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When their old GRP yacht was devastated by a Southern Ocean storm, Jill Schinas and her husband, Nick, resolved to build something stronger. Gaily - and without having researched the matter to the least degree - they threw themselves into the work of designing and constructing the ultimate, ocean-proof, eco-friendly, dream cruising yacht. On their side they had a wealth of sailing experience, which provided a perfect knowledge of what was required, but their only other weapons were irrepressible enthusiasm and the mindset which enables a man to build a radio from a potato or a mast from a lamppost.
Had this been a business enterprise no bank would ever have lent the capital, for ranged against the dreamers was a whole battery of forces any one of which would have deterred more realistic people. For a start, neither Jill or Nick had any experience with a welder - and yet they were proposing to build a steel boat. Secondly, they seemed only to have enough money to buy a couple of masts and the sails. Worst of all, they had two kids and a new baby in tow - and no one with a young family ought to attempt anything more ambitious than the washing up. Regardless of these drawbacks, Nick and Jill went ahead.
"It'll only take a year and a half," said he, confidently.
Fifteen years down the line, Mollymawk is afloat and the family have cruised all over the Atlantic; but the boat is still not finished.
This is the tale of what went wrong and what went right. Packed full of advice about such things as ocean-worthy design and sail plans, it will also tell you how to operate a cutting torch, how to avoid a leaky stern-gland, how to pour your own rigging sockets, how to handle a ferocious gander, how to sandblast, how to weld in mid-Atlantic, how to amuse three young children in a cabin space the size of a phone booth… and much, much more besides.
"This thing will never be more than a rusting steel can."
- Xoë Schinas, aged 6, one year into the boatbuilding project.
"At last, the truth about steel boatbuilding."
- Nick Skeates, designer of the Wylo II
Had this been a business enterprise no bank would ever have lent the capital, for ranged against the dreamers was a whole battery of forces any one of which would have deterred more realistic people. For a start, neither Jill or Nick had any experience with a welder - and yet they were proposing to build a steel boat. Secondly, they seemed only to have enough money to buy a couple of masts and the sails. Worst of all, they had two kids and a new baby in tow - and no one with a young family ought to attempt anything more ambitious than the washing up. Regardless of these drawbacks, Nick and Jill went ahead.
"It'll only take a year and a half," said he, confidently.
Fifteen years down the line, Mollymawk is afloat and the family have cruised all over the Atlantic; but the boat is still not finished.
This is the tale of what went wrong and what went right. Packed full of advice about such things as ocean-worthy design and sail plans, it will also tell you how to operate a cutting torch, how to avoid a leaky stern-gland, how to pour your own rigging sockets, how to handle a ferocious gander, how to sandblast, how to weld in mid-Atlantic, how to amuse three young children in a cabin space the size of a phone booth… and much, much more besides.
"This thing will never be more than a rusting steel can."
- Xoë Schinas, aged 6, one year into the boatbuilding project.
"At last, the truth about steel boatbuilding."
- Nick Skeates, designer of the Wylo II
When their old GRP yacht was devastated by a Southern Ocean storm, Jill Schinas and her husband, Nick, resolved to build something stronger. Gaily - and without having researched the matter to the least degree - they threw themselves into the work of designing and constructing the ultimate, ocean-proof, eco-friendly, dream cruising yacht. On their side they had a wealth of sailing experience, which provided a perfect knowledge of what was required, but their only other weapons were irrepressible enthusiasm and the mindset which enables a man to build a radio from a potato or a mast from a lamppost.
Had this been a business enterprise no bank would ever have lent the capital, for ranged against the dreamers was a whole battery of forces any one of which would have deterred more realistic people. For a start, neither Jill or Nick had any experience with a welder - and yet they were proposing to build a steel boat. Secondly, they seemed only to have enough money to buy a couple of masts and the sails. Worst of all, they had two kids and a new baby in tow - and no one with a young family ought to attempt anything more ambitious than the washing up. Regardless of these drawbacks, Nick and Jill went ahead.
"It'll only take a year and a half," said he, confidently.
Fifteen years down the line, Mollymawk is afloat and the family have cruised all over the Atlantic; but the boat is still not finished.
This is the tale of what went wrong and what went right. Packed full of advice about such things as ocean-worthy design and sail plans, it will also tell you how to operate a cutting torch, how to avoid a leaky stern-gland, how to pour your own rigging sockets, how to handle a ferocious gander, how to sandblast, how to weld in mid-Atlantic, how to amuse three young children in a cabin space the size of a phone booth… and much, much more besides.
"This thing will never be more than a rusting steel can."
- Xoë Schinas, aged 6, one year into the boatbuilding project.
"At last, the truth about steel boatbuilding."
- Nick Skeates, designer of the Wylo II
Had this been a business enterprise no bank would ever have lent the capital, for ranged against the dreamers was a whole battery of forces any one of which would have deterred more realistic people. For a start, neither Jill or Nick had any experience with a welder - and yet they were proposing to build a steel boat. Secondly, they seemed only to have enough money to buy a couple of masts and the sails. Worst of all, they had two kids and a new baby in tow - and no one with a young family ought to attempt anything more ambitious than the washing up. Regardless of these drawbacks, Nick and Jill went ahead.
"It'll only take a year and a half," said he, confidently.
Fifteen years down the line, Mollymawk is afloat and the family have cruised all over the Atlantic; but the boat is still not finished.
This is the tale of what went wrong and what went right. Packed full of advice about such things as ocean-worthy design and sail plans, it will also tell you how to operate a cutting torch, how to avoid a leaky stern-gland, how to pour your own rigging sockets, how to handle a ferocious gander, how to sandblast, how to weld in mid-Atlantic, how to amuse three young children in a cabin space the size of a phone booth… and much, much more besides.
"This thing will never be more than a rusting steel can."
- Xoë Schinas, aged 6, one year into the boatbuilding project.
"At last, the truth about steel boatbuilding."
- Nick Skeates, designer of the Wylo II
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2013 |
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Genre: | Importe, Sport |
Produktart: | Nachschlagewerke |
Rubrik: | Hobby & Freizeit |
Thema: | Wassersport& Segeln |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
ISBN-13: | 9780956072221 |
ISBN-10: | 0956072224 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Dickin Schinas, Jill |
Hersteller: | Imperator Publishing |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Produktsicherheitsverantwortliche/r, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
Maße: | 246 x 189 x 17 mm |
Von/Mit: | Jill Dickin Schinas |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 17.08.2013 |
Gewicht: | 0,581 kg |
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2013 |
---|---|
Genre: | Importe, Sport |
Produktart: | Nachschlagewerke |
Rubrik: | Hobby & Freizeit |
Thema: | Wassersport& Segeln |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
ISBN-13: | 9780956072221 |
ISBN-10: | 0956072224 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Dickin Schinas, Jill |
Hersteller: | Imperator Publishing |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Produktsicherheitsverantwortliche/r, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
Maße: | 246 x 189 x 17 mm |
Von/Mit: | Jill Dickin Schinas |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 17.08.2013 |
Gewicht: | 0,581 kg |
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