In a boat, you have a sporting machine. Sailboats should be light and bright...as well as tough.
BREE'S BLOG: In The Wake of the Fitzgerald
Spring has sprung... the grass ariz..
March 18, 2010
...I wonder where
...my true love iz?
Well, it should be in the Minnesota State Fairgrounds in St. Paul, where last fall I dropped off my 20-foot trailerable sloop, Persistence. She would be driven by electric mule into the grandstand area to spend the winter indoors, out of Minnesota's harsh sleet and snows. But Read More
...my true love iz?
Well, it should be in the Minnesota State Fairgrounds in St. Paul, where last fall I dropped off my 20-foot trailerable sloop, Persistence. She would be driven by electric mule into the grandstand area to spend the winter indoors, out of Minnesota's harsh sleet and snows. But Read More
Link up with fellow boaters -- way up!
March 17, 2010
One of my special delights is to drop in on a forum for small craft boaters --- the boats are small, not the people. It's a lot of fun to see what other boaters are saying, doing and even thinking about. That's at www.trailersailor.com.
Authenticity in boat design
March 16, 2010
It's an exciting time when you look for a boat design. There are many sources for you to choose from, including boating magazines which have ads from boat designers. The best designs you can buy will come from the men who themselves build and actually sail and test their own boats. From long hours Read More
You are what you work with
March 10, 2010
One of the first things you've got to do when building a boat is decide what you want to work with: concrete, steel, aluminum, fiberglass or wood. Of these, the ones least likely to be satisfying to work with are the first two: steel and concrete. Both are likely to be lead sleds in Read More
Build with your heart
March 9, 2010
You should build a boat slowly, with love. Never rush a job. You'll only be sorry if you do later on. Have a goal of being a satisfied craftsman who learned something for his work.
Time involved in building a boat your ownself
February 27, 2010
When I began building Persistence, I thought it would be easy to build a hull, even though I had not done it before.One mail-order boat plan outfit said I could build this hull in three weeks. Close. Only seven years later, I had the boat done and in the water.
Boat building tips -- what things really cost: the hull
February 26, 2010
Most wanta-be boatbuilders have stars in their eyes figuring that if they build their own hull that they'll save a lot of money. Actually, the hull on Persistence cost only about 20 percent of the total amount I spent getting my little 20-footer in the water.
Joyce from Iowa Calls: The Legacy of the Old Fishing Guide.
February 25, 2010
"You made my winter," writes Joyce from West Point, Iowa. It turns out that she read my story, Legacy of the Old Fishing Guide, in an Ensign magazine. Joyce and her husband Harold Dahlgren, used to go out fishing with the old guide Ray Kenney, of Rossport, Ontario. I met him while I was Read More
Nice to have friends on Superior
February 15, 2010
I take pride in keeping my friends about me even if I no longer boat with them. Friends from a chance encounter on far-away island, or even a local harbor or marina, stay with me and share information and I count them as an honored part of my author's circle. A circle of friends Read More