I'm slowly updating the webpages on the blog. In the meantime, three Deblois Street Dories are slated to launch in the next several weeks, including two...
Monday, February 29, 2016
Didi Sport 15 - A Family Boat with Juice
Didi Sport 15 rigThe rig combines a reefable square-top mainsail with self-tacking jib, as working sails, with an asymmetrical spinnaker on retracting...
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Yachting Monthly Capsize Video
Didi 38 "Black Cat" in the Cape To Rio Race 2014. It is not possible to visualise what it is like to be there in that situation, even if you sit inside...
The SlattaRaptor
Actually John Slattebo calls it the Tipnol, a Marshallese term for one of their canoe types. The Tipnol is John's personal canoe made up from...
Sunday, February 28, 2016
Developing the Calendar Islands Yawl Daysailer
Be part of the Calendar Islands Yawl project this winterCalendar Islands Yawl daysailerNew designthe brief: Hull above will be modified...
T2 by Guy Rinfret
Le Lac Saint-Jean se fait beau pour Bororo. from Michel Boissonneault on Vimeo.Guy Rinfret was one of the very first builders of the T2 proa. This...
Sabik launched on Saipan
Sabik, a 16' Wa'apa was recently launched by builder Dave Johansen at Pau Pau beach on the island of Saipan in the Mariana Islands. It will have...
Sentinel Explorers Racing
I designed the Explorer #59 being chased by Challenger #20.It is good to see a smaller sister, the Sentinel Challenger, racing in the same fleet. The...
Saturday, February 27, 2016
Shaped by Wind & Wave eBook
Yesterday I reworked the digital version of my book "Shaped by Wind & Wave". When I first released it last year it was in ePub format, readable on...
new foil
I re-designed the foil with a bigger bulb, so that the socket could be 25mm deep. The bulb looks a bit fat, but in theory it should work. I wish I could...
gantry done pending 12 hours @ 80deg.
The release went well from the mould, by my standards. (lucky i didnt spend too much time on the mould.) The vacuum finish is impressive, the part is...
Sail Loft
Heres a quick clip feeding the sewing machine a 12 foot seam. This is joining the top two pannels of the sail to the bottom. These are Chinese Junk sails....
Composite Construction for one of our Plywood Favourites
Here is some teaser information.One of our popular plywood designs that has been around for a few years is about to be elevated in status. Tooling is...
A Deblois Street Dory
to The Compass Project in Portland, Me is building a DSD with a group of kids and they are doing a great job.The boat is built like dories have always...
Friday, February 26, 2016
Long Distance in a Bigger Boat
My last post was about people going long distance in small boats and most of my readers know that I am soon to go long distance in a slightly bigger boat....
Inlet Runner at the Wooden Boat Show
This time last week we were in Connecticut, participating in the 24th annual Inlet Runner in the "I Built it Myself" section of the Wooden Boat...
Ulua Safety Ama Crossbeam Design
Here is a design for the Ulua crossbeams that extends outenough to strap on a safety ama. It also curves up to keepthe safety ama above the...
New Deck Hatch
Heres a few pics of progress around the deck and inside. My Very kind Dad has made us the most beautiful deck hatch along the lines of one that J Benford...
Wooden Boat Festival 2015
The 2015 edition of theSome of the boats at the 2014 Festival, Didi Cruise-Mini in right foreground.I will be taking part in three sessions, one on each...
Thursday, February 25, 2016
Family Boatbuilding at Wooden Boat Show
We (myself, Christophe Matson, Eric Risch the designer of the EBDS, and Steven Bauer) had a wonderful time guiding three wonderful families through the...
Update on Didi Sport 15 and Didi 950
I have recently added two new radius chine plywood designs to our range and wrote about them on this blog. Here are updates on both boats.Yesterday I...
Dave Immelman - Professional Sailor looking for a Boat
Those who followed our abortive Cape to Rio Race on the Didi 38 "Black Cat" and my recent blog posts about it will know that we went through situations...
Moving Disruptions
In December we moved to a temporary address for home and office. The time has come to move to a permanent spot again. That will happen the last week of...
Goat Island Skiff Build for Making Kits
My own build of the GIS continues until this Friday when kits for the boat go out, the patterns for which are based on this build. The assembly of the...
finished!
well, practically. i stuck the wingbars on with string.stood back and admired my work. (you'll notice that i stuck them on once before, made holes in...
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
New Boat: CIY 16
The Calendar Islands Yawl 16A Sail-and-Oar Dinghy for one or two peopleThe CIY 16 began as a 19 x 6 1/2-foot daysailer design with a deck and coaming...
It's My Boat Radio Interview
Small selection of our plywood kit designsPlywood kits for our designsTo see our full range of designs, go to...
Didi 950 Build Started
Michael Vermeersch of Ohio commissioned the Michael with wife Pat & daughter Catherine.Since adding this design to our stock design list, another...
Yawl should know the conundrum of getting a tiller 'round the mizzen mast
The details of how to design a yawl so that the tiller gets around the mizzen is an interesting topic. There are a number of tricks:Using a line steering...
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