Wow. I can’t believe it’s been almost a year since I last posted here! So, what’s been happening? Quite a lot, really, but also, until recently, in some ways not a lot. Let’s dig into it all and get caught up, shall we? The classified top-secret job in the city was over, and I’d moved back home. Most of what […]
Part 6 – The aft buoyancy tanks
29th of January, 2021. Ahhh. the buoyancy tanks. Now there’s a tale for you. Man. I still can’t believe just how much hassle these gave me. Or in other words, how I managed to mess them up. Twice. You’d really think such simple objects would be, well… simple. As it happens, there are at least three different ways to assemble […]
Part 1 – In the beginning – dreaming of a dinghy
Around a year or so ago, having decided I wanted a hard dinghy for the junk-rigged Benford Sailing Dory I plan on building, I began investigating my options. It turns out that new dinghies aren’t cheap. You can buy a reasonably decent secondhand car for less! So I began seriously considering building my own. After all, I intended on building […]