by Paul | Mar 1, 2022 | Boat Building, Contests & Giveaways, On My Mind
I’m back from hiatus, folks. Here’s a brief taste of the very beginning of the rudder build for my new 18′ pocket cruising sailboat and a lot of info about what has been going on and plans for Shoestring Shipyard Sailing 2022. Here’s the...
by Paul | Dec 18, 2021 | On My Mind, Promotions, Sailing & Cruising
I think it will be obvious from the video why there is no new content of any substance for this week. I’m going on hiatus for the remainder of the year and the winter holiday season. No worries though. I’ll be back again in 2022. I wish all of you a Happy Holiday...
by Paul | Dec 17, 2021 | Farm & Homestead, Tools & Equipment
A few weeks ago, I featured a couple of videos where I overhauled my old midi-wood lathe and renewed all the bearings. I then made a video where I made a wood mallet with the lathe, but the lathe sat temporarily on my outside work bench. In this video, I reinstall the...
by Paul | Dec 9, 2021 | Boat Building, Sailing & Cruising
This is an ongoing mini-series documenting the total refurbishment of a 1975 vintage, aluminum mast and boom. More specifically, the mast and boom featured is from the 1975 Olympic Dolphin 23 donor boat, now intended for my new 18’ pocket cruising sailboat (S/V...
by Paul | Dec 9, 2021 | Arts & Crafts, Farm & Homestead
Once again, we are plunging forward into the deep freeze of another long, Downeast Maine winter. It becomes too cold to work outside or even accomplish anything in the shop as it is uninsulated and unheated. This is the time of year when I get into my “artsy-fartsy”...
by Paul | Dec 2, 2021 | Boat Building, Building Projects, Sailing & Cruising
I just don’t understand why you pirates out there insist on spending all your hard-won booty on utilitarian tender dinghies that get lost, trashed, and stolen when you can build ‘yer own. Usually, it’s a whole lot cheaper and it’s not all that difficult. I’ve put a...
by Paul | Dec 2, 2021 | Farm & Homestead, Tools & Equipment
It’s that time of year to perform the annual maintenance ritual on our Generac GP7500E portable generator. We typically endure a very long and cold winter here in Downeast Maine, and we depend on our generator quite often during this time of year. Performing regular...
by Paul | Nov 19, 2021 | Boat Building, Sailing & Cruising
I’ve received several inquiries regarding the design of my new 18’ pocket cruiser sailboat, S/V Ooh-Rah still under construction. Many questions had to do with wanting to know who the designer is and the considerations and thoughts that went into developing the...
by Paul | Nov 19, 2021 | Arts & Crafts, Farm & Homestead
This video was originally produced my first year of creating YouTube videos (2017). I didn’t realize back then, my ancient DLS camera auto-focus feature was not working properly so I hope you’ll accept my apologies. Despite the mediocre video quality, the original...
by Paul | Nov 13, 2021 | Arts & Crafts, Boat Building, Sailing & Cruising
“Simple Simon” is one of my older 8’ dinghy designs and is perhaps the simplest, easiest to build skiff designs in my stock design portfolio. You can of course build it full size as originally designed and intended; however, I suggest you consider building this dinghy...
