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 …
Author Archives: shemaya
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 …
The Next Boat
In addition to Race to Alaska prep, this past winter and spring also included work on a boatbuilding project. When …
Fatigue and Seamanship
[Photo: Kent Mullikin] [This post was mostly written about three years ago, but did not make it onto the blog …
