Category: Sailing cruisers

Sailing yachts used for cruising, or as cruiser-racers.

Cooke on roller headsails and sailing dinghies

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Chapter XVII: ‘Unfortunately Captain de Boulay did not patent his invention and in consequence anyone is at liberty to make the rolling gear. Almost any shipwright will supply it to order, but they do not always fit it correctly.’

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Chapter XVIII: ‘The sail came over with great force but with the boom end hitting the water as I anticipated, all was well.’

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Cooke

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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) Continue reading “Cooke on roller headsails and sailing dinghies”

Cooke on the rule of the road, and the dinghy

Chapter XV: ‘You will find the regulations printed in extenso in any nautical almanac, and when you see that they fill a good many pages you will probably be aghast at the thought of having to commit so much to memory.’

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Cooke Cooke

Chapter XVI: ‘It is true that we had not much more than an inch of freeboard, but fortunately nobody sneezed and so we made the journey in safety.’

Cooke Cooke

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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) Continue reading “Cooke on the rule of the road, and the dinghy”

The first Light Trow skiff is launched

Launch of Onawind Blue

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The launch of Onawind Blue

Ben Crawshaw launched his Light Trow this weekend to wide acclaim – not least on the Tarragona beach where Onawind Blue first began to fulfill her destiny. Here’s a quotation from his excellent and entertaining weblog, The Invisible Workshop:

‘As the last wave of a big set broke we ran forward and into the surf, Onawind Blue’s bows skimmed over the sea and smashed through the white water. As we got out of our depth I hopped in and stood to the oars. OB responded immediately and her bow rose high over the next wave. She pulled away like a thoroughbred amid whooping and cheers from the beach and then we were on the outside and I evened up my stroke and headed out to sea.

‘She was a joy to row, comfortable, settled, surefooted and fast. Later people commented that they couldn’t believe how rapidly I was reduced to a speck. A smooth straight wake with no white water and no eddies spread behind us like a ribbon over the sea.’

It’s well worth visiting The Invisible Workshop, not least for the snatch of video, which clearly shows the kind of water Ben and his boat were so happy in, even on their first time out.

For more on the Light Trow and its ancestor the Fleet Trow:
‘Phwoar!’, says Light Trow builder Ben Crawshaw

Download the FREE BOAT PLANS for the Light Trow plans here:
http://www.duckworksbbs.com/plans/gavin/lighttrow/trow.zip

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