by Paul | Oct 15, 2021 | Boat Building, On My Mind, Promotions, Sailing & Cruising
Jimmy Buffet wrote a song: “Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes,” and YouTube is constantly changing their algorithm and “Community Standards” rules. This drives me nuts as I try to dial in my Shoestring Shipyard Sailing YT channel and grow my list of...
by Paul | Oct 8, 2021 | Boat Building, Fabrication, Sailing & Cruising, Tools & Equipment
Last year, I featured a short video about the free acquisition of several homemade boat stands. Very cool, except they were all large sized stands for a much larger vessel than the one I’m building. This video is about the modification of those boat stands, re-making...
by Paul | Oct 2, 2021 | Boat Building, Fabrication, Sailing & Cruising
This episode is about adding a small amount of ballast to the forward anchor locker, fabricating hardware, then fitting, and installing the anchor locker bilge pimp in my 18’ pocket cruiser sailboat (S/V Ooh-Rah). Here’s the video:
by Paul | Sep 22, 2021 | Promotions, Sailing & Cruising
Welcome to the Port & Starboard Yacht Club in Jonesport, Maine! Saturday, September 18th, 2021 was the last season gathering for the PSYC as it held it’s 2021 End of Season Party at the Jonesport Shipyard. New members are most welcome. You don’t have to own a boat...
by Paul | Sep 16, 2021 | Boat Building, Building Projects, Fabrication, Sailing & Cruising
This episode is Part 2 of a 2-part series about fabricating, fitting, and installing the breasthook in my 18’ pocket cruiser sailboat (S/V Ooh-Rah). In Part 1 of this series, I demonstrated how I made the template, milled & prepared the wood used for the...
by Paul | Sep 9, 2021 | Boat Building, Fabrication, Sailing & Cruising
This episode is Part 1 of a 2-part series about fabricating, fitting, and installing the breasthook in my 18’ pocket cruiser sailboat (S/V Ooh-Rah). In the first part, I demonstrate how I made the template, milled & prepared the wood used for the breasthook, and...
