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Build a chest of drawers in a Finesse
If you look for long enough, you can find space that isn’t used quite as much as it should. Space that isn’t pulling it’s weight. If you have separate bunks (as we do in our Finesse24) then the narrowing area between the … Continue reading
Sailing the coast of the Zuider Zee: part 1
I’d always thought of the Zuider Zee as being a large body of water in the north-east of Holland. It’s not, though- in fact, it hasn’t existed since 1932, the year that the Dutch finally completed the 20 mile barrier … Continue reading
Top ten indispensable comforts
What is it that helps to keep us (well me especially) sane or nearly so, during such a long exile from my home and family? Journalists are fond of ‘Top tens’ so here are mine. There are ten of them, … Continue reading
Building the boats
In contrast to most commercial boat builders, Alan Platt worked with wood, and in a wood. Making wooden boats in the 1970’s and 1980’s was going very much against the dominant trend towards plastic hulls; making them inland, some distance … Continue reading
Designing a boomed staysail
When a boat is made of wood, it is that much easier to make modifications. You may be inspired or you may be misguided, but you can set about it with a drill in ways that would be reckless in … Continue reading
