Ken_Potts Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 I thought I'd post this for our Northern Hemisphere brothers and sisters. When I was in the Great White North I used to love seeing sailing photos posted from the Antipodes in deepest darkest January It was 30c (86f) today with 18 knot breezes occasionally gusting to 22. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick Ludwig Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 Yeah, run it in! It's 26f out now here. But we can dream, can't we... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken_Potts Posted January 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2015 There was less wind for Sunday's sail but the scenery was nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oyster Posted January 13, 2015 Report Share Posted January 13, 2015 Good morning sir. Its nice to see you on the water. its your typical warm up and rain, get cold and wind and raw conditions here. But one day closer to spring I say and we will19' be back on the water before we know it. Of course in the meantime we or I am making pretty some of the leftovers from last year's launching of the shallow draft open water juniper framed Harkers Island style skiff built with lap plank. What a ride too. I am now building it in a larger 21 foot version and actually doing hard plans for the two. Gasp.....As always why be normal you know with me. hehe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken_Potts Posted January 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 Hello Captain Oyster - Nice to hear from you. Are there any pictures to share of the aforementioned skiff? I bet she's as pretty as her sisters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oyster Posted January 15, 2015 Report Share Posted January 15, 2015 The boat is very dry and runs proud on the water. Its actually got one of those new fangled self steering feature, and runs by itself. The bow has a huge amount of storage and has plenty of room for the bride to sit stretched out up there in comfort using the double console seat cushion. Oh it does not have a tee top on it, like its depicted in the shot.;<} The boat was framed with juniper frames and in he same manner as the working skiffs from Harkers Island. I just modified the stem and added some slight tumblehome at the transom even with the sides raked outward with the flared front frames, planking it in lap. Its all 6mm plywood instead of the favorite strip plank. This saved huge amounts of weight too, even though the planks did take some work to deal with the flare and 12" running distances of the faces of the frames. The new 21' footer will have a stringer system in the bottom, which removes all the framing and work, while creating a better deck system for the novices. Oh just for you, just in case you are missing the area, a shot on the beach at the cape from an evening cruise. I had some better shots of the boat running. But I was hit with a computer encryption virus, which hit all of my JPG files called CTB locker, or known on the web as Ransomware. So anyone with photos stored on their computer should be aware. Thankfully I had about 80 percent of the current files backed up. But got lazy with some of the picture folders and had not got around to back some key ones up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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