Hove to off Swan Point

The 2010 Duckboat Worlds are this Friday at Mantoloking. Details here. Speedwell lacks a coat of Maynard Bray White on her bottom, a bit of soaking and rigging to be ready. Found out most folks now lash the stays rather than using turnbuckles. I think it has something to do with causing less damage in [...]

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Off the usual topic but I thought I should share this: One of our digital (and binary) friends from the WoodenBoat Forum who sails in Mobile Bay was supposed to join us all at the WoodenBoat Show in Mystic next weekend. He posted the following today: “I will not make it afterall. It is hard [...]

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The first onshore wind in a long while is starting to thin the ice in the basin and the rain coming with this system will reduce it further. Not to say we can’t get another cold snap that will freeze things up again, but the sun’s getting higher and brighter each day. I’m looking forward [...]

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Photo in the NYT obit today of this groundbreaking curator at the Met. The boat the happy Hoving is rowing appears to be a livery skiff but of uncommon grace compared to the slugs used today. It even has a bit of Bolger to it. Note the touch of bottom showing right aft. … Nice [...]

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At least in the first race. Sailed with John Haas on his Sandpiper this morning at Seaside Park YC. Somehow we snuck through a weather mark scramble on Port tack. Got around clean (at least two others hit the mark) and never looked back. (Yeah right. It was hard to believe there were no boats [...]

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Annual haul out and makeover is later than usual. And also as usual we have been visited by a series of highs with lots of dry NE winds. (My favorite breeze.) I’m going to try to pull Sjogin in July next year. I’ll keep her out for her usual few weeks and relaunch in mid [...]

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She’s a 1938 12mR (meter) sailing in a regatta this past weekend in Flensburg, Germany. Nevins built her to a design by Olin Stephens under the Third International Rule. The photo was taken by Jörn Thiermann, a friend of WoodenBoat Forum member Martin S. Larger pic here. Classic skyscape. Must have looked the same to [...]

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Season starts a week from this Saturday. If all are ready, there should be a dozen A-Cats looking for the Committee boat end on the 21st. Here are a few pics on the subject from the last few weeks. Lightning the 2003 Beaton built a-Cat,ready for the season. Beatons works on the boats in the [...]

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Sitting here on the porch with our flag waving in the brisk breeze, thinking of my father on this beautiful day. He was in WWII on a Coast Guard troop ship the Joseph P. Dickman, a converted Moore McCormack freighter, built in the 20′s. The stories he could tell. This is a photo of a [...]

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as evidenced by the moss growing on Sjogin’s jib halyard. Under the weather last weekend so little new “content”. Need to air things out. Maybe this week after work; Tuesday sounds good. Last sip warming up yesterday morning. Quick visit and then edging and such in the garden. Progress on the H-15 with the framing [...]

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