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Wednesday, November 30, 2005

Longing for the Open Water

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Ellen MacArthur’s next project will be a personal crusade to save the Albatross. (http://www.savethealbatross.net/) She has an affinity w...
Monday, November 28, 2005

Bolt Together Boat

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Bolt Together Boat There’s been sparse activity on this blog, because I’ve been busy with those things that ‘need’ doing; one of them has...
Tuesday, November 22, 2005

“The Wreck of the Hesperus”

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There’s no chance for a foolish skipper and his crew when he ignores the wisdom of the wise. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem, “The Wreck ...
Thursday, November 17, 2005

Hibernation for Paradox

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In our particular part of England for the past few days the weather has been fine, being dominated with a high pressure system, but that has...
Monday, November 14, 2005

"The Lifeboat"

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"The Lifeboat" By George R. Sims Been out in the lifeboat often? Ay, ay, sir, oft enough. When it's rougher than thi...
Thursday, November 03, 2005

The Jumblies

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You'll never stop the foolish from taking unnecessary risks, or the ignorant from stepping out in their own wisdom. Brave men who man o...
Wednesday, November 02, 2005

To the Sea in Ships

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I found this today in Psalm 107, starting at the 23rd verse: 23 Those who go down to the sea in ships, Who do business on great...
Tuesday, November 01, 2005

Lack of Progress

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Since coating the rudder and stock with epoxy I’ve not been able to work on them again, due to more important matters and unfavourable weath...
Thursday, October 27, 2005

Rudder Again

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Today a weather record for the warmest day in October for London and the south east was broken. Taking advantage of the situation I applied...
Sunday, October 23, 2005

The Mast 9

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Surprise, surprise ……… I thought I had applied the last coat of epoxy to the upper part of the mast, but when I examined it yesterday aftern...
Friday, October 21, 2005

The Mast 8

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In deference to my wife, I removed the mast from the hall that links our front door with the kitchen. For the last week it has resided in a...
Thursday, October 20, 2005

The Mast 7

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Building a Paradox micro-sailboat requires many applications of epoxy, because almost everything that needs joining is welded together with ...
Wednesday, October 19, 2005

The Mast 6

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The mast has taken on its final shape, apart from the area around the base, which will provide some latitude when it comes to matching the m...
Monday, October 17, 2005

The Mast 5

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I made good progress with the mast today by fitting an all round white masthead light and its flex. I also glued the front piece between th...
Sunday, October 16, 2005

The Mast 4

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Yesterday I did a bit more shaping of the mast, and cut the slot for the main halyard sheave. I’ll build the all round masthead light into t...
Wednesday, October 12, 2005

The Mast 3

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A couple of days ago I fiddled around with the front piece of the mast to make it fit snugly within the side pieces. Since then I’ve not do...
Friday, October 07, 2005

The Mast 2

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Instead of inserting the end plugs into the top and bottom of the mast, I decided it would be better to glue them into position when fixing ...
Thursday, October 06, 2005

The Mast

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I’ve been able to find a few hours for working on the Douglas fir mast. On Wednesday I shaped the front and back pieces, making them almo...
Friday, September 30, 2005

10 Little Pigs – what next?

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I’ve now completed the initial batch of 10 lead ballast pigs, each weighing about 11.5 kilos; that leaves me with a choice as to what I shou...
Thursday, September 29, 2005

Seventh Pig

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I had a surprise while heating lead for the seventh pig, when a hole suddenly appeared in the much used saucepan and lead poured onto the co...