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Prince William Sound Yawl Build V

Centreboard Case, Rudder, Rudder Frame, Rudder Case and bottom plate. It is still very cold here on the North Shore. It went down to -13°C (8.6°F) this week and it is very hard to work in such cold. Applying the epoxy … Continue reading

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Prince William Sound Yawl Build IV

Storage Seats, Breasthook/Mast Collar, Decking, Main Hatch and Oarlocks. I have decided to put seats into my Prince William Sound Yawl. I am a little too old and creaky to sit on the floor to sail her. I debated back … Continue reading

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Prince William Sound Yawl Build III

Epoxy and cloth, bulheads for the inside. I have put the centre mold station back into the hull to help hold the shape while I fit the bulkheads. I am going to put them in belfore I epoxy and cloth … Continue reading

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Building the Prince William Sound Yawl. II

Episode two. Planking. After my failure to plank the PWSY diagonally, on the advice of my boat building friends, I decide to double strip plank the boat, one strip overlapping another. The advice is that 1/4″ strips will be too … Continue reading

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Building the Prince William Sound Yawl.

A design by Phil Bolger I have sold both Myst and Gwragedd Annwn. Time for a new boat. From Phil’s book “Different Boats”, The Prince William Sound Yawl (PWSY) is a purpose designed cruising row-sailor. The design (#356) is 16′ … Continue reading

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2023 Pitt Lake Paddle and Row, March 20th, 21st & 22nd.

2023 Pitt Lake Paddle and Row Trip. Loaded up and ready to leave home for Grant Narrows. The weather prediction is for rain today, sun on Tuesday and Wednesday and then rain again on Thursday and Friday. Matthew is taking … Continue reading

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A rain cover for Myst

As you might imagine, we get a lot of rain in North Vancouver. We usually average two metres of rain per year at the house. I have not put a drain plug into Myst, so a cover is essential. To … Continue reading

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Urban Oarsman sails, rows and tows on the 2022 Barefoot Raid

The 2022 Barefoot Raid started at Rebecca Spit, went around Cortes Island and returned. Myst is an Iain Oughtred designed “Elf” faering that I built for the raid. I started the raid in Myst and finished it in Gwragedd Annwn. … Continue reading

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The Urban Oarsman builds Iain Oughtred’s “Elf” Faering

Building the Herreshoff Pram was fun…but it was not the rowboat for me. Gwragedd Annwn is a little too big for everyday rowing and cruising. At 225lbs stripped weight, she was getting a little hard for me to handle launching … Continue reading

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The launching of “Crwban”

The Hollyburn Sailing Club has seen the launch of many member built boats…Nothing Social Distances you better that building a boat!!! Crwban (pronounced ” Crew-ben”) is the Welsh name for a turtle. Land turtles are not found in Wales, but … Continue reading

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