Small Wooden Boats and More

Category: Puddle Duck Racer

  • And it Came to Pass…

    And it Came to Pass…

    It has been pretty quiet on the boat front around here.  It has been too cold to actually go boating, and I have been too busy to build a boat for some time.  I have an article, mostly done, about some leeboard repairs that I have been working on.  I also have a second mouse boat,…

  • Mast Repair (Part II)

    Mast Repair (Part II)

    A few weeks ago, I repaired the top of my mast.  The fix was pretty straightforward, I took a bit of Titebond II, some sawdust and some wheat flour and used it to replace a big chip out of the top of my mast.  I then wrapped the whole thing with Fibatape and glued that…

  • Bird Island II

    Bird Island II

    I really wanted to get in one more sail boat outing before winter set in.  And so when the opportunity to go sailing presented itself on Saturday I jumped at the chance.  Even better, most of the Earl crew decided that they wanted to go with me.  KaeLynn (my wife) doesn’t like small boats.  Of…

  • Mast Repair

    Mast Repair

    As I mentioned in my article on the camping trip to Scofield Reservoir, I broke the top fitting on my mast in the trailer on the way up to the camp site.  It was, of course, my own fault.  I was in too big a hurry packing up the trailer.  We were behind schedule and…

  • Scofield Reservoir Scout Campout (Wed Aug 29 to Sat Sept 1, 2015)

    Scofield Reservoir Scout Campout (Wed Aug 29 to Sat Sept 1, 2015)

    I had some camera issues this trip, so this post will be mostly text.  That is unfortunate, because there were a lot of really cool memories that probably need a picture. First of all, some background.  I had been planning a trip this particular weekend for over a year.  In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised…

  • My Phone Walked the Plank

    OK, the title of this post is perhaps a little misleading.  My phone did not actually walk the plank.  It just got a little wet. Perhaps an explanation is in order.

  • Deer Creek Reservoir

    Yesterday (July 1, 2015) we took the young men and young women of our ward to Deer Creek Reservoir to goof around in the lake there.  We borrowed a three small plastic kayaks from Brother Barsdorf and I took my mouse boat and PDRacer.  We threw all of this gear in the back of the…

  • About Time — Sail Report June 23 2015

    About Time — Sail Report June 23 2015

    I had mentioned before (in passing) that my wife was pregnant.  Well, now she isn’t pregnant.  Samuel Hyrum Earl was born just before midnight on May 20th.  It was a pretty exciting day.  KaeLynn had an emergency C-section and everything.  On the bright side Sam is here now, and everyone is safe, and I have…

  • Puddle Duck Racer Build — Spars

    Puddle Duck Racer Build — Spars

    First of all, let me apologize in advance for this post.  This should be a trip report, but between the weather and the fact that my wife is nearly 9 months pregnant I have not been able to go sailing.  So instead I am going to write about building spars the Earl way.

  • Nephi’s Courage — Design Notes

    Nephi’s Courage — Design Notes

    Like most small boat builders I spent a fair amount of time agonizing over which boat I would build.  In fact, I came very close to building a Rebel Cat, and I still think that a multihull would be pretty fun to build.  In the end I decided on a Puddle Duck Racer, mostly because…