DrWatson

This one too, if you've an hour to while away. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRFCxxAKafc

interesting older video of traditional canoe building in Canada. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enMSwz5BWGo

So who has marked their anchor chain? If so did you use any kind of recognised system or just something you hamed up?

Updates?

A single sailing canoe amongst the rest kind of suggests a degree of rarity. Definitely the outrigger canoes existed but their use and construction was waning in Tasman's time. The Double canoe depicted in large (with the ripped paddlers) is apparently two canoes lashed together without the added advantage of beams to increase stability through beam. the Artists depiction is likely also coloured by their other experiences of polynesian peoples.

Yeah it's suggested somewhere that the great voyaging canoes, and even outrigger canoes were rare in NZ by the time of first European arrival. It was postulated that the large forest trees in NZ allowed monohull canoes of sufficient size to be built that could move large enough numbers of warriors around to effect the purpose required. No need for multihull ocean voyaging canoes if your destination was 10 miles down the coast, and outriggers for river work were just a nuisance. Nonetheless, there are a number of outrigger amas etc. that have been discovered in NZ, made form NZ timber, as w

If you read "The Maori Canoe" by Eldson Best, you can get a fair idea of it's use. It's available free online somewhere, it's out of copyright. Here maybe; http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/downloads/BesCano.epub It appears that sails like this were used more or less dead down wind, as the vessels had relatively little stability to carry a sail across the wind, let alone to beat.

Masthead anchor lights are great but on dark nights can easily be mistaken for stars or for houses in the background. I always hang a little LED lantern in the cockpit as well. Cheap insurance. Mast head port light can also be mistaken for a car or taillight on the land, hence why lowers are a nice alternative thing to use instead when there’s a lot of background light pollution and clutter. Also, I think AJ is sailing on the Great Lakes. Not sure if they have the same lighting rules. At the end of the day, it’s best to show the right lights, but it’s better to be seen. I’d rathe

Leave the stern light on its own circuit. Then you have the option of sailing with prt/stb and stern. light down where people will see them when you’re coming up the ditch or close to other back ground clutter. Use prt/stb and masthead all round for motoring. Masthead tri when further away from others. At least that’s the setup on my boat. And the port.n starboard sidelights are aft on the sides of the push pit

Most writing work like proofing, reviewing and editing requires quite fast turn-around times and files can also be quite heavy. So a decent data connection is pretty much a base requirement. Writing reports from provided data can be possible. But I think doing it while actually on the go is not so easy; the client wants it tomorrow, but you're a little busy dealing with the depression that sprang up and the AP is on the fritz so you have to hand steer. While you're resting at anchor somewhere, and you're not exploring a bay or river, or an island, or you're not gently sipping a mojito

My brand new setup, the belt is distributing dust at an alarming rate. I thought there might be an alignment issue. Had the Commissioning Volvo mechanic look at it and he seemed unperturbed. But it's making a hell of a mess.

When we were in Greece last year, I rowed over to a larger cruising condo cat and said hello when I noticed they were flying a NZ maritime flag off the port spreader. I guess it was probably 12m? maybe 13m? They had two families aboard and it was pretty comfortable, but were somewhat disappointed with the boat speed. Said something like downwind they nearly hit 10 knts running angles in a 20-22 knt breeze. Upwind and reaching it was slow, apparently. They did have plenty of space and cold beer though, that was nice Also noticed many other charter cats would simply motor sail everywher

OK, so it took a few extra days to get any photos. Here's the "big" day, when the Zürich Water Police surveyed the boat and made their assessment as to its seaworthiness. Using a crude formula they determined the number of people it's allowed to have on board when sailing (anyone care to guess?) - formula uses only beam and length (1.42 x 3.85m). We're now registered and allowed to use the boat, but I have to make a builder's plate with hull number etc... (lol). By my calculations using straight line interpolation between the sections, it will take 475kg to reduce freeboard to 25cm, an

JP 54 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dTYQXyE7jM

Will also have to address rug in the next haul...

Another reason I went with plastic instead of plywood... But my achievement of the weekend is finally rigging and finishing my modified Welsford Rogue... Photos tomorrow

Yeah, no need to get YNZ involved.

Damn. Rather you than me...

This is what's missing in NZ. This kind of public engagement. This kind of enthusiasm. Can you imagine a regatta like this in the bay of islands? Bringing together NZ tribes (of many ilk) to actually sail some kind of traditional craft in a balls to the ball regatta? Maori may not have used sailing craft as much once they settled here, but they were certainly using fast capable craft at times for long distance voyage, and there are plenty of examples of Tongan or other pacific island outrigger sailcraft being used in NZ. To recapitulate that spirit and infuse it with a modern enth

I believe that's been addressed empirically, and that the sway (or moment) is minimal...