A spring break road trip down to San Francisco with the wife and kids. My wife plans the itinerary and it does not include boats. If I pushed it, I could probably squeeze a stop in here or there but it would always be under the shadow of a stopwatch. “How much...
A trip to the Blue Ox Millworks I had stumbled onto the Blue Ox on Youtube some years ago. Eric Hollinbeck is a Vietnam vet who dealt with his own PTSD issues by retreating into a secluded corner of a Eureka California industrial park. There he took a deep interest in...
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...
Cutting Carlin Joints Sometimes just watching someone do something is enough to figure it out yourself The carlin joint is possibly one of the most interesting of all joints to tackle. It is both intimidating at first glance and dead simple in geometry and layout. The...
Building the Bouchie Dory – Part 37 – Sea trials Launching a new boat and getting to put it through its paces is actually something I don’t get a lot of chances to do. There are a number of reasons for that but an overwhelming one is that after all the...
