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Richard Almond
05-20-2013
07:50 PM ET (US)
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Dale
Your new web-site is great - lovely and clean and a breeze to navigate. Well done.
For anyone without the link, have a look at http://www.alistego.com/Alistego.com/.
We have been doing a lot of motoring in Skerry around Lake Burley Griffin here in Canberra. I had some problems (mainly self inflicted) with the electric propulsion system but after some expensive reconditioning work all seems OK. The rigging is still a work in progress.
Regards to all
Richard
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Ian Milne
05-09-2013
06:18 AM ET (US)
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Hi guys,
You might be interested in this. I have just put New Zealand on the map. Ian
----- Original Message -----
From: Christopher D. Cook
To: oughtred@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2013 8:49 AM
Subject: [oughtred] Oughtred Boat Registry
I have created a website to track the location of Oughtred-designed boats worldwide. My interest in Oughtred's work began after I read Nic Compton's 2008 biography of the designer. Originally, I intended to write to this list to find an Oughtred Guillemot or similar-sized boat in the Washington, D.C., area. As I thought about this, it occurred to me that other people may be interested in seeing which Oughtred boats are nearby. If you have an Oughtred boat, please do check out the website and consider registering your boat. There is an easy-to-use form to submit your information. https://sites.google.com/site/oughtredboatregistry/
Thank you,
Christopher D. Cook
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Ian Milne
04-27-2013
07:38 AM ET (US)
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Hi everybody. Sorry for my long silence. Here is our news for this summer. After our big trips over the last few summers we have stayed home most of this one, just doing a few weekend gatherings and classic boat regattas. We have given up our attempts at racing. Our biggest adventure this summer was a trip up the coast to Oamaru and back in February. There were several boats racing and some "rallying" but we were on our own most of the time. It was organised as part of a weekend to commemorate the centenary of the clandestine arrival of Capt. Scott's ship Terra Nova at Oamaru to telegraph a London newspaper with the sad news of Scott's party's non-return from the South Pole. It was a good weekend. I set up the building frame and moulds for a "Sooty Tern" in January, but have since got sidetracked into finishing the building of the new superstructure and interior of an old launch I have been on the committee for, for the last eight years. You can see her on http://www.ferry.portobello.net.nz/ . A boatbuilder did a good job on the hull in 2007, but two other guys have been building the superstructure for the last four years (!). We have finally got rid of them and I am now the "works co-ordinator". I have built the rudder and am continuing to work on her full-time on a voluntary basis, with others helping at various times. My Sooty Tern might happen next year. Cheers,
Ian M
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Alec Percival
04-26-2013
10:20 PM ET (US)
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Hi everyone, well its happened, The Heather Mary was trailed down the driveway last week and sold to an enthusiast who seems keen to maintain her well.
There was a bit of a tear in the eye as we said goodbye to 15 years of ownership and 7 years of sailing. However in a way its also a relief as we weren't making the time to sail her. Its all very well to have a self -satisfied smile of ownership each time I walked past her, but in reality it had become a very pretty ornament and not a yacht.
If anyone is interested email me at percivals@aapt.net.au and I'll let you know the market price for Australia anyway.
Alec and Heather Percival
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Bob L
03-06-2013
05:03 PM ET (US)
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Guess who's here. Ron Binet ! He arrived day before yesterday after the Great Ocean Walk. We have checked out a " nearing completion" EM and debated everything non-stop for the last 48 hours. Yesterday we had campfire & BBQ on the Glenelg River, and finished with a meal at the Portland Bowling Club.
Ron is about to get on the bus, and we wish you all the best " in your Eun Maring " ( couldn't think of anything better to say ).
Cheers,
Ron & Bob.
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Bob L
01-27-2013
07:53 PM ET (US)
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Hi David,
To answer your query on the birdsmouth dimensions, yes I have been in contact with Iain O on the construction of the birdsmouth mast. David Wilson at Duck Flat Wooden Boats needed the plans. I was fortunate to get hold of some very nice sitka spruce( mast & spar grade ) which is lighter than oregon, about 75 % lighter, and that was the attraction. I didn't know it at the time, but it may not be quite as strong. I had conflicting information on this. Anyway, and maybe for that reason, Iain chose to increase the diameter of the mast at the bottom from 4" to 4 3/8". All other dimensions for the mast are the same. He has sent detailed cross sections and you would need to contact him for that.
