What did you do to your sailing boat today ?

5 years with out a polish I thought it was time.....2 down 1 to go!

Boatin,

Does your pram dinghy fit on the foredeck? If so, Im interested in which design the dinghy is. Nice neat job on taping the seams by the way.
Thanks

I have built a lot of dinghies over the years, usually for work. The last one I built was tailor made to fit in the back of a Falcon station wagon with the back seats down. Stitch and glue and similar to the one above. The trouble with boats this short is they can be a pain to row. I added a stringer outside on each side half way to the chine and built it up at the rear to give more keel area. On the rear of each stringer I added a SS bracket with a plastic wheel. The wheel acted as a keel extension while I was rowing and I had a SS handle bolted across the middle of the bow. Ashore I used the boat like a wheelbarrow. It was light enough for me to carry with the front thwart on my shoulder but for short distances only.

Looks awesome boatin.
I've been looking for one on eBay n gumtree and the marinas for a while and cant find one, let alone what I want.

Tossed up about making one...so I'll have a new dinghy in the style I require but am put off by the whole " it'll cost more to make one than to buy one etc and take a bit of time"

Is that only for hopeless people that aren't good at making things?

Yeah yeah Dave, we know what you mean. You're a plumber now go and make one out of lead, after all isn't that where the name plumber comes from, plumbum, Latin for "maker of fine heavy boats"

Three coats of Off White Aquacote and next will be 3 coats of clear.

Thanks fiesta

Yep looks nice in white.

Hay um....Where do you live boatin?....like...what address....like....exactly.

Aww.....look at dat liddel white fuff ball!!

He is 8 1/2, just going a bit grey!

Coming back up the creek yesterday morning to the boat ramp a few yards from where that photo was taken. Dog was in that position when a red belly black snake swam across in front of the catamaran from the mangroves heading towards the wharves on the other side. I yelled to a couple of the locals there who splashed oars trying to get him to turn back. I rowed over and splashed him with my oars and the damn thing swam after me before turning back and headed off back to the mangroves. They swim extremely well! I knew there were lots of them in the area and the local residents always see them but it was the first time I had encountered one there. My mooring is a few yards out from this island which is well known for its snakes. I let my dog run along the shore several times a week so will have watch out as the weather warms up.

The good thing about Red Bellies is they are generally very shy and not aggressive, unlike a Brown which will actively chase you.

sailing back from Brampton Island a sea snake went for my boat they are fiesty critters.

On a second thought Whiteout "are you trying to make us all jealous with the photo above. If you are you have done well !

That is certainly on the agenda.

With those great photos you should post them on www.panoramio.com/

This is a free site and you can pin them in Google earth..

Worth a look.

JK