Quidnon
“A houseboat that sails”
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Wednesday, January 21, 2015
LOA = LOD
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This decodes to “Length overall is same as length on deck.” You see, boats spend a lot of time at marinas, and marinas charge by the foot, b...
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015
The masts
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About the most cost-effective and quick way of making a mast is to use a tapered aluminum flagpole. That is what I had on HOGFISH, and it wo...
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Monday, January 19, 2015
Creature Comforts
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Sailboats, even relatively spacious boats the size of QUIDNON, are often somewhat lacking in creature comforts. Since they are partially ...
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Sunday, January 18, 2015
The Sea-gypsy start-up manual
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[ This is a guest post from Ray, who sailed off from San Francisco some years ago and has been living as a sea gypsy ever since. Sea gypsi...
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Saturday, January 17, 2015
Small boat voyaging for the accident-prone
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[ On weekends this blog takes a break from designing QUIDNON. Here is a recycled article of mine from some time ago. ] The world is full...
Friday, January 16, 2015
The Cabin
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The cabin layout is designed to work with lots of people milling about. A representative scenario is as follows: a bunch of people have show...
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Thursday, January 15, 2015
Fresh water and anchoring
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Water tanks; chain locker Water is what makes life possible, and salt water doesn't work too well for humans. Drinking it is a very b...
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