JRA Interview Photos
The JRA interview that Kevin Cardiff did with me this past fall got a little buried in the previous post. …
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JRA Interview, and the boat shelter
Hi folks… It’s been much too long. There was a lot of fun with Great Auk this year, including after …
May/June 2021 Great Auk trip
The bad news is that I have completely abandoned keeping logs. On the brighter side, photos remain both doable and …
A little design history
[The following was originally written for an online list devoted to Hen boats: https://groups.io/g/Hensnest/message/21261%5D Photo credit: Sarah Bliven Here’s a …
GREAT AUK Sails!
It’s been much too long since you all have had proper news from this corner of Maine. Here’s a rather …
Anchor Rode Marking
When anchoring, it’s important to know how much line, or chain, or combination of the two that you have out. …
“Pulchritudinously Challenged”
pulchritudinous [ puhl-kri-tood-n-uh s, –tyood– ] adjective physically beautiful; comely. https://www.dictionary.com/browse/pulchritudinous Years ago, in writing back and forth with Dave Zeiger …
GREAT AUK Mast
There are enough nice photos of GREAT AUK’s mast going up and down that the subject really warrants its own …
Second Float Test for GREAT AUK
The day after that last post, the boat went in the water again for another quick dip. We were planning …
Shanty Progress
The Next Boat has come a long way since the last writing. There has been test launching, and work on …
Sailing AUKLET 