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Alistair Riddle is a rower, not in the usual sense that we small boat cruisers know, but in the competitive sit on a toothpick with monster oars out on outriggers and blast down a laned course kind of rowing. He’s mostly a coach these days, a keen member of his club...John's Blog
Long Steps, the build has begun. I’ve four frames drawn, the stem, and the spine for the forward section, the mast box and some of the detail around the “cabin”. The drawing is progressing in my “spare time” as I’ve other jobs to get completed before I’m really free...John's Blog
Today I had a small job to do in Whangarei, I knew it was only about a 10 minute job, had tried to talk the owner through the procedure but he just could not get it right. He was frustrated enough to be happy to pay me to drive for two hours each way to do...John's Blog
Saturday Night Special build There are several builders of this design aiming at next years Texs 200, we’re hoping for a fleet of them, some to be available as fundraiser charters to raise money for cancer research. To recap the project, the build projects and the...John's Blog
Left to right. Blair, Paul and I about to pick her up and drop her in the water. The designer is always a bit nervous on launching day. Float would be good, up the right way even better. It was a cool, grey and windy day, but the estuary is sheltered so there was...John's Blog
OARS FOR SEI. Lets get the jokes out of the way, the one about this being a “two oars-power cruiser” and the one about “keeping things on board oar-derly “. Oh, and the one about the Greek Bireme that docked too close in at speed, “Dis-Oared-‘er”. With that out...
