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    • Episode 71 to 80
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    • The Start Of It All
    • The Lions Gate to Friday Harbor
    • Puget Sound and the Straits of Juan de Fuca
    • Neah Bay to Crescent City
    • Crescent City to Half Moon Bay
    • Betweentimes
    • Back to California
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Mission Statement: To build a capable, affordable cruising boat with readily-available skills, materials, equipment and facilities.
If, like me, you dream of getting out there and sailing/cruising the world's waters, this blog/site aims to show my approach to how to do just that. Capable cruising boats should not be limited to the reach of the rich and privileged. If you accept the premise that a 25 year working lifespan for your boat is plenty for you to achieve your dreams (seems reasonable!) and are not concerned about such capitalist constructs as resale value, then the capable cruising boat is within the reach of a meagre budget. Go for it!
The Miss Molly I Adventures - the story of our Pacific cruising -Click Here!!

Linearity

18/12/2017

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This blog may give the impression that this boat-building project is an entirely linear thing - although, I guess my purchasing of an engine at this stage of the build might seem a little wacky :-) However, in terms of thoughts and research, it is anything but linear.

A project like this really takes you over. I often wake up in the middle of the night thinking about some aspect of the build - usually something in the future. For example, last night I woke up thinking about the limber holes in the frames in the bilge; other nights it's some other tricky part of the build.

I've also spent quite a bit of time researching things like new VHF radios with GPS and AIS capabilities. I've also recently acquired an iPad and have installed the iNavX software and all of the freely available electronic charts on it and have looked in to how to hook it up to a GPS/AIS receiver etc. There are all sorts of bits and bobs to think about, to research, to work out how they work. It's a full on thing!
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    Hi, I'm Tony.  This blog is about my attempts to build a 32ft Benford sailing dory in my back garden. If all goes well, I plan, one day, to head off into the sunset.
    As to myself, I'm a musician, sailor, woodworker, mechanic, plumber, sparky and general all-round handyperson who loves "engineering" challenges.


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