tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45837133040183395822024-03-14T12:22:01.023+13:00Harmen’s sailing blog.My stories and experiences about my life with the canoes Takapu, Toroa and Lookfar.Harmen Hielkemahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17685933562845390237noreply@blogger.comBlogger87125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4583713304018339582.post-40609770993128801232023-11-14T13:23:00.012+13:002023-11-14T14:51:20.812+13:00A radio controlled model sail boat build. Back to my childhood, but with a few more skills.<p> At age 6 my father built me a scaled down, M class model at 24 inches long.</p><p>My Father lifted the lines from a book called "The Boat Model Book" by G.H Deason, 1950. Father had some old matched lining planks of Kahikatea, a lightweight, blond conifer wood, a New Zealand native species. She was constructed in the "Bread and Butter method". Father was an expert wood worker and seasoned model maker.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcofg9Jq9Jql44F1jKsuuO2umq1jgt8FqC-EffU3B2Dl0FRcBRk2ltqA88r2olfnTU4mi80fZj9jM70ZEzQHQhI9PCIUjgrv-s93ep1Tq2NLMerVe_Kbz6A7Ey5mS1SJVIeL1Mk_R5VXhgVUcvA0SC-y1Xek9rhsmPC8m3HM0ioGmsYLX0tmjjy7L4oQei/s1746/20231114_141923.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1419" data-original-width="1746" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcofg9Jq9Jql44F1jKsuuO2umq1jgt8FqC-EffU3B2Dl0FRcBRk2ltqA88r2olfnTU4mi80fZj9jM70ZEzQHQhI9PCIUjgrv-s93ep1Tq2NLMerVe_Kbz6A7Ey5mS1SJVIeL1Mk_R5VXhgVUcvA0SC-y1Xek9rhsmPC8m3HM0ioGmsYLX0tmjjy7L4oQei/s320/20231114_141923.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>He called her Marina. She was painted Zenith blue with a varnished, mahogany deck. The rig was of wood</p><p>and calico, with the sails sewed skillfully by my mother. Fittings were of brass with waxed twine rigging.</p><p>That model still resides at our family home, 60 years later. I was obsessed with it as a young boy and I took every opportunity to make the 10 minute walk to our local beach at Waiake, on Auckland's North Shore, to sail her, at the end of my fishing line.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn4-8icQi-drJXDZVxW6eDYccCt613EQHijHevzxUAFrLoj4UScVFi6gLqKnRLF6-pY-tiDS0au9UO5rNumI9af_AbEsaT2dsjAKHE46-sA4xDNcdW6IMXuhyphenhyphenbx4VYPqi3no3HsD2rhqmHj9r-gruYVkRzuZlwq-kNC7WpVyDjAhbO_TpszE8vxM7vFqHq/s4080/20231114_141907.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="1836" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn4-8icQi-drJXDZVxW6eDYccCt613EQHijHevzxUAFrLoj4UScVFi6gLqKnRLF6-pY-tiDS0au9UO5rNumI9af_AbEsaT2dsjAKHE46-sA4xDNcdW6IMXuhyphenhyphenbx4VYPqi3no3HsD2rhqmHj9r-gruYVkRzuZlwq-kNC7WpVyDjAhbO_TpszE8vxM7vFqHq/s320/20231114_141907.jpg" width="144" /></a></div><p>I was growing my adult teeth at the time. Now, at age 66, I'm beginning to loose those teeth, and now I'm back to playing with model boats as well!</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3cCnDG-urkQG4OSH7AUtKPY1W6biMuWUOQBCAhsacll5pARIx5ZnpJ1bPiiAbrjfOSLpm9_WIq3b8QXyFsSq5re9DvJLo4izEAR_Ot2AhHFvKRO2q7KSawItwzdjtTq4_Sk7mESHEXelf_Ekh8A0qnNXpLGtCcsjtee5pr9jSftOSPCNKU9Pyd_bWbvVy/s4080/20230822_161136.