I make my first bevel

I had to bevel the seat cleat on the transom for the rear seat. This is a harrowing proposition for me because, a: I do not know how to bevel things, and b: I do not want to screw this up too much because then nothing will fit. Fortunately, I had the mind to ask over at the Storer woodworking forum first, and basically, I take my hand plane to it and plane away. So thats what I did, and I successfully beveled my seat cleat the 4mm. PHEW! Not so bad!...

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On the metaphorical road again heading for more small boat sailing adventures

The brotherhood of the travelling boots.Its occurred to me that the hikers boots that I’m wearing have been to seven different countries so far, they’re good friends the two of them, get along well even though they’re almost twins. One of course is a lefty and the other a righty but even so they seem able to co operate and generally arrive wherever it is that they’re going at about the same time.I’m on my way again, this time to Chile,  will...

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Download free aluminium fishing boat plans

free aluminium fishing boat plansIn order to help out some of our visitor that also participate and looking for free aluminium fishing boat plans in this great past-time, I decided to go above and beyond and include simple, easy-to-follow, step by step instructions with all of free aluminium fishing boat plans. Since I don't have the time to mentor every person I meet that is interested in learning to build boats, I felt like this was the best way...

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Download river fishing boat plans

river fishing boat plansIn order to help out some of our visitor that also participate and looking for river fishing boat plans in this great past-time, I decided to go above and beyond and include simple, easy-to-follow, step by step instructions with all of river fishing boat plans. Since I don't have the time to mentor every person I meet that is interested in learning to build boats, I felt like this was the best way to give back.The illustrated...

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Download home built fishing boat plans

home built fishing boat plansIn order to help out some of our visitor that also participate and looking for home built fishing boat plans in this great past-time, I decided to go above and beyond and include simple, easy-to-follow, step by step instructions with all of home built fishing boat plans. Since I don't have the time to mentor every person I meet that is interested in learning to build boats, I felt like this was the best way to give back.The...

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Isla Isabel to Mazatlan

The Honcho departed Isla Isabel in the late afternoon heading in a northerly direction toward Mazatlan on starboard tack. Almost as soon as we cleared the island the wind piped up to about 20 knots so we put a reef in the main and had a nice sail for about 40 miles. Around midnight we were about 3 miles off the beach just north of Teacapan and tacked to port.  This put us on on a course of due west and we got a taste of punching into the short,...

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Oar Prototype 1

I lost power and internet for a bit during the big blow the other day, and never posted pictures of the oar. The following day I decided to shape the oar up. Using my plane, block plane, random obit sander, chisel, and wishing that I had a spokeshave, I went to work. In about three hours I got the below product. As you may notice, there is a kink where the blade meets the loom. Also, I screwed up the shaping a bit.I mean, for a first oar done in...

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The Berck Flobart Marianne Toute Seule

Marianne Toute Seule is an open, inshore fishing boat of a type which is typical to the Cote dOpale, the long sandy coast of the Pas De Calais region of France. These hand-lining boats are known as “flobarts”. A flobart is a shallow draft boat designed for beach launching. Thanks to the Marianne Toute Seules flat bottom and lifting daggerboard she could be easily sailed up onto the beach at Berck and left to dry out on the tide, an essential feature,...

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Opera Class

To the south west of Liverpool, the Wirral peninsular forms the northern shore of the estuary to the River Dee. The unique geography created a deep water sea-lake, the Hoyle Lake around which were established fishing communities and safe havens in the protected waters was far back as Roman times.The Hoylake Sailing Club was established in 1887, in response to the silting up of the river and channel at the turn of the twentieth century the members...

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Officialized The Most Famous Goat In The World

AHOY MATEYSThe Traditional Small Craft Association has honored itself by placing IAZ,P on the cover of their Summer 2014 issue! (Of course, I am a proud member of the TSCA, a most worthy organization that you should join, so I am likewise honored).  Intrepid Reader, you are well aware that we are not entertainers of nuance or understatement here at GISAmateur Style.  Therefor, I will now proclaim the following inevitable statement that...

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Leaving La Cruz

Time is slipping by here in La Cruz but weve been making progress getting the boat ready to head south. The dinghy has been packed up and the outboard motor serviced and secured on its traveling bracket. All systems energized and tested, fresh water tanks filled, the hull bottom scrubbed and weather updates downloaded. Speaking of weather, we are expecting wind and bigger surf than normal in the next couple of days, then possibly some rain next week. Until now the weather has been a continuous string of perfectly blue skies, temps in the 80s and refreshing...

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Get free fishing boat plans plywood

free fishing boat plans plywoodIn order to help out some of our visitor that also participate and looking for free fishing boat plans plywood in this great past-time, I decided to go above and beyond and include simple, easy-to-follow, step by step instructions with all of free fishing boat plans plywood. Since I don't have the time to mentor every person I meet that is interested in learning to build boats, I felt like this was the best way to give...

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Leaving Ensenada

Notice the retractable bowsprit on this classic woodie.Yesterday we traveled to the wine country in the Guadalupe Valley. I wont go into the details of each winery we visited but one that stood out was Adobe Guadalupe. The architecture of the buildings is distinctive as are their wines, and the tour was informative and entertaining. Another unique winery was JC Bravo. This is a small place, still under construction, but they are producing a red and...

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Grace

The Norske 35 design is a tough, double ended design very much in the style of Colin Archer and billed as an ocean cruiser by Harley Boats for construction in ferro cement.Dimensions are 35 LOD, beam of 11 and a relatively shallow draft of 53". Hartley describe her as "traditional relatively cheap and easy to construct craft, for general cruising or ocean wandering. The rig is easily within the limits of the loner." The sail plan shows either a gaff...

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Sebascodegan Island Circumnavigation Legendary!

Welcome Intrepid Readers and fellow Skippers to a time honored Maine tradition accomplished this past week by your favorite Sea Pearl 21 and her surly crew-- the Circumnavigation of Sebascodegan ("Great") Island!NOT FOR NAVIGATION get your own damn chart!NOAAIm not going to pansyfoot around the proverbial bushes: The Sebascodegan Circumnavigation is a beautiful must-do cruise for any small boaty type person and I am happy to say I hope to repeat...

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