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kayak sail rig

Had a good look at the Bat wing, Rushton sail The upper "yard" sits close to the mast making the sail rig something like a Gunter rig. This is good in that it keeps the spars including the mast low. -

By Gerard Mittelstaedt · #53693 ·

Depth finder info. needed

My sister had a large ferro cement hulled staysail schooner (well, large to my eyes) It had a sonar which was mounted in a tube. The sonar head could be lowered down through the tube to look forward a

By Gerard Mittelstaedt · #53582 ·

Big Catboat 4 Sale in Astoria

someone got a good deal. - GM.

By Gerard Mittelstaedt · #53571 ·

More Steamboats -- Closer to Home

Last steamboat in my part of the world - the sternwheeler Bessie which operated on the Rio Grande from Bownsville, Texas to Roma, Texas last trip in 1902 or 1906 depending on what authority you read.

By Gerard Mittelstaedt · #53460 ·

The Kohnen Scarfing Jig

Some years ago I made a "scarfing jig" by welding a few pieces of angle iron, making a frame, and bolting a router on to a heavy plywood carrier to move back & forth across the 4 ft width of a piece o

By Gerard Mittelstaedt · #53449 ·

Lead - vs steel

Steel is heavy - but use enough of it and you may have to deal with magnetic compass deviation. Deviation tables anyone ? Then perhaps you out west could get the Hanford site to give you some depleted

By Gerard Mittelstaedt · #53404 ·

Breezing Up

The lateen or Vela Latina boat seems to have a Catalan flag flying astern. There is a group on Facebook celebrating the Vela Latina in the area of Barcelona ( Catalan area in Spain, which would rather

By Gerard Mittelstaedt · #53007 ·

Mom and Apple Pie

Apple pie - great idea However, from several generations (on Mom's side of the family) and attested by my own taste buds - - The absolute best apple variety for pie is the Johathan apple - IF you can

By Gerard Mittelstaedt · #52887 ·