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="1836" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3cCnDG-urkQG4OSH7AUtKPY1W6biMuWUOQBCAhsacll5pARIx5ZnpJ1bPiiAbrjfOSLpm9_WIq3b8QXyFsSq5re9DvJLo4izEAR_Ot2AhHFvKRO2q7KSawItwzdjtTq4_Sk7mESHEXelf_Ekh8A0qnNXpLGtCcsjtee5pr9jSftOSPCNKU9Pyd_bWbvVy/w288-h640/20230822_161136.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is my latest RC model.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">named Harmony, she was originally an unfinished 1/32 scale display model of Shamrock 111 by William Fyfe 111, which I bought from a local thrift store, 3 years ago. She's gone through some changes since I've owned her.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's the story of her build so far.</div><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgCrznxNRE0QZr7HNslPMUDtQHjNxJEZ68rhF7oVDH2DbkQluNVQnPXtfjahXOYINDSdinB-_BkhXsGhK0T87ufkSF_8YYg1_snZ9BegZGbpm2oq_eUqaTOpIlWVbPCS3HQ3XLgdIjP6LvWgxiQc_THXbTc4MDQh5xLfGkhyphenhyphend2s4z3OnTVlnsah01NTecn/s2917/20200824_171417.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1456" data-original-width="2917" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgCrznxNRE0QZr7HNslPMUDtQHjNxJEZ68rhF7oVDH2DbkQluNVQnPXtfjahXOYINDSdinB-_BkhXsGhK0T87ufkSF_8YYg1_snZ9BegZGbpm2oq_eUqaTOpIlWVbPCS3HQ3XLgdIjP6LvWgxiQc_THXbTc4MDQh5xLfGkhyphenhyphend2s4z3OnTVlnsah01NTecn/s320/20200824_171417.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the glass hull as I originally bought her in 2020.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1/32 scale model of Shamrock 111.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitFiHaq6Wv1IhRTYTCYftROWOAHY8Kxt7Py280YIhcqM5Xj_eo2VcBdjv3_tGUp8pJBleLex0Rx3g9GZ2UKqmmpmIcoO9KfBWiJgXGxi1c5y5KpTVYnSKenbBR1dpP1z9muJcBBTms9YLZpqQojOkiSi7w3Hy9jkgsQ6jbhxF5LeZk0vlSj4wz07v2YvUp/s3264/20200824_155608.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="3264" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitFiHaq6Wv1IhRTYTCYftROWOAHY8Kxt7Py280YIhcqM5Xj_eo2VcBdjv3_tGUp8pJBleLex0Rx3g9GZ2UKqmmpmIcoO9KfBWiJgXGxi1c5y5KpTVYnSKenbBR1dpP1z9muJcBBTms9YLZpqQojOkiSi7w3Hy9jkgsQ6jbhxF5LeZk0vlSj4wz07v2YvUp/s320/20200824_155608.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1/32 scale model of Shamrock 111.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuW8aSZ0fWHvzMcY64gghsqDeqNs6dCERYqV-T3F22H_-KoprfAJeD3l-GhNLohbENu_rka72_2SppSbIkoAJWhFAY1wVOwG98gscVF_i3eOgyjBs8JkUcadynUeBZISNoZGENIZX834-cqc6lhouRuwwpI-ZrR5tnhh8q6IqBnyKkRuqHYlUskXntqVVr/s2821/20200824_171353.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2821" data-original-width="1118" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuW8aSZ0fWHvzMcY64gghsqDeqNs6dCERYqV-T3F22H_-KoprfAJeD3l-GhNLohbENu_rka72_2SppSbIkoAJWhFAY1wVOwG98gscVF_i3eOgyjBs8JkUcadynUeBZISNoZGENIZX834-cqc6lhouRuwwpI-ZrR5tnhh8q6IqBnyKkRuqHYlUskXntqVVr/w254-h640/20200824_171353.jpg" width="254" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The hull and decks are fibreglass with lead poured into the open keel cavity.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBWfHUfTVKpLX3mYN_zdL36jZM16xO-fV8QQ8MQagCXpxOH5KzVJ6jasSWaf0YDoB8dNC8x41qRGwQRYUDFzIli6iW155beJ0xiBI555OMrjOFDW0uM1bWG4hx_j4gMjErGcZhQV6b2XP9E1Jj1MpZB8J_b1vU5ZKxmsprAz7bCZZzW0nMVs9EVsRAj2qd/s3254/20200824_171048.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1308" data-original-width="3254" height="129" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBWfHUfTVKpLX3mYN_zdL36jZM16xO-fV8QQ8MQagCXpxOH5KzVJ6jasSWaf0YDoB8dNC8x41qRGwQRYUDFzIli6iW155beJ0xiBI555OMrjOFDW0uM1bWG4hx_j4gMjErGcZhQV6b2XP9E1Jj1MpZB8J_b1vU5ZKxmsprAz7bCZZzW0nMVs9EVsRAj2qd/s320/20200824_171048.