Wb #195

[rbgarr]

I was so tickled to see the Cotuit skiffs on the cover and read the article. My childhood friends were the Jackson and Henderson boys (all boys) mentioned in the article... and the writer captured the unusual nature of the boats, club, history and sailors remarkably well. Good selection of pictures, too, especially of how the boats have to be sailed with prehensile agility by the youngest and lightest. I only wish I could pick out the skiff I built some thirty years ago. Someday I'll have to try to figure which one she is.

Elf's online pics give an even greater sense of how colorful the fleet has become.

[brian.cunningham]

Vantastic issue.
Lots of good stuff.

[Hwyl]

One of the best, just getting into it.

[StevenBauer]

Too bad some of elf's pictures weren't used (I wonder if they knew about them), but they're online for anyone who wants to see them. Her pics give an even greater sense of how colorful the fleet has become.

Take a closer look at page 52 Dave. :)

Steven

[rbgarr]

Take a closer look at page 52 Dave.

Right you are. I focussed on the slack luff and foot of the sail on that one and thought :mad:

Didn't look at the credit.

I wonder how they got that panorama photo?

[Hwyl]

I loved the schooner David McIntosh building article, even with it's sadness

The Rossell article on finishes reminded me in the worst way of some of the "got to appease the advertisers" articles in the mainstream magazines.

I see the forum got a mention (in the "wood science" section)


Oh I agree about about the sail trim on the Cotuit boats, are they meant to be sailed like that, and why the kids without lifejackets, is it all shallow enough to walk home --ought to be a law against it--oh wait, there is.

Back to check for stuff I may have missed.

[elf]

There are supposed to be four of them. One of the modified rudder, as I recall, and three others.

[elf]

Not shallow enough to walk home, quite. But nearly. Cotuit is home to a number of centerboard boats, including the Wianno Seniors, and a very protected little bay with the remains of a substantial barrier beach along the Sound.

[rbgarr]

The 'traditions' decree that lifejackets are probably too wussy. Gybing the main while steering with one foot and holding the mainsheet in your teeth is more in line with the way it's done. ;)
The club is lucky it's got a committee boat to start the races!

[elf]

Gybing the main
is one of the scariest things I've ever seen done. That boom hangs 4 feet off the transom. Those folks are nuts.

[Hwyl]

The 'traditions' decree that lifejackets are probably too wussy.

Then the tradition should be changed.

Emily they do credit you with the modified rudder, the lead picture (Old Vitesse) #88 running and the aforementioned loose luff picture.

You're obliged to subscribe now.

[Tom Galyen]

I especially liked the article about the group who built a boat and sailed it to Alaska. I have two books by people who did the same thing. The authoress of this article should do the same. She can write a good story.

I also liked the Greg's article on finishes. I use a concoction similar to what is on 28 on the interior of my replica 18th ships Jolly Boat "Three Sisters".

Tom G. (Seaweed)

[River Sailor]

What books, Tom? I enjoyed the young woman's story as well and would be interested in the other books you refer to.

Her article reminded me of Passage to Juneau by Jonathan Rabin. Even though it is not about building a boat, it is a very well written story of that stretch of water and what he encountered both within and without on his journey.

Reading Willow, Part 1, (pg 68) tempts me to add yet another boat to the growing list of vessels to be crafted — and I've barely begun construction of the first one!