John's Blog
REALLY big! This is the superyacht M5. Her mast is 88.5m high, read on. Those tiny things on the bow just inside the outer forestay are people, full sized. I had an opportunity to have a look around part of the factory at “Southern Spars”...John's Blog
Its Sunday, what with one thing and another the past week has been a very quiet one on the boatbuilding front, I’ve cut the notches for the seat riser stringers in SEI, cut the stringers with the bevel on the top and rounded the lower corner and that’s about it....John's Blog
Here’s the link. Please take the time to read it. http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/14/columns/guest/jackie/index.htm#.U4OUDS8Q5D0 A little background, way back when the Texas 200 was in its early times, a very simple class of boat called a...John's Blog
SEI is progressing, I will be able to spend a couple of hours a day on her for the next week or so before other things get in the way again. Its clinic visit then and that will slow things for a few days. In spite of a very friendly and competent staff I really don’t...John's Blog
This years travel. I wasn’t able to make it to the USA early this year, in fact I even missed out on some local events. But living on board the ship here on the river must be doing me good and I’m really looking forward to later this year when I’m off to SCAMP Camp in...
