Thursday, November 27, 2008

Minimalist Cruising part Seven: John Guzzwell and Trekka

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Another J. Laurent Giles design, Trekka , a 20'6" yawl made sailing history in1959 when her owner and builder John Guzzwell return...
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Monday, November 17, 2008

Seasteaders Extraordinare

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Creed O'Hanlon sent me these images a few weeks ago. They're lovely. Imagine a planet where there are always placid seas, where the ...
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Saturday, November 15, 2008

Unpretentious Elegance

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I went to a library sale today and as in the past I came away with an armfull of great books. I almost passed on this little pamphlet, inno...
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Friday, November 14, 2008

Minalmist cruising part 5 : Tom MacNaughton's Coin Series

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These two little gems, the Shilling and the Penny, seem purpose designed for minimalist cruising in general and the Jester Challenge in part...
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Thursday, November 13, 2008

Junk

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Lately  my arc of interest has veered toward the Junk rig, undoubtedly because of my exposure to it via Hasler et al. It's an interestin...
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Minimalist cruising part four: The Jester Challenge

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 top: Trevor Leek in the reincarnated Jester Tim McCoy and China Blue bottom: Roger Taylor and Mingming   By 1968 Blondie Hasler realise...
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Thursday, November 6, 2008

Minimalist cruising part three: Mike Richey

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By the time he bought Jester from Blondie Hasler in 1962 when she returned from her second OSTAR, Michael Richey had already led an intere...
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Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Knockabout Sloops

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Bill Evans has a beautiful boat and a equally pretty weblog about her and other boats named  Knockabout Sloops . He has restored his Sparkma...
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Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Ships at Sea

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There's a lot of big boats out there. They're supposed to post a bow watch to lookout for small boats, among other things, but it...
Saturday, November 1, 2008

Minimalist cruising part two: Blondie and Jester

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Blondie Hasler is an icon in the annals of singlehanded sailing and a large contributor to the experience and definition of minimalist cruis...
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Monday, October 27, 2008

Malay Traditional Boats

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I found this insightful blog via Tim Shaw's Chine Blog . Firdaus is posting traditional boats from his part of the world (Eastern Pacif...
Saturday, October 25, 2008

Minimalist cruising part one; Roger Taylor and Mingming

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Blondie Hasler's story is at the center of a web which branches out in several directions. One of the lines connects to Roger Taylor (ak...
Monday, October 20, 2008

Finally!

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Jasper and I finally got Jose off her mooring for a sail yesterday, after a long summer of frustrations, setbacks and hard work, and it was ...
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Saturday, October 18, 2008

Around Albion

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Dylan Winters is cruising around Britain in a little 19 foot Mirror Offshore .  The design was commissioned by a  British socilalist newsp...
Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Furled Sails Interviews

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Furled Sails is an invaluable resource. They provide podcast interviews with many of the most interesting sailors out there if you are inter...
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Community re: J. Fitzgerald

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Though it's not water or sailing related, I had intended to write about this experience anyway, but now see it in a context of recent ev...
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