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Sailing Scamp 284: Pictures from the Small Craft Academy and Palooza Crooza
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A journey to sail Scamp number 284. A blog about SCAMP ( Small Craft Advisor Magazine Project. Boats Covering the build, sailing the boat and the scamp community that has formed around this little portly boat. Thursday, July 23, 2015. Pictures from the Small Craft Academy and Palooza Crooza. Howard Rice and John Welford put on a small craft skills academy July 18 and 19. During the academy, I learned a lot about the scamp and how to sail her. We deliberately capsized a GigHarbor Boatworks. The Palooza Cr...
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Sailing Scamp 284: Bronze ring for centerboard cover removal
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A journey to sail Scamp number 284. A blog about SCAMP ( Small Craft Advisor Magazine Project. Boats Covering the build, sailing the boat and the scamp community that has formed around this little portly boat. Sunday, July 26, 2015. Bronze ring for centerboard cover removal. While in Port Townsend I stopped by the Chandlery. And picked up a pull ring and a closed anchor chock. The anchor chock will go on the bow. The pull ring was an easy install, so I did that today. Ugly shot of the removed material.
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Sailing Scamp 284: Lettering!
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A journey to sail Scamp number 284. A blog about SCAMP ( Small Craft Advisor Magazine Project. Boats Covering the build, sailing the boat and the scamp community that has formed around this little portly boat. Thursday, July 2, 2015. I ordered some vinyl lettering from DIYLettering. Lindsey helped me decide on fonts and placement. It arrived today and I installed it with no problems. Looks very nice, I think. And certainly I need some tent material, but I'm going to cut a pattern with a tarp.
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Sailing Scamp 284: December 2014
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A journey to sail Scamp number 284. A blog about SCAMP ( Small Craft Advisor Magazine Project. Boats Covering the build, sailing the boat and the scamp community that has formed around this little portly boat. Thursday, December 25, 2014. Christmas sanding and drilling. Today I was able to sand down the seats and drill the holes for the motor mount. For christmas, I was given a drill guide. It's really too cold to do much epoxy work. Sunday, December 21, 2014. Wiring runs to the back of the boat. Bottom ...
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Sailing Scamp 284: March 2015
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A journey to sail Scamp number 284. A blog about SCAMP ( Small Craft Advisor Magazine Project. Boats Covering the build, sailing the boat and the scamp community that has formed around this little portly boat. Monday, March 30, 2015. A Scamp Coloring Book. I thought I had my mind made up with paint colors, but as time goes by I keep changing my mind. I sat down at my computer with images taken from the official scamp plans and came up with a couple of coloring book pages. But it won't take very big files.
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Sailing Scamp 284: January 2015
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A journey to sail Scamp number 284. A blog about SCAMP ( Small Craft Advisor Magazine Project. Boats Covering the build, sailing the boat and the scamp community that has formed around this little portly boat. Monday, January 26, 2015. The weather stayed nice so I did some more work. I didn't get any pictures, but I ran some finger fillets around the underside of the the deck. Now it should be well sealed against water. Quincy painted the inside of the cabin sides, so they were ready to install. The next...
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Sailing Scamp 284: Temporary oarlock tent pole holders
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A journey to sail Scamp number 284. A blog about SCAMP ( Small Craft Advisor Magazine Project. Boats Covering the build, sailing the boat and the scamp community that has formed around this little portly boat. Tuesday, July 7, 2015. Temporary oarlock tent pole holders. I didn't want to mount the bronze oarlocks I bought from Duckworks. Permanently to the coamings until I knew exactly where I wanted them. Trex blocks with a slot. Mount the oarlocks to the blocks. Shot of the tent pole. Lesson learned: tet...
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Sailing Scamp 284: November 2014
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A journey to sail Scamp number 284. A blog about SCAMP ( Small Craft Advisor Magazine Project. Boats Covering the build, sailing the boat and the scamp community that has formed around this little portly boat. Friday, November 28, 2014. It's been cold; I've been busy. It's been cold and I've been busy, so I haven't gotten too much done lately. I was able to glue in the eyelets. I decided to put 6 on each side of the seat wells. They should work well for bungie tie downs. Gluing the eyelets to B5. 6) 1 1/...
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Sailing Scamp 284: Gunwale protectors
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A journey to sail Scamp number 284. A blog about SCAMP ( Small Craft Advisor Magazine Project. Boats Covering the build, sailing the boat and the scamp community that has formed around this little portly boat. Saturday, July 4, 2015. This is a step I had long been putting off. Long ago, I had cut myself 2x 14' 3/8" x 1 1/4" ipe runners from the edges of a 14' long hand rail that I had been saving for awhile. It was going to be beautiful. Depot had an acceptable 16' piece of Trex with grooves in the side.