John’s Blogspot Archive

It’s a beautiful day here, I’ve just had lunch, am sitting in the main cabin looking out over the river at the water sliding past.  Its heading for...

Well, we’re past the spring equinox, so its autumn for a lot of my friends in the northern hemisphere, the best time of year many tell me. ...

There are days when being an “armchair admiral” is not such a bad thing.  To sit warm and comfortable, listening to the wind shrieking and laughing...

I usually try for Thursday or Friday for each weeks post, but I’m a day or two early this week. Painting is happening.  Yeehah! Not far to go...

But its not a complete loss of time. Its Thursday evening, I'm still house sitting my sisters house up in the bush at the top of the hill. This ia a...

I've been working away in the shop, fitting the seat tops and filleting them, turning the offcuts into doublers under the edges and sanding out the...

The big day has come.  Well, a slightly bigger day than some!  Its been a bit warmer of late, about 17 deg C here this afernoon and with...

Beefing up the mast. Chuck Leinweber at Duckworksmagazine.com has been using a woven fiberglass sleeve to reinforce the wooden masts he’s made for...

Or at least hands to the sanding block,  I’m unexpectedly home so have a chance to get some work done on SEI.  Its cold here, but the...

RIP Frances Diana Kyle. 1932/2015 Things have been very quiet on the posting front,  Apologies for that, but its been a rough week. While...

Much too busy! I have been flat out working at SCAMP Camp ( with a side expedition to the dentist to get a broken tooth fixed) pretty much ever...

I was busy building a garage, I've mentioned it before.  A kitset 6m x 3.5 m one from Trade Tested here in NZ,  it came in several...