Category: Techniques

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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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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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.’

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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”

An Ashcroft dinghy at the Beale Park show

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Ashcroft 10ft dinghy rigged for sailing

Those of you who were intrigued by my post some months ago about the possible relationship between a 10ft dinghy designed by Ashcroft and another by his friend Chappelle will know why I was intrigued by this real-life example of the Ashcroft 10ft dinghy built by the Ashcroft method, in which veneers are laminated together at an angle to each other. See the post in question here: Ashcroft and Chappelle – are their dinghies related?

It’s a sweet and unusual little boat, but I doubt whether many people would build this little boat this way today. Of course, Tom Dunderdale built a similar boat using epoxy ply clinker, which is enough to set a chap thinking…

At the time of writing there were 15 copies of Ashcroft’s Boat Building Simplified available at ABE Books. Check now:
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