Small Wooden Boats and More

Category: Boats

  • Edge Joining Plywood

    Edge Joining Plywood

    This weekend was not the laziest weekend ever, but it did involve some work on my Lazy Weekend Canoe.  Although most of the weekend was dedicated to watching the kids as KaeLynn took Brooklyn to a dance competition, I did have a bit of time for boat building.  For one thing, I was able to…

  • Lazy Weekend (Stem and Stern Pieces)

    Lazy Weekend (Stem and Stern Pieces)

    This last Saturday I was finally hoping to put in another big day on the Lazy Weekend build.  However, it wasn’t meant to be.  Instead the family went to the Museum of Natural Curiosity.  Not that I am complaining.  That’s a pretty fun place, and it was a good day. I did however manage to…

  • Lazy Weekend (Day 1)

    Lazy Weekend (Day 1)

    Last summer the older Scouts went on a 142 mile bicycle ride (and we floated the Colorado, but we did that as a ward, so it doesn’t count).  This year they want to go down to Lake Powell and go boat camping.  Of course, I am thrilled.  Adventures on the water are my favorite types…

  • 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…