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www.paulreynolds.tv Saturday April 24th, 2010 I visited the 5th Annual McKenzie River Wooden Boat Festival hosted at the Eagle Rock Lodge, on the McKenzie River, in Vida Oregon. I was there to capture only a few minutes of footage for a project I’m working on. Although I would have liked to of captured more, I wasn’t prepared for the finicky weather which made it difficult for me to get the quality and quantity footage that I desired. I did however capture what I needed but, perhaps in the future I may be invited back to the McKenzie River Wooden Boat Festival to document the event properly. I overheard so many interesting stories and histories about the boats, the people that made the boats, and the people that own the boats. So very interesting. This video represents a vignette of the day’s activities. Sorry for the repeated footage but as I mentioned, I didn’t capture as much footage as i would have liked. Learn more about the McKenzie River Wooden Boat Festival at www.woodenboatpeople.com Shot with Canon EOS 7D using EF 28-135 IS USM kit lens Picture Style Neutral Edited with: Final Cut Pro Studio 2 Graded with: None Music by: Digital Juice ©2009 Paul W Reynolds Video Services www.paulreynolds.tv

www.sailrite.com This kit is a Series Drogue design, as conceived by Don Jordan. It is a safety device designed to prevent the capsize and damage of sailing yachts and other vessels in serious storms. Designed for the “worst case” breaking wave strike, as well as improving the motion of the boat in serious storm waves. Sailrite Series Drogue kits are available as cone kits only or complete kits with line. Construction is easy!
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Small Sailboats Are Fun

Small sailboats are from about 10 to 18 feet in length (3 to 6 metres). Small sailboats are often called sailing dinghies, because almost all have open cockpits without any cabins. They are usually made from either marine plywood or fiberglass – the big manufacturers use fiberglass, but wood is used for some boats, particularly if they are sold in kits.

Small sailboats are ideal for learning to sail -much better than a bigger boat because things happen quicker, and you learn to respond to changes in the wind and sea. I recommend that anyone interested in sailing starts with a small sailboat.

Among wooden small sailboats are the Mirror, Streaker and GP14 all designed by Jack Holt, while the Topper, Lasers and Yamaha small sailboats are all fiberglass. There is a whole range of small Laser sailboats. Waverleys were made from plywood in the early days, but are now all fiberglass. Most 420s and 470s are fiberglass.

Centerboard or dagger board

Because small sailboats are usually launched from the beach, you need a retractable keel, so and all have centerboards or dagger boards – these are types of lifting keels. You need the keel to counteract the force of the wind which is trying to push the boar over. In a small boat, you have to lean out to counterbalance the force of the wind when sailing to windward. Sailing to windward is when are at an angle of about 45 degrees to 75 degrees from the wind.

The dagger board is a keel that is just raised or lowered by hand, being pushed down or pulled up vertically in its housing in the small sailboat. It is very simple, and is usually held in position by a pin – fully up when running before the wind, maybe halfway down when the wind is on the aft quarter, and with it fully down when beating to windward.

A centerboard is a type of lifting keel used on most small sailboats. It pivots in a housing, and has an lever projecting from the top end. When the centerboard is raised, the lever is right forward and you pull it back to lower it – with this arrangement, you can have as much of the centerboard lowered as you like, moving the lever to any point from fully up to fully down.

The reason that the position of the centerboard or dagger board is important is that these small sailboats are used mostly for racing, and you want the maximum performance you can get. If you are just going out for a sail in a small sailboat, leave the centerboard fully down except when you come back to the beach, or of course if you run aground.

Small sailboats are a lo to fun to sail, cost little, are robust, and as they are kept out of the water require very little maintenance. The Lasers, Streakers and Europa are among those that have ‘cat’ rigs – just one sail, like a mainsail on a normal Bermudian rig. They can still sail very fast, and can be sailed easily single-handed. They are used for single-handed racing.

Most other small sailboats have a Bermudian rig, usually with a small jib and fairly large mainsail. The exception is the Mirror Dinghy which has a gunter rig – the mainsail is hoisted up the mast and a spar that goes almost vertically from the top of the mast. The shape of the sails is almost the same as the Bermudian, but this rig was chosen because the mast is shorter making the boat easier to store at home and transport to the water.

Small sailboats come is all sizes, shapes and weights. Some are built with a gaff rig, some with the gunter rig, some with cat rigs, and most with Bermudian rigs – there are even some with two masts, each with a cat rig.