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She's 48 inches in length, (1240 mm)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1/32 scale model of Shamrock 111.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP5T1QbFzW2TrP8cL4-3T3TfGtrifePEbBsqx8hSemyj0_7cSQS27KEbjIgRrwv1xuPZvgh82MGWEcOrqIO_SqE-eZSjz0phS0GRi_9-mCbhEQdnBhYxYVQQplWQtL1S3clcbBf9TxTSlGDPNQrUPLp1vuGWDoG7xD4ddnnwH6t3IgJJAuaNhwgj-D_zZa/s1280/20210210_184552.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="410" data-original-width="1280" height="103" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP5T1QbFzW2TrP8cL4-3T3TfGtrifePEbBsqx8hSemyj0_7cSQS27KEbjIgRrwv1xuPZvgh82MGWEcOrqIO_SqE-eZSjz0phS0GRi_9-mCbhEQdnBhYxYVQQplWQtL1S3clcbBf9TxTSlGDPNQrUPLp1vuGWDoG7xD4ddnnwH6t3IgJJAuaNhwgj-D_zZa/s320/20210210_184552.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After some extensive internet searching I found the lines of the hull that my model was based on.</div> Half model of Shamrock 111 at Greenwich Maritime Museum.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqZEwSU67ARGCYldFtDavqnE1orTmuj1eRa9acb36mGGDXX4SocnvvrH2tCEQ9RdQLBy9HaYadQbJekQzlsYQyYu-d_uPtACVqzK8mXA_IZ_7jlWwsvnisZLWsOev98aqhNih44QjqbFUfv1SMR2QdNMbQYjg40dvld9VlnVYlTSs0rkiMDbq2jDI_HTgm/s1280/Screenshot_20201121-003359_Chrome.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqZEwSU67ARGCYldFtDavqnE1orTmuj1eRa9acb36mGGDXX4SocnvvrH2tCEQ9RdQLBy9HaYadQbJekQzlsYQyYu-d_uPtACVqzK8mXA_IZ_7jlWwsvnisZLWsOev98aqhNih44QjqbFUfv1SMR2QdNMbQYjg40dvld9VlnVYlTSs0rkiMDbq2jDI_HTgm/s320/Screenshot_20201121-003359_Chrome.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Shamrock 111 in 1903. Belfast Shipyard dry dock.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1903 America's Cup challenger for Sir Thomas Lipton.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She was built from welded, chrome steel plates. Exceptional technology for the period.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU1W7ROOajLypz62N5F6clS62tCOrDj8hZKYJnwKzxSUT_8uhcUtyTO6Hxlckav1jn25yK9fQw3Pu5-dhX6U8W9_094eJeg0ThlnamXYLUgYdqSeZQ1uaXYuaTHslJvMfrAsdDQZicR5pBFexOxkdyiNcmmf5FivSKm1UYDfS3MjSRliSSvOUQm-8CVxLt/s5312/20201122_140634.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU1W7ROOajLypz62N5F6clS62tCOrDj8hZKYJnwKzxSUT_8uhcUtyTO6Hxlckav1jn25yK9fQw3Pu5-dhX6U8W9_094eJeg0ThlnamXYLUgYdqSeZQ1uaXYuaTHslJvMfrAsdDQZicR5pBFexOxkdyiNcmmf5FivSKm1UYDfS3MjSRliSSvOUQm-8CVxLt/w360-h640/20201122_140634.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Here I have sectioned the old fixed rudder from the hull, which was defined by a clear part line. Once removed, I fitted a carbon rod shaft and then extended its surface area with 0.5mm copper sheet, tabbed and glued, to fit tightly to the trailing edge. The next step was to fair the old rudder into the new form, using epoxy resin and loose chopped strand glass rovings. One cured, it was sanded and filled with polyester filler, then primed and painted.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUliGRbSOHRjkb0HjhEksrKNeQAL7GEitnhJQdyewPbABPRYmhQgfb8dlyhNwFWW4qnKXhz0tdfrVAlPppWcaJ8kuP1WkDU8YibgB67l2YTEbuhhiFPjYE2NFkxZTMVttbOUnlLByP5CISHB9iK72hgbXEvFlKdhNevhVOKL9ZvenAAncgNWczTzi6M4Kp/s5312/20201122_182928.