John’s Blogspot Archive

I went out to buy some plywood today.  While I only needed one sheet of 9mm marine bonded ply, I intended to buy a dozen sheets as I have enough...

Notes on “Scraps”. We have a fish around New Zealand called “Orange Roughy”. It’s a deep water fish, one that cooks up really well but is very long...

Life on the river. I once made the observation that sunsets tended to be like Wagner, and sunrise like Debussy, the former spectacularly colourful...

In the water at last! Its only been a little while really, while I’ve not been able to work on her full time its not been long since I drew those...

My website URL was registered with a company that does that sort of thing, costs a few bucks a year for same. But over the years communications with...

The full tide will be about 10pm, its dead flat calm and there will be a big moon that will I think rise about the time when the water is highest....

 Sat 22nd and Sun 23rd March. Its on, we're expecting about a dozen boats so far but there is space for at least twice that. We'll be on the...

We're having weather forecast that sounds really serious,  Tropical Cyclone Lusi is heading our way after battering Vanuatu, it brings...

So what does a guy who lives on board a boat do when its bucketing down with rain?  Well, read, write, cook, do the tax accounts (arrrgh!) or,...

Another quick report on progress out in the workshop. It’s a lousy day today, blowing hard and raining with it. We need it though, its been a very...

 Nice case, plenty of room in it without being cumbersome.  Lots of space for tools, blades and various sandpapers etc. Secure clasps,...

23 02 14. I was going to unhook the dock lines and head for Waiheke on this afternoons tide.  The morning started well, and I drove over to...