Alan Hosler has built his mast himself with the birdsmouth method and I think he used sitka spruce. You can access more information from past messages on all this by using the Index. Here is a sample :-
MAST
Birdsmouth method of construction. 37,39,99,363,364
Raising 233,263,464,465,696,1070
Tabernacle 461,464,534,1152
Timber Used 233,372,708,712,738
Weight of 372,709,802
The whole index to message 1201, takes up 6 A4 pages so I can't really send it on this forum. Dale as he has mentioned just now, is intending to make it available on his new site when he gets time, but I understand the computer wizardry involved is not for the faint hearted. Anyway, in the meantime I would happily send you a copy by email, or anyone else for that matter, if I had an email address.
Dale, pity they can't bring some of that snow over here and dump it on the bushfires.
Ron, a visit would be fantastic. I'll email you and maybe we can work out a time when you know your movements.
Cheers to all, Bob.
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edwin kolkman
01-27-2013
05:46 PM ET (US)
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hi all,
It's a long time ago since I wrote on this forum. All of a sudden a mayor thing has changed Dale's website. Well done, Dale. Refreshing ideas gives a lot of energy. I didn't build on my "de notedop" for along time. Going up with my building company took and takes al lot of time and priority. But for now and then I read your post. My project is still alive, every time in my workshop I love to see her. Her patience gives me convidence.
Alec, I'm sorry to hear about your health problems. I'm in young age, what I've learned from my older friends is that we start as a child with curiousity,that grows into ambition and exploration. Al those stages we need to discover our inspiration that will never leaves us. So to live down under with a nice family provides a happy life. That's what we all need. So I'm glad to take benifits of your inspiration to build ..... your dreams. No matter if you sell HM or not, use your fingers and keyboard to refreshing this forum continue.
Edwin
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Steve B
01-27-2013
01:31 PM ET (US)
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Hello fellow Eun Mara builders, I'm just getting started on EM #86 (at least that is the number Iain assigned my plans)it is nice to see there is an active community surrounding this design, as far as I know my last project is still a one-of-a-kind. Visit the Wooden Boat forum and search for "West Coast KDI" for pictures. Back to #86 or "Marianita" as she'll be known after launching. I've lofted her and am slowly working my way through building the molds. I'm close to Port Townsend so I go up to visit David Jones for inspiration every month or so. After speeding through my last couple of boat building projects I've given myself 3 years for this one, I'm sure to have a lot of questions between now and then. Steve Edited 01-27-2013 01:32 PM
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Ron
01-27-2013
02:13 AM ET (US)
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Hello everybody
It's taken a while to get back into the swing of things as we have spent a fair bit of time away since we came home. We really enjoyed meeting Dale, Barbara, Alan and Mary and appreciated their hospitality very much. It makes such a difference to meet people when you are away from home. Thanks very much to you all. We also had a lovely time in Port Townsend at the Boat Festival where we caught up with Ian and Alison. We thoroughly enjoyed Canada and the US.
Since we have arrived back home we have taken the boat out several times. We went to the Narooma Wooden Boat Festival and said hello to Alec and Heather and Heather Mary, then a coup;e of weeks later went to lake Burley Griffin in Canberra and caught up with Richard and Skerry. Then we had a couple of trips on Sydney Harbour. We watched the fireworks from Farm Cove, near the Opera House. It was a bit exciting anchoring with all the other boats around, as the anchor did not hold the first time we let it down and had to go for shallower water near the seawall. I fell overboard while this was going on and had to use my steps to get back on board. They worked very well, I am happy to say. The fireworks were worth the effort. We slept on board that night and motored home the next day. I won't be going to Goolwa this year but intend to go in 2015.
David, I think Alan Hosler made a birdsmouth mast as well.
It's good to see you back on the boat, Bob, and I wish you well. I will be heading for the great Ocean Road to do a walk in a month or soand it would be nice to catch up if we could.