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUliGRbSOHRjkb0HjhEksrKNeQAL7GEitnhJQdyewPbABPRYmhQgfb8dlyhNwFWW4qnKXhz0tdfrVAlPppWcaJ8kuP1WkDU8YibgB67l2YTEbuhhiFPjYE2NFkxZTMVttbOUnlLByP5CISHB9iK72hgbXEvFlKdhNevhVOKL9ZvenAAncgNWczTzi6M4Kp/w360-h640/20201122_182928.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">The trailing edge of the keel needed sealing and shaping, to accept the shaft and a brass tube, fitted to carry the shaft through to deck level.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUQO3GhHR1DI3ejRCMH2_qJbZWp1aLxcikqR0oHhVO7fAIDoB-ca5at2nnaIpE056ahrYR2k-bx5-bxU62mPE-E_Cs03S5eURTrIpvKTpC_HT5AEDBGab6fiWlRkGpo9hKMYv9PP-knPBbl-jOSKDtOrXxY4ehs_eNdBLC4FAkwLMni2XSfqZisIP13Kj1/s5312/20201123_133342.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUQO3GhHR1DI3ejRCMH2_qJbZWp1aLxcikqR0oHhVO7fAIDoB-ca5at2nnaIpE056ahrYR2k-bx5-bxU62mPE-E_Cs03S5eURTrIpvKTpC_HT5AEDBGab6fiWlRkGpo9hKMYv9PP-knPBbl-jOSKDtOrXxY4ehs_eNdBLC4FAkwLMni2XSfqZisIP13Kj1/w360-h640/20201123_133342.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The mast step is a copper 2 cent piece, soldered to the mast base.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCEhLdTXyeaNzD_4asIpyFkmC-XcxK3beCFXZTkgjD7BV-KU_ZbO6el54D0BFTY532EnnCD_urLLImMi6clRVH8DJoXiPwG7olDcQ82f0KdsQXNsg2-szkDnPjLkoz02QK9rXUwWs0SRb31c8it-JbYC4KPnXAQWzXjaVBz-hHqDO2oR3_7kMBrZCn5_Pe/s3264/20201008_152608.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="1836" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCEhLdTXyeaNzD_4asIpyFkmC-XcxK3beCFXZTkgjD7BV-KU_ZbO6el54D0BFTY532EnnCD_urLLImMi6clRVH8DJoXiPwG7olDcQ82f0KdsQXNsg2-szkDnPjLkoz02QK9rXUwWs0SRb31c8it-JbYC4KPnXAQWzXjaVBz-hHqDO2oR3_7kMBrZCn5_Pe/w360-h640/20201008_152608.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div><br /></div>A stainless steel fishing swivel serves for the jib boom swivel.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfVN4BA_4nrFi1n3_m0J8HiaomkssRl69ZchMmljaaA6I_vZyn1RV_6hRjM5lRJPHSZUNaQ1OELv8U9sKeAXTifYdSWjL30r3tMFbKQ3CWYEBqHcnTUgBPmqUEwaAX3Tt8SlVeCMQ851kvTDiLCPSQAlI-E31mx0oKT8lBGNrq1XY2zEIGve-CS3po0cm8/s3264/20201010_182438.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="3264" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfVN4BA_4nrFi1n3_m0J8HiaomkssRl69ZchMmljaaA6I_vZyn1RV_6hRjM5lRJPHSZUNaQ1OELv8U9sKeAXTifYdSWjL30r3tMFbKQ3CWYEBqHcnTUgBPmqUEwaAX3Tt8SlVeCMQ851kvTDiLCPSQAlI-E31mx0oKT8lBGNrq1XY2zEIGve-CS3po0cm8/s320/20201010_182438.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp3IBb9yGezErqftGPobMjXlUdtHvo6H22v-S9F6O2g7u8hzdtd4QFPR55RzhIi3t-bC9reIu3rZfy4PZkdXgnrZzUg0vUB037D6HPRNerknFAFZkX5LsqIeDMqxAw9E5_MHMzS_2vUOshgsDB234d-mD_gGCMXr3Vx4IImXtBP3RAIeY-AhaDXULB0WrW/s3264/20201010_182109.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="1836" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp3IBb9yGezErqftGPobMjXlUdtHvo6H22v-S9F6O2g7u8hzdtd4QFPR55RzhIi3t-bC9reIu3rZfy4PZkdXgnrZzUg0vUB037D6HPRNerknFAFZkX5LsqIeDMqxAw9E5_MHMzS_2vUOshgsDB234d-mD_gGCMXr3Vx4IImXtBP3RAIeY-AhaDXULB0WrW/w360-h640/20201010_182109.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My bowsies are fabricated from 3 brass ball ends, removed from old guitar strings. These I soldered together in a gang of 3.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAzo7dXrTy2mRddNw8c1bJk2HaQtR84eAMQ