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Navigator
Update
You can't accuse Robbie Powick of rushing through
his Navigator project. He is chipping away steadily,
though and what he has so far looks great. |
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Martin's
Cat
We had heard rumors that a strange cat would
appear at the Lake Powell Messabout and we were
not dissappointed. Here is Martin's story: |
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Comanche
What happens when you scale an already short
12 foot canoe down to 10 feet? Les Brown knows
- and he has a few other tricks up his sleeve. |
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Building
a Michalak Jon jr.
In this article Tim Lehman recounts his experience
building Jim Michalak's Jon jr. from constructing
a model to the launch in Ft. Wayne Indiana. |
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Almost
There - The Build
The Colorado 100 Race has come and gone but
we are just now getting around to posting Skip
Johnson's foam strip/glass/kevlar composite
building log. |
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Rudder
& Daggerboard Foils
You have heard that your sailboat will perform
much better with a NACA section rudder and daggerboard.
Warren Messer tells you how to make them. |
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Confessions
of a Lug Nut
Gary Blankenship is a Lug Nut. The good news
is that he knows a whole lot about making lugsails
in their various forms work and he is willing
to share. |
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The
Chinese Lugsail (Junk Rig)
John Tompkins says the Chinese Lugsail is the
easiest of sails to make. Fortunately he also
gives us some tips based on his years of experience. |
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Saralee's
New Rudder
If you are considering upgrading your rudder
to a foil type, read Craig Gleason's article.
He just made a new NACA foil rudder for his
Stephenson Vacationer. |
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Regatta
for Homebuilt Boats
Messabouts are pretty popular in the States,
but are still catching on in Great Britain.
Chris Partridge sends us this report from a
recent gathering there. |
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You
Ain't Home 'til the Anchor is Dropped in the
Harbor
Captain Ron Thweatt explains how his sailing
experience helps him deal with the holidays.
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Reinstalling
the Magneto and Carb
It is a mean trick of me to try to make Max
Wawrzyniak's article more exciting with this
thumbnail, afterall, there really is good information
here. |
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The
Miniature Shipyard and
teaching boatbuilding
Anyone who has built 22 boats in 19 years ought
to know what he is talking about so if John
Welsford says to build a model, that's good
enough for me. |
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The
Snotter
Dispite the unsavory name, The Snotter
actually serves a useful function. David Nichols
gives a little history and a little practical
application of Snotters. |
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Conniving
Clive
I can't write poetry but Paul Haynie can. Limericks
are poetry aren't they? However you fall on
that question, you are going to get a big kick
out of this. |
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A
sleeping helmsman, flippin multi-hulls,
island rum and whistling bebacks!
Who knew the world of model boat sailing was
so big and interesting? Mark Steele knew all
along. |
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Ethanol
in two-stroke outboards
Last month Rob Rohde-Szudy described how to
clean up an old two stroke outboard. Now make
those modifications even more effective with
cleaner fuel. |
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Morning
Paddle
If you had been paddling on the White River
on a certain day, you would have seen what Jose
Joven saw. You probably weren't but he had a
camera. |
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A
Sail with Barrett
Owen Sinclair did not have to travel half-way
around the world to sail in a Navigaror, after
all, he has one of his own. That is exactly
what he did, though. |
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Rhine
Kanuen - Part II
When Brian Anderson took a break from his Mr.
Mom and writing jobs, he didn't mess around.
He paddled 35 miles down the Rhine River to
Cologne, Germany. |
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Chuggerboat
Trip - November 2005
Chuggerboat was inspired by a comment Pat Johnson's
dad made about kayaking down the Yukon River
while they were fishing the Prudhoe Bay Pipeline
Road. |
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NINI
This boat was named for an elderly aunt, and
Herb McLeod's new design is indeed a classic.
He explains his design parameters and how the
boat turned out. |
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Fusion
14 Sit On Top Canoe
The fastest growing new segment of home built
boat designs is Sit On Tops. Here is a great
example of an SOT canoe from the board of Chris
Ostlind. |
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Stoa
Proa Update
Gary Lepak is a designer/builder who approaches
this hobby from a different angle than most.
Here is the latest iteration of one of his interesting
boats. |
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More
Messer Models
Here is a treat for anyone who likes to make
paper models. Warren Messer has put two more
of his original designs in PDF form: just print
and build. |
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Webwatch
We are starting something new: a monthly list
of websites, blogs, photo albums, videos and
other points of interest around the web. |
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