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 Posted on September 30th,2009The latest issue of Outside Magazine includes a great article titled “Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea”about a six-person crew’s voyage in a hand-made,21′,open sloop from the southern coast of Haiti to Florida. The goal was to trace the route of refugees in a native craft. This is one [...]  Category:Extended Voyages,Small Sail Craft |  Tags:caribbean,haiti,outside magazine,sailing,sloop,voyage |  One comment |  Trackback this Post Posted on July 20th,2009So my blogging has fallen off a bit this spring,eh? Never fear,I haven’t gone away –I’ve just been engaged in another project. But that’s a different post. My parents recently took an Elderhostel trip to the Dalmatian coast,Croatia. They loved the trip and it looks as lovely as I have heard [...] Posted on September 11th,2008There are so many cool boats to see at the Center for Wooden Boats. I noticed a bunch that weren’t there in my prior visit. Here’s a little slide show of them: Posted on July 15th,2008I had an opportunity to stroll briefly past the Maritime Museum of San Diego this weekend. Looks like a nice spot for those interested in ships. I did find a couple nice-looking local wooden work boats. The first is a little fishing boat that apparently traces its roots to the Mediterranean,courtesy of Italian immigrants. [...] Posted on March 25th,2008Tonight I came across the blog Knockabout Sloops,which is devoted to one man’s construction of a long,pretty sloop in glass with nice trim. I like the daily progress logs. Of course I could never have done this. Too many days saying the same thing…followed by reverses… Posted on December 19th,2006As I have mentioned in the past,I have been screwing around with boat design stuff for many years (with a big lull in there when I lost my way). My inaugural post on this blog talked about the class I took at the design class I took at the WoodenBoat School. There I designed [...] Posted on September 4th,2005I mentioned Paul Gartside in the previous post. He is,by the way,a heck of a good designer. He has a great eye for traditional craft with just the right amount of working boat influence,in my mind. Check out this one –5.5 Metre Half-Decked Centerboard Gaff Cutter,Design #93 –sweet [...] Category:Classic Yachts,Small Sail Craft | Tags:gaff rig,paul gartside,sloop,woodenboat school | One comment | Trackback this Post | ||
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