i've looked through google's copy, which is limited in what it shows(nothing on materials, but some great stuff on rigging the various topsails...
good point. still, sufficient water should be carried for a week. you never know when you're going to run into trouble and be adrift.
trim up.
dacron's plastic. not totally right when on a wooden hulled schooner. yeah it'd look fine on the trimaran, but not the big boat. and how...
well, depending on the weight used, it's actually not too bad. to be perfectly honest, less expensive than dacron, per yard. at least, for UV...
dunno... they got on fine a hundred years and more ago, when they didn't have kevlar/dacron, etc. and if the wind takes them to tension, the...
i've mostly messed about with modern materials for sails, polytarps, tyvek, etc. but linen sails, now there's a romantic idea. anyone know...
******** day.... lulz. k, done being immature.
but what about the rum?:P just no respect for nautical traditions, anyways.:D hm. four people, seven days, 300 liters? wow, that's...
okay, for all my love of multihulls, especially trimarans, i'm a true romantic at heart. so i'd love to build a old, old fashioned schooner, kind...
stick with the pine. if you want a weight savings in the framing, switch to a hardwood like white oak, you can go thinner for the same strength,...
that's actually what i'm talking about. it's tough to describe in print, but you draw the tool down the face to be glued, much like a comb. the...
but, in all seriousness... a gallon and a half to two gallons ration daily is appropriate. it's a very rough day indeed if you use it, and if you...
a true dream project. 60' not counting the sprit OAL, about 17' of beam and 7' of draft. wood construction of the day weighed her in at 70 tons....
GROG!!!! no, wait... that's rum...
one of my big dreams is to put together a replica of one of the first revenue cutters. i'd like to go with traditional building, if possible,...
something i've learned from building bows for archery: glue on a roughed surface has no more bonding strength than glue on a smooth surface....
part of it might be from the mistaken belief that steel will rust, whereas fiberglass/composites are supposed to be enduring forever(schyea......
i've been down to two liters a day, but that wasn't afloat. about two gallons a day, minimum to feel nice, i think. three should suit anyone's...
a vertical axis turbine would solve a lot of the pointing problems, as well as simplifying the whole machine. *draws feverishly*
