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Tweets by IamFCE- “There aren’t too many small boat voyagers left, and we are they. Those of us with experience sailing, paddling, and rowing light expeditionary craft on adventuresome treks have a bit of a duty to set good, seamanlike examples to those who are paying attention to what we do, both to further the passion, and ensure that those who follow our path do so in safety. For they, in turn, will be the ones to further the passion in years to come.”
Monthly Archives: June 2010
Without A Paddle signing updates
There are more locations for you to go to get a signed copy of Warren’s book: Friday July 2 – The Sanibel Island Bookshop 1571 Periwinkle Way 11 a.m. Sanibel, Fla. 239-472-5223 http://www.sanibelbookshop.com Saturday July 3 – Circle Books St. … Continue reading
Without A Paddle
A kayak. 1200 miles. 30 days or less. “Without A Paddle” is Warren Richey’s (Sharkchow in Watertribe guise) book about doing the Ultimate Florida Challenge (the one that almost makes the Everglades Challenge look like playing with toys in the … Continue reading
Booming news….
When I bought my Chrysler 20 in 2003, it came with an extra boom laying upon the trailer frame. The boat came from a powerboat yard, so it didn’t belong to anything they owned, and they said take it, so, … Continue reading
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AARRGH!
Without resorting to saltier, piratical language, I just have to vent my frustration at missing the Summer Sailstice event, a worldwide sail-in hosted locally at Lake Eustis, just East of Leesburg, Florida. Unpredictable weather, along with some emergency dental work … Continue reading
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Mainsail Pictures
Here’s a couple of pics showing the old sail, and the beginnings of the re-cut Trac 16 main.
Mainsail update
The Trac 16 mainsail has been cut, with pictures to be posted and repairs to ensue tomorrow. For tonight, however, I’m done, and sleep duly calls, not at all quietly, but rather like ETHEL MERMAN SCREAMING AT ME TO GO TO … Continue reading
Abby Sunderland’s been located
The following is a slightly edited version of a post that I made on TBO http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/jun/10/101909/rescuers-search-calif-teen-solo-world-sail/news-breaking/ this morning, in response to the ignorant rantings of many who are against her perilous around-the-world-alone-at-16 voyage: I certainly do hope that Abby is OK (it … Continue reading
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Mainsail
Clarity came with a storm-shortened mast and a tiny mainsail, which makes storms nice to sail in, but won’t cut it for day-to-day sailing, or the EC. What we have decided to do is use the original (shortened) 17′ mast, … Continue reading
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Trampoline Thoughts
Now that I’ve decided to replace the crosstubes, I’m (not) looking forward to seeing what will happen with the trampolines. The boat still has her original vinyl tramps, but over the years they have shrunk a bit, and I don’t … Continue reading
Crossbeams
I’ve picked up the crossbeam tubing (cut to proper lengths by my supplier, even though I did have to buy the whole 20′ length)… whoa, that stuff is SOLID! I’m glad I didn’t increase the beam of the boat… the … Continue reading
Crossbeam Conundrum
Our Sailbird has aluminum tube crossbeams (akas), with hinges in between the vaka and the amas, which allow the amas to fold up over the main hull for trailering. They appear to be made out of 2.50″ SCH10 aluminum, which … Continue reading
Beach Launch Requirement
Oddly enough, one of the things that was intimidating me at the beginning of the planning for the Everglades Challenge was the hand launch off of the beach at Ft. Desoto, starting from above the high tide line. A trimaran … Continue reading
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Trimaran Anatomy 101
The parts of a trimaran are named using old Polynesian words that described the components of their multihulled craft, which plied the worlds waters starting 4000 years ago. The VAKA is the main, or center hull of a trimaran. The … Continue reading
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About reading blogs…
I don’t know if I’ll ever get used to the reverse chronological order layout of blog pages! In any case, do remember that the blog starts out at the bottom and works up from there. In theory, this instructional post should … Continue reading
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Battens
The Trac 16 mainsail is a fully battened sail, but it was acquired sans battens. I’m currently using some 1.50″ x .25″ straight-grained pine lattice stock I found at Home Depot to make a set. The stuff is really stiff, … Continue reading →