by Paul | Nov 4, 2021 | Boat Building, Farm & Homestead, Sailing & Cruising
The local sawmill had a pine board 20 feet long and about a foot wide that was relatively clear and largely free of knots. It was perfect for ripping out the outwales for my 18’ pocket cruising sailboat and it was only twenty bucks! Here’s the...
by Paul | Oct 28, 2021 | Boat Building, Sailing & Cruising
Ayuh! It is indeed a sad day at Shoestring Shipyard, here in Downeast Maine. It’s the end of the warm season and everything outside must be buttoned down for the long, cold “Wintah” ahead. We could see a major snowstorm any day now. Once again, work on the 18’ pocket...
by Paul | Oct 21, 2021 | Boat Building, Fabrication, Sailing & Cruising
In this video, I tack and weld the components that were cut to length in Part 1 to make up the boat stand base. I then fabricate the parts to make a tilting and swiveling pad that mounts on the top of the stand, completing the project. Here’s the...
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:
