Is everybody going to IBEX this September 19-21?
Nothing has jumped out at me as something I need to know more about. Though Steve D’Antonio or David Gerr or Scott Lewitt or Richard Downs-Honey are always worth the time. And it is on the balmy west coast of Florida now.
Still I get the feeling it is more about chopper-gunned bass boats than what I do. Am not sure I would learn anything.
I must admit that I am a bit cranky that they were utterly uninterested in my paper on building an R-3 permitted tiny house using entirely composite boatbuilding technology and materials. I always thought interdisciplinary work was intriguing often very important. I guess not.
Let me know if you going and what you expect to see. Certainly you will miss the eclipse, and maybe a druid ritual or two.
It seems like almost every project start is on hold in the dog days of summer. A magazine asked me to send them a design so it was an excuse to tighten up the graphics of the 27 Cat upgrade. Complete study plans are ready.
Seattle just changed how numbers get dialed here last Saturday. That means my land line forwarding no longer works. I set that up like 25 years ago and see no record of how to change forwarding.
So lets use the cell for everything. And it takes text also. 206 719 4893. For everything.
For years, maybe even decades, Farwest Paint has sold a Matson 2 part epoxy marine primer that I always called 545 at half the price. Many of my builders have used their great products at much less than the rock star paint’s prices.
At my last trip I was informed that they no longer carry it. They have replaced it with a one part. 20 years ago a change usually meant an upgrade. Now days it could just mean that sales only increased 8% per year and corporate quashed it.
I bought and tried. It does make life simpler; not having to mix and wait to induct.
The new product didn’t feel as tough in my unscientific opinion.
And the guys at the sales desk were new to me and unlike in the past, didn’t seem to know anything about the products. I wonder if Far West was bought out? I will find out.
I just got this picture from Fisherman’s Bay, Lopez Island. No wake and fast. Of course. I don’t know what design. It looks about right to me though.
Maybe a bit bigger amas with reverse bows also. For that badly timed run out Cattle Pass.
Finally starting to get better. Several people here have jobs I’m working on. Almost 2 weeks ago I got slammed with the worst cold I have had in decades maybe. I have the flu shots and usually I beat it in a couple of days. Not this time. Finally able to eat and drink.
I haven’t forgotten those jobs; I just vanished more than a week.
Starting back.
I just got this picture of one of my 37′ trimaran designs from the old days. It must have been the third or fourth design I ever did. August 1986. Hand drawing days. I’m struck by how good it looks to me at the first telling glance. Cylinder molded plywood epoxy. I hear that it also may be for sale soon.
I got these pictures of one of my cats from Australia’s gold coast. I was told it is about 45 feet and open bridgedeck. I would have guessed is Paul’s Quemarla or however is spelled. Anyone know more about it? I see is named Gato.
I see that Owen has discovered a huge amount of great stuff and will dribble in in this week. I have had some unexpected parent health issues so has been demands on my time last week or two.
Five years ago. Still one of the best sailing videos I’ve ever seen. Simmo Kook did such great editing and sound track. And still one of the best examples that the earth is flat. Simmo from near Genoa, Italy picked a Bakersfield punk-folk garage band as soundtrack. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9u6UepbaCKo
