While it’s possible to build a boat in the open, slinging a tarp over it whenever rain or dew or locust swarms look imminent, it’s a lot better to have some way to keep the weather off.
When I was building Slider, I rigged up a really crappy shed in the carport and roofed it with [...]
Posts from ‘February, 2011’
Lofting Slinger
Slinger is evolving
I take sort of a weird approach to design, maybe because I have no formal training in the art. I had to chart my own course through the design process, without any adult supervision.
This leads to my prime directive when it comes to design– Never Make Up Your Mind Until You Must. This [...]
Port hull galley, dinette, and nav station
Once you have a comfortable berth to which you can retreat after a hard day afloat, the next most important thing is a good hot meal served in comfort. So, a cruising boat needs some sort of galley.
