Mid Atlantic Coast Squadron

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Tuesday, April 23, 2024

New Old Paddle

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  03 Sep 23: I found an old paddle in a junk shop last year, and planned to repair it. After tripping over it for a year we decided it was t...
Sunday, April 14, 2024

One Million Views

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14 Apr 24: We started our blog in January 2013 with a purpose "...to share information on small boat restoration, sailing and maintenan...

Paint Removal Continues - Abaco Dinghy HENNING

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13 Apr 24: The first photo is of our shop's light switch. The switch has a motion sensor on/off option, which can be fine tuned to funct...
Friday, April 12, 2024

HEUER GARAGE EAST

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12 Apr 24: The spots where we put our LEWIS BOAT WORKS and HEUER GARAGE EAST sheds started off as a muddy clay spot, too shady to grow much ...

Abaco Dinghy HENNING Paint Removal Continues

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11 Apr 24: We scraped and sanded 3 more frame sections and the inner port transom of HENING, the little Abaco dinghy. Next we'll roll th...
Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Small Bench

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10 Apr 24: We made a small bench out of cedar, set at about 18 inches for a good sitting height. It will be used in a shower, the cedar shou...
Sunday, March 31, 2024

Parting Out A Sunfish Hull

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31 Mar 24: This 1964 Sunfish hull ended up having not only a soft deck but also the hull is cracked all around the edge of the cockpit. Add ...

Land Yaahting

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30 Mar 24: The Granddaughter likes to go yaahting in our forest while we wait for the water to warm up. We figured out yesterday that the tr...
Tuesday, March 26, 2024

Boat Yard and Sunfish Shack

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18 Mar 24: The Boat Yard, Park and Sunfish Shack are ready for the 2024 season. It's taken a few projects to get to this point!
Sunday, March 24, 2024

Bronze For Sale

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15 Mar 24:  Bought some Alcort Sunfish bronze made by Wilcox Crittenden, we needed the boom block, thumb nut and deck drains. The rest is av...
Monday, March 18, 2024

Quarter Deck

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18 Mar 24: Our little quarterdeck has been a popular place to enjoy the back yard park and playset. We can roll boats all the way through fr...
Sunday, March 17, 2024

TETRIS

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17 Mar 24: Well the Mustang came back from the shop faster than we thought, so the Catfish SMEDLEY moved back out to the Wheel Deck hoist. I...
Saturday, March 16, 2024

Shop Stool Patterns For Sale

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05 Mar 24:  Shop stool paper patterns are for sale, taken directly from our time tested templates. $30 USD gets a set of full size paper pat...
Monday, March 11, 2024

Four-Oared Gig AMERICAN STAR Plans from Mystic Seaport

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11 Mar 24: AMERICAN STAR is a 27' 3" Four-Oared Gig built in 1820 by the Chambers Brothers of Brooklyn in the "Whitehall"...
Tuesday, March 5, 2024

New To Us Shaw & Tenney Flat Blade Oars

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05 Mar 24: Found some gently used Shaw & Tenney flat blade oars, 7 1/2 footers with nice leathers. Will they fit on the Abaco Dinghy HEN...

Fair Wind Fasteners

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  05 Mar 24: We get our silicon bronze from Fair Wind Fasteners, they ship small quantities and they ship fast. real fast. Great customer se...