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This time of year is a busy one on the engineering side of my life, and with Christmas coming up family deserve special attention as well. So Denny, Sarina, Brendan and their families all get visits and I’m out shopping for stocking fillers and gifts. All...John's Blog
Laminating a curved item such as a tiller is one of the more rewarding jobs. A gracefully curved and very strong tiller with the gluelines accentuating the curves can add a nice touch to the boat, and its not hard to do. Heres “me” making a tiller for SEI....John's Blog
6 Metre Whaler. I orginally drew this design for use as a sort of “Outward Bound” education center boat, one that would carry 6 trainees and an instructor, all their gear for overnight camping and provide a “job” for each while sailing, and still be workable...John's Blog
Tools. I’m not really a tool freak, not a collector in the sense of lovingly restoring old woodworking hand tools and putting them on display in glass fronted shelving but I do enjoy getting my hands on old tools and bringing them back to life. When I’ve a particular...John's Blog
I called on Annie last week, she’d sent me the email and pics below, and I had other reasons to go north to Whangarei where she is at the moment. She’s taken over my friend Marcus Raimons shed, and is busy building a replacement for the deep keeled...John's Blog
I’ve been running this blog now since January 8th 2011. For a while it was an on and off thing, not regular, or much of a priority, but of late I try to find something of interest about Thursday each week so you’ll all have something to read. Its worked well, not a...
