Recent content by HenryHawthorne

I don't think you're going to have any strength problems with that hatch!

Nice pair of Harlan callers.

Thought about this more last night and realized it would be simple enough to rig a line from head-height at the back to the nose to get some measurements and take the guess-work out of what would obstruct vision. It also struck me that our stitch and glue process provided a simple way to use...

You may be right about them fitting better on smaller boats - I just like the simplicity of them, and the woodworking aspect, particularly on a wooden boat. Still thinking on it - and also on your challenge to go ahead and get a SailRight machine.

Dropped the lower flapboard to 13", just about gets it tucked in enough, but probably couldn't get more than another inch out without going to trifolds. Going to play with a dodger idea mockup the next couple of days and think on this vs cloth-based roll up options.

I've always thought yours a good design, but you mentioned in an early thread (I think when I was exploring my build initially) that if you were doing it again you'd consider flapboards instead. What downsides, if any, to your existing blind setup? A modified version is among the options I'm...

Thanks Neal!

Appreciate it. Definitely agree a final design would need to get the flapboards "inside" the boat - I made the bottom section fairly tall (and upper short) so I could consider 1-piece vs bi-fold... so I have a fair amount of flexibility in bringing the outer edge in by shifting - but more...

Pretty slick, but a lot of metal and canvas working skills I don't yet have. That would put me at March 2028, I'm afraid.

I'm glad you said that... lining it out reminded me of an older idea along similar lines, extending the lines of the side coaming. I might also be able to craft a decent, lightweight, removable hard dodger. Something to think about. I think such lines would accommodate a stowed trolling motor...