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Michalak Oars
I had always planned on a set of oars for Nephi’s Courage. I drew oar locks into the plans, and I purchased an inexpensive set of nylon oarlocks from Duckworks when I made my big order from them, and I even installed the oar locks when I built the boat. It turned out to be…
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Puddle Duck Refit — Rudder
I built my puddle duck racer with a Michalak-style kick up rudder, and I still think that was a pretty good choice. However, the place where I typically launch is shallow for a good distance, and I did not take the time to install a lanyard that would allow me to pull the rudder blade…
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New Sail Boat Cart
The weather here in Provo has been beautiful. In fact, it has been so beautiful that I am starting to believe that maybe I will be able to get out on the water sooner rather than later. With that in mind I decided that instead of painting the mouse boat today (more on that in…
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Nephi’s Courage
In October of 2013 I started building an 8 foot sail boat. Or, at least that was when I made the first cut in the wood that I purchased. I had decided to build a boat after spending some time looking at the prices of new sail boats. I now think that if I had…