Tuesday, May 5, 2015. Unwrapped Xiao Feng on Sunday, lovely day almost felt like summer. Not sure how much sailing there will be this summer since we are moving house end of June, but I am sure I will be able to squeeze in a few nice days. Sunday, November 16, 2014. Sunday, August 10, 2014. All in all a very nice day on the water.

Hi everyone and welcome to my new blog. I built her over three years with the help of my father, father-in-law and two children. This blog is a record of our voyages together around SW England. Thursday, 15 March 2018.

The friendly club with a sense of adventure. For sailors and families who use boats for more than just racing. Finding launching tricky in Poland. DCA member no 4, Frank Dye, famously sailed from Scotland to Norway and Iceland in his Wayfarer dinghy - and along the east coast of North America. He described the latter voyage in his book. Sailing to the Edge of Fear. At the jetty on Ullswater. Cruising in company at Cobnor.

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I built her in my garage over a period of 18 months and launched her in 2011. She sports a sliding gunter main, roller furled jib and sprit-boomed mizzen. Her construction is glued-lapstrake over permanent bulkheads and stringers. Monday, June 20, 2016.

Since 1978 I have been fortunate to sail wooden boats. In 2006 I set out to find a Drascombe Longboat Cruiser for single-handed. Thursday, August 13, 2015. I arrived in Elizabeth City, North Carolina midday to join the fleet, crewing on the F. Capt Dave prepares for a blow, Propwash.

Confessions of a Goat Island Skiff Builder. Building a Goat Island Skiff in 5 weeks. The sail is a balanced lug of 104 square feet on an unstayed mast. This design comes by way of Mike Storer of Australia. Wednesday, August 31, 2011. Week 4 - Sail kit, Centerboard carving, Painting begins. Above is the clew reinforcement patch being fitted. Here is the same scene, taken seconds later but.

Dinghy Cruising means different things to different people. Finding launching tricky in Poland. DCA member no 4, Frank Dye. Famously sailed from Scotland to Norway. And Iceland in his Wayfarer dinghy - and along the east coast of North America. He described the latter voyage in his book. Sailing to the Edge of Fear. At the jetty on Ullswater. But there are the hundreds of us. Who take out a small boat for a day sail. Cruising in company at Cobnor. While in the middle of the spectrum.