The great thing about small sailboat is that you can take it from the boat store or from your home to the shore easily and launch it single handed. This hardly takes any time – and then you are sailing. Mostly, small sailboats are used for racing, or for short cruises of a couple of hours, but some people have cruised across oceans in modified small sailboats like the Waverley and Drascombe.

So if you want to get a sailboat and have limited funds – or no experience – I recommend you buy a small sailboat.

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Floating Docks: Making Things Easier

Prior to 1873, Standing docks were constructed in order to provide for large ships to dock themselves. But these systems saw many a drawback in the form of flooding, freezing, usage of ladders to get onto the boats or ships and load other materials onto the boat.

The loopholes left in Standing Docks were spotted by Edwin Clark and John Stanfield, of the Clark-Stanfield fame, and they decided to construct a buoyant and stable platform to dock large and small ships and boats alike. What conspired out of the idea and plan was a system that protects boats from natural disasters like hurricanes, high tides and fluctuation of water.

A floating dock is made up of following parts: Deck, A Vertical Pole, Rollers and Floats. Its accessories facilitate many actions and the list of accessories includes – Ladders, a lift, toolboxes, fishing kit, awning and cleats. Anchoring paraphernalia like poles, cables, stiff arms and ramps put together by the designers are such that they can be used in many combinations. This helps provide a modular structure to the system. The elevation provided by billets helps distribute the entire weight evenly throughout the structure. The maximum weight that these structures can handle is slightly over 200 pounds. This also helps in the mobility of the dock.

There are various types of Floating Docks that can be assembled. These types depend upon the material that is used in their construction. The quality of the material used will determine the years of service it can provide. The floating dock types include – Wooden Dock, Floating Polydock and Steel Dock. Of these, the wooden dock is the least expensive while the Floating Polydock is the most convenient option. This is so since it is all about connections. All the pieces therein can be joined together and rearranged as and when required. The Steel dock is made up of galvanised steel and that makes it more long lasting, corrosion-free and economical. This material helps the Floating sock to last 15 years with minimum repairs.

A special kind of floating dock that is fast gaining round is the Dry Dock. It boasts of the ability to drain off water after flooding it. This also helps conduct maintenance and repair activities.

In spite of such a commendable design, there are a few considerations that go into the design and operation of a floating dock:

1. Water currents and pressure play a major role on the orientation of the objects floating on it especially when these objects (floating docks) carry many other things on them.

2. During winters, water freezes and this might result in bending of the vertical poles that are used for anchoring the dock. Dismantling the dock during winters needs to be given a serious thought as well.

3. Permissions to be sought before building your own dock.

4. Place of building the Dock and its proximity to the water boundary.

5. The location of the Dock.

Taking into perspective these considerations, a certain set of guidelines need to be adhered to. These instructions, rules and regulations and classification of Floating Docks have been put together by the inventors themselves.

Thus, Floating Docks are a gainful proposition as against the previous one

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Build Your Own Sailboat and Sail Away

Sailboats are a very popular weekend past time all across the country. Most people can’t afford a sailboat, therefore, their dreams of owning one is low on their list of things that they would love to do. Most people don’t know that they can build their own sailboat for a fraction of the cost of buying one outright. There are many places that sell sailboat plans online that are professional plan drawn up by manufacturers and boat designers.

Some places even have wooden boat kits that sell all the plans and pieces they need to create the exact boat they want without the hassle of having to find the proper materials. Wooden boat plans are one of the most simple to follow and as long as you do them correctly, you can have a boat that will last you a lifetime that you will be able to pass on to your children and grandchildren.

No matter if you are wanting to build a boat for recreational purposes or because you just need something to go fishing in, you can find plans or a kit to build your own boat. There are many advantages to building your own boat, one of the greatest advantages is that you are getting exactly what you want. You don’t have to worry about paying extra for different features because you can customize your wooden boat or sail boat to already include those features you want right from the start.

To build your own boat is a great experience that you can share with your kids and grand kids. If your son is a cub scout and needs that last badge, you can help him achieve his goal while also helping to achieve yours by involving him in your boat building. Even if you have never built anything before in your life, the instructions are easy enough that you won’t have any problems following them. Of course it will be time consuming to build your own but the rewards of knowing that you did it yourself will all be worth the time and effort you put into your boat.

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