Finally, Dale, thanks for all the work you have done on the new website.
Well, I think that'e enough for now
Ron
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David Handron
01-27-2013
12:23 AM ET (US)
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Bob, is there any chance you'd like to post the dimensions for the birdsmouth construction of the mast. If I read your post correctly, you got some guidance from Iain Oughtred on that? I've thought about doing a birdsmouth construction for masts and gaffs, but I don't really know how to determine the sizing.
Enjoy,
-David
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David Handron
01-27-2013
12:19 AM ET (US)
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Thanks for the comments about my blog, and thanks, Dale, for adding a link from your page. The redesign looks great, by the way. The blog format is not ideal for chronicling a boat building project. It strongly favors reading in reverse chronological order, which doesn't work well for this purpose. But Blogger makes it quick and easy. I'll have to find a way to make it easier to start at the beginning. In any case, I hope to post updates about once a week.
Dale, I've updated the link to your new site, and added a few new links. "Meander" is an Eun Mara in Nova Scotia. I've known about it for a while, via Google, I guess. I don't know that they've ever chimed in here, though. I also added a link to a blog by someone building a Grey Seal in New Jersey.
-David
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David Handron
01-27-2013
12:10 AM ET (US)
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Alec, I'm sorry to hear that your health is forcing you to part with the Heather Mary. She is a beautiful boat.
Bob, I'm sorry to hear about the health issues that have been affecting your family, too.
My best wishes go out to both of you.
-David
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DaleH  01-26-2013
11:59 AM ET (US)
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Bob, thanks for your comments on the site. Yes, I do remember the update to the index. I did get part way through it some time ago, but life got in the way. Hopefully, I'll be able to get back to it soon. Today I have several hours of snow removal on the agenda! It seems like I just did that last weekend... oh yeah, I did.
Keep well, all.
Dale
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Bob L
01-24-2013
12:26 AM ET (US)
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Alec, I am so sorry to hear your news. That is tough. We all know the TLC that goes into boat building, and especially with one that attracts so much attention as a Eun Mara, so I do hope with a bit of luck that you can at least sell Heather Mary locally, so you can keep an eye on her.
I have finally got back into working on my boat over the last couple of days which is the first blow since Feb. last year when Morna first went into hospital. Over the last 2 or 3 months though I have put all the rigging ropes and fittings together, quite a task, and they are lying all over the living room floor with bits of paper under each pile to identify them e.g. main peak halyard, gaff halyard, mizzen sheet, whisker stays, etc, etc. Its a liberty I can take, living here by myself now.
David Wilson at Duck Flat Wooden Boats is making my spars, with the main mast, mizzen mast, and gaff using the birdsmouth method and with specifications provided by Iain O. When I have completed as much as I can do here, I plan to get it on the trailer and take it to Duck Flat for the standing rigging, fitting of spars, etc, and finally a test sail in Adelaide, but that won't happen for a while yet. I was hoping at the end of this summer, but not so sure now. Will have to wait and see.
Dale, the new Alistego site looks fresh and interesting, well done, and since you have asked for comments, could I suggest including a reference in the Links section to the Builders Discussion Group together with the Index for that. Some time ago I did an update on the Index to message no. 1202, and I can resend that if you would like it.
Happy New Year and best wishes to all,
Bob.
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Richard Almond
01-23-2013
10:12 PM ET (US)
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Dale, I love your new site. I'll have to rethink my "no frills" site someday, but when I'm chained to my computer all day professionally I have little enthusiasm for tinkering with personal stuff.
Alec, sorry to hear you're selling Heather Mary. She's a lovely boat and I'm sure will find a good home.
David, as Dale said, your blog brings back memories. It looks like a beautiful job.
Regards to all
Richard
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DaleH 01-23-2013
08:26 PM ET (US)
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David, I was just checking out your blog, I'll definitely add it to my "Eun Mara Community" links on my site. Seems your link to alistego.com is broken. ;0)
Good job on your blog and I'll be visiting often. Some of the pictures are eerily familiar...
Dale
http://www.alistego.com/Alistego.com/
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