Model Qamutiit – Pt. 1 In my limited arctic travels there has been one consistent feature and that is the presence of substantial DIY stuff movers. In Inuvik, where the primary highway is the Mackenzie River, it was the plywood scow. We shall have to explore...
https://youtu.be/j85wdSNMEkE Caulking 101 – on Canada’s oldest sailboat Caulking or “corking” as it is often pronounced is arguably one of the darkest arts in the wooden boatbuilding world. It’s no wonder it is given how difficult it is to even find the tools...
Model Boatbuilding – Stem rabbets Our Patreon member Tim Ehrich got cracking on his Forest and Stream model, skiff, got’er done and has moved onto challenging himself with a Manticus Peapod model, the lines of which he got from John Garder’s...
Tools from Trash – Hacksaw Blades Making tools from junk around the workshop isn’t about thrift exactly. It’s about immediately satisfying an urgent need. But sometimes you stumble onto a solution that doesn’t really exist anywhere else. My simple bevel gauge is...
In the latest issue of Professional Boatbuilder magazine, October/November 2021 – #193, contributor Dan Mielke describes the process he used for establishing a new waterline and boot-stripe on his sailing yacht. (I’ve included the article in the attachments) By...
