Here are photos and related thoughts from the 2016 Wooden Boat Festival. I enjoyed getting up to Port Townsend via mostly-public, very-cheap[…]
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Inspiring ideas from the 2015 Wooden Boat Festival
Last fall I finally attended my first Wooden Boat Festival in Port Townsend (WA). It was a real treat to[…]
Read moreBernard Slotboom’s windtunnel tests of the crab claw sail
Just archiving and contemplating Bernard’s tests and analysis of the crab claw sail using a home-built wind tunnel. It’s inspiring[…]
Read moreCrab claw sails: the mast to tack connection
A key question in the design of a crab claw sail and rig for your sailboat is whether to fix[…]
Read morePerformance of a bamboo-polytarp crab claw sail on a Tiki 21 catamaran
Since the launching of our Wharram Tiki 21, Milagra, back in the summer of 2012, we have been propelled primarily[…]
Read moreDesolation Sound cruise (August, 2014)
In August, 2014, the Veirs/Reese clan cruised on Milagra through Desolation Sound. We were accompanied by the Veirs elders aboard[…]
Read moreHand-launching the Harpoon 4.6
Sharpening the Harpoon 4.6
As a 2014 Mother’s Day gift, we simultaneously cleared space for Cathrine to garden in her side yard & refurbished[…]
Read moreCedar decking on the Pahi 26′ Ki’iloa
Naomi helped Kiko & I lash on cedar planks rounded & Thompson water-sealed w/help from Ty & Tim. Kiko &[…]
Read moreFinishing the Babson 14′
The hulls get some Sherman-Williams but it doesn’t like West systems very much (rubs off after 48 hrs drying when[…]
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