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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
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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
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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
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