tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3209493946963010404.post4966745388967777811..comments2024-02-25T10:43:07.698+13:00Comments on STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS: ............... IF IT CAN FLOAT ITS BOUND TO BE A WHOLE LOT OF FUN ...............Alden Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06601028197387499096noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3209493946963010404.post-33983446090915769062016-01-28T09:18:34.446+13:002016-01-28T09:18:34.446+13:00Yes Ben, and these little boats are about as simpl...Yes Ben, and these little boats are about as simple as it gets to build! - I've put one of these on my 'to do' list!Alden Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06601028197387499096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3209493946963010404.post-23562968057263238172016-01-28T03:33:09.985+13:002016-01-28T03:33:09.985+13:00Now there's another nice project !!Now there's another nice project !!Ben Devesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16961561570090113922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3209493946963010404.post-83797820441782285302016-01-09T11:56:51.590+13:002016-01-09T11:56:51.590+13:00Thanks for that Paul - I have added your suggested...Thanks for that Paul - I have added your suggested link to the posting. I guess if this is a 'Duck Punt' (I didn't know that) then this makes these little boats distant cousins of the Barnaget Bay Sneak Boxes which were developed in North America for the same purpose. I think the Essex duck punt looks like a more lively sailer. <br /><br />Yesterday I was looking around a demolition builders site at piles of 'cheap as' plywood sheet 'seconds' - It would probably only take a couple of sheets of 6mm ply to build one of these AND I happen to have part of an old tan coloured sail that would be just the ticket - I can tell you am sorely tempted. <br />Now why did I make that New Years resolution to build all the boats on my Bucket List of boat builds! ? (We both know why).Alden Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06601028197387499096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3209493946963010404.post-72445929798713116182016-01-09T10:14:45.927+13:002016-01-09T10:14:45.927+13:00Hi Alden I'm a big Duck Punt fan and will buil...Hi Alden I'm a big Duck Punt fan and will build one.....some day, not the heavy John Milgate original, but this one http://flo-mo.weebly.com/light-weight-stitch-and-tape-conversion-of-the-west-mersea-duck-punt.html.<br />It's in my genes as I hail from the area in Essex where duck punts were common in my fathers boyhood.<br />Cheers<br />PaulPaul Mullingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05656301521677046663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3209493946963010404.post-41322871976666532162016-01-09T09:55:37.699+13:002016-01-09T09:55:37.699+13:00Dan, It's called 'Sea Fever', John Mas...Dan, It's called 'Sea Fever', John Masefield even wrote a poem about it. The cure is not to fight the fever - just give in to its enticing imperatives! LOL.<br /><br />John Wellsfords 'Scamp' is enjoying huge popularity at the moment - it's a great little boat combining a huge amount in a very small package. US$13,000 is a price I would not be prepared to pay considering you can build it for about a third, or less of that price.<br /><br />I went for a kayak yesterday around our local 'Limestone' Island in a big wind (ended up towing my brother for half the journey in his preposterous inflatable double paddle kayak that wouldn't paddle against the wind and tide with only one paddler in the stern - but that's another story entirely!)....... When going downwind I thought about a Kayak sail, I will use your link and take a look.<br />Alden Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06601028197387499096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3209493946963010404.post-15108772648699939162016-01-09T07:13:28.597+13:002016-01-09T07:13:28.597+13:00Sailing a simple, shoal draft boat with auxilliary...Sailing a simple, shoal draft boat with auxilliary power supplied by muscles is an attractive option to me. A cheap and simple way to do that is by adding sailing rigs to kayaks. I've got a really simple downwind rig that's basically a fancy umbrella which is what I use most of the time.<br /><br />I also have a rig capable of sailing to weather. It's a lot more complicated, but also a whole lot of fun. There's a video of my exact configuration here: https://youtu.be/Ry8E8iElkss<br /><br />Following the link to the in the boat shed blog took me to the SCAMP sailboat website and videos. Seeing the SCAMP gave me an acute case of sailboat fever. Till I saw the price. A new fiberglass one costs $13,000 US without a trailer.<br /><br />I need to take a COLD shower.Dan Gurneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11628603380292404658noreply@blogger.com