Since the SF Pelican looks like a Sampan.. One might think it would work with a Yuloh - or scull over the stern. Anyone tried such? I have a friend who had one (beautiful boat) and he successfully did

Masks are more effective for not spreading what you have to others. In my case - guy with beard - it is doubly true. do not get much of a seal.

OK I went to the website and downloaded the whole big file if ALL Chart Downloader for NOAA RNC® The Raster Navigational Charts are available in BSB format. I am unaware of that BSB format is or how t

I promised not to look at boats that I could not afford to paint. Sometimes I look anyway. - Gerard M.

Interesting - built-on roll damper perhaps. Also could help keep her upright if dried out on a flat beach, but does not seem to be robust enough to handle that sort of load. - just a guess - Gerard M.

If you poke around a bit on the NOAA website you can download charts as PDF files. - though printing them out to size might be a serious chore https://charts.noaa.gov/InteractiveCatalog/nrnc.shtml#map

Just my opinion, I think the difference between the lateen as it is designed and set in the Mediterranean, and the "Arab" dhow, Indian Ocean is somewhat variable. Many of the lateens in the Med. and I

The lateen boats shown are most likely from Egypt. There is a large lake near the mouth of the Nile River where these lateen boats are made and used for fishing. It is VERY shallow there. Somewhere I

The photo I see is of a V bottom boat ashore, probably at low tide. The illustration (plan) from Chapelle seems to be a sharpie, with a really flat bottom. I find both attractive, but doubt they are t

I am waiting for a "kill switch" requirement for my sail! Texas already has a "kill switch" law. I have not used my old 4 hp British Seagull in years. - Wonder how one would rig a kill switch to it. H

It appears the whole un-abridged text is available in Great voyages in small boats: Solo transatlantic Hardcover – published January 1, 1982 by Ann Davison (Author), David Lewis (Author), Hannes Linde

Just wondering - is Cedar strong enough to make a satisfactory oar ? Presuming loom dimension is as thin as many oars I know of. - Gerard Mittelstaedt --- living in a place where Cedar fence boards I

Thanks for sharing this video . I bought & read Sam McKinney's books and now can "virtually" and after his demise see him and hear his voice. - Gerard Mittelstaedt McAllen, TX

for - resawing - cutting boards thinner - bandsaws are the tool of choice. Then, one needs a fairly decent sized bandsaw - and - technique is important. I saw a youtube recently that speaks to the iss

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. -

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

someone got a good deal. - GM.

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.

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

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