by seamore | Mar 23, 2022 | Building a Cape Falcon Kayak
OK, I could only hold out so long. I know I have way too many boats (yes, I’m addicted), but I had lots of extra wood from past projects, and all the tools I need, so I decided to support Brian and Liz at Cape Falcon Kayaks by building one of their designs: the...
by seamore | Mar 1, 2022 | All Things Boaty
Back in 1992, when I SHOULD have been focusing on my first year of graduate school, I decide that if I don’t decide on a boat design I’ll go crazy. So I purchased a set of plans from quirky, respected, Aussie-now-Scottish boat designer Iain Oughtred. I...
by seamore | Feb 28, 2022 | All Things Boaty
OK, I have something to get off my chest. When I was 15 I found a book at the library that changed my life. It was called 53 Boats you can Build, and I read it all summer. In fact, I paid the replacement value to the library because I just couldn’t part with it....
by seamore | Jun 20, 2021 | An old Cal 29
So I’ve read every online argument for and against mid-boom sheeting, and decided we simply had to get the traveler out of the cockpit. Mostly because my wife and daughter have claimed the seats up against the cabin where they are out of the wind, but in the way...
by seamore | Jun 4, 2021 | An old Cal 29
OK, so we bought a really old sailboat, and the engine worked fine for months, but one day I noticed that she was dripping oil at a rapid rate into her bilge pan. I tried mirrors and phones and video cameras, but I couldn’t find the leak. The engine would always...
