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The Sailing Companion
This is a bedside off-season read, full of jokes, quotations and outrageous stories. You’ve no doubt seen quite a few books of this kind, but the difference in this case is that Continue reading “Some real books I’ve been enjoying lately!”
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While I’m thinking about canoes, here are some more killer links made available via the Web by Craig O’Donnell, a man whose Cheap Pages have become a point of pilgrimage for those fascinated by the canoeing Victorians and Edwardians.
I’d like to start with Practical Canoeing by Tiphys. This really is a gem – a reasonably light and short piece of material to read, but packed with details about hulls, rigging, fittings and the rest.
Now check out the range of Continue reading “Tiphys treatise – the canoeists’ bible of 1883”
Oars made by Ben Crawshaw of the Invisible Workshop
Tonight, I’d like to make a recommendation: Jim Michalak’s plans for making oars, which are themselves derived from RD Culler’s plans for oars. They’re easy to make, balance perfectly and can be made in any length you’re likely to need.
But first I feel I should start by introducing Jim. Continue reading “Make your own oars”