladder Project

It'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...

The bulkhead, with varnish, finally

We 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...

Sewmanship 3--Cockpit Shade, Main Hatch Cover, Interior Upholstery

When 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,...

Sewmanship 2--Covers for Dinghy, Hatches, Pedestal, Mainsail

The 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...

Sewmanship 1--the Sewing Machine

Why 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...

I 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

If this is addressed to me,

Looks a lot like my ex boat partner. He will show up in one of these kinds of stories one day...

Shady Dana Point Broker caught!

Where did you run the wires? I've just purchased the materials to make something similar, but I can't figure out how to run the wires cleanly without

Wires?

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

narrow angle?

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?

new to teak finishing - damaged handrails

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

Adding jib tracks E30-1

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

Cetol

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

Varnish Enthusiast

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

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