by Paul | Nov 19, 2020 | Promotions, Sailing & Cruising, Travel
Let me welcome you to Lubec, Maine! Lubec is the easternmost point of land in the continental United States. It is the first stretch of coastline in the US to see the sun each morning! Lubec is relatively unknown to most tourists and until recently, it has largely...
by Paul | Nov 12, 2020 | Boat Building, Promotions
It’s that time of year when I sadly have to wrap up the 18’ sailboat build project for the “Wintah.” Surprisingly (even to me), I decided to have an unannounced giveaway and combined both of my YouTube channels together for the drawing. Watch the video to see if you...
by Paul | Nov 5, 2020 | Boat Building, Building Projects, Tools & Equipment
An incredible and most awesome find! I scored a total of 7 (boat) jack stands for FREE!!! I was perusing the Facebook Marketplace on Sunday morning (11/1/2020) while eating breakfast and came upon an ad just posted in Belfast, Maine for six (6) boat stands for free!...
by Paul | Oct 29, 2020 | Boat Building, Sailing & Cruising
For quite some time now, I’ve been searching for a low cost project/donor boat with a trailer for the purpose of using the spars, rigging and hardware, bow pulpit, and trailer for the 18’ pocket cruiser sailboat I’m presently building. I found one! BUT…..I’m still...
by Paul | Oct 23, 2020 | Boat Building, Building Projects
Growing up in the 50’s and 60’s, I used to help out my dad all the time with all kinds of home building and repair projects. One of his favorite sayings that has stuck with me all these years was: “Son, a little paint hides a lot of sins.” I’ve found my dad was right...
by Paul | Oct 15, 2020 | Boat Building, Building Projects, Fabrication
Here along the seacoast in Downeast Maine, “Wintah” is moving in on us quite rapidly. The temperature over the past couple of mornings has been 30 and 32 degrees, Fahrenheit (about 0 degrees Celsius). This means most of the outside work on my 18’ sailboat build will...
by Paul | Oct 8, 2020 | Boat Building, Building Projects, Fabrication
This video covers the fitting and installation of a “shoe” that will go on the bottom of the skeg to protect the edge grain of the plywood used to fabricate the skeg. The shoe will extend beyond the skeg to protect the rudder. Another “shoe” will be applied to the...
by Paul | Oct 2, 2020 | Boat Building, Building Projects, Fabrication
This video shows the final application of fiberglass cloth and barrier coats of epoxy resin, then finished skeg is checked for fit and installed in place with marine adhesive and screws. The skeg mates with the keel and stern timber at this stage. This is only a...
by Paul | Sep 24, 2020 | Boat Building, Fabrication
This segment is about installing the outboard stern timber (there is an inboard stern timber as well but will be installed later), and then tracing the shape of the skeg onto a ¾” piece of plywood. The ¾” plywood will become a template and the first laminate layer for...
by Paul | Sep 17, 2020 | Boat Building, Building Projects, Fabrication
The keel is made up of an inner keel (keelson) and an outer keel – with the plywood bottom panels “sandwiched” between them. In this video, I install the outer keel (a 16’long 2×4) with marine adhesive in a tube and screws. I trim the ends where the slightly...
