Month: July 2007

Cooke’s glossary and index… and his boat!

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Cooke Lona II

Cooke’s lovely Edwardian cutter Lona II is now sailing in
Italian waters – see her owner’s website

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Seamanship for Yachtsmen Chapter headings:

Chapter I Introduction
Chapter II Small Cruising Yachts
Chapter III Getting under Way
Chapter IV Getting under Way (continued)
Chapter V Seamanship under Way
Chapter VI Seamanship under Way (continued)

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A creek in North Kent

A creek in North Kent

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Legendary bonkers Boncoeurs sign at Oare Creek, Dutch barge, smack stern, view of the head of Oare Creek

I love going to Oare Creek, where our little boat is, and that’s what we did today. Had a chat with my pal Steve Taylor, who has recently done a handsome job of restoring a 24ft Hillyard that I hope to show you soon, and with Bob Telford, the owner of the classic Maurice Griffiths yacht Idle Duck. I hope soon to show you some shots showing how that restoration is going.

After spending some jolly time scraping and replacing the finish of some teak, we took a short walk along the creek, and came back with

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The Light Trow goes to sea

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Ben Crawshaw’s Light Trow Onawind Blue

Once again Ben has come up trumps with some delicious photos – can’t you just smell the sea? – and some more interesting weblog entries.

I’m glad to say that he has fixed the problems he’s had with his rudder and the thwart supporting the daggerboard, and that he continues to be very happy with his new boat.

As the designer, I can’t wait to see it sailing with something like the two-stick rig I originally intended, but no doubt that will come.

See Ben’s weblog here: The Invisible Workshop

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