John's Blog
Its past time to put up more posts here, I’ve been a bit preoccupied of late, yes its happened before and will probably happen again. But Howard Rice’s adventure is coming up, Denny and I will be heading out on the big silver bird to meet up with him in Chile, ( many...John's Blog
Supporting oneself with the income from plans sales is not easy. I watch the others in this field and note that pretty much all of them do the design work and plans sales as either part of a larger business that might include doing survey work, or boatbuilding,...John's Blog
A while back I drew up a boat I called the “Saturday Night Special”. A reference to a cheap throw away weapon used for a single job. The boat was intended for events such as the Texas 200, was to be a quick build and would have good performance with one or two...John's Blog
Its raining. Not a howling horizontal fire hose kind of rain like yesterday, or a misty just enough to get you wet before you realise it but an honest, steady soaking into the ground to get the spring growth going kind of rain. All day. I’ve spent the morning in the...John's Blog
You can check it out on the below40south.com website, that and other video clips are under the “Media” heading at the top of the home page. He’s going to be living on board for much of the next month, sailing her on Lake Michigan to check that...John's Blog
Oh yes, and the first few days of spring. I’ve not had much time in the workshop this week, so there has not been a lot of progress in there. I did though have a nice three day stay with Denny and our family in Hamilton, got to see the granddaughters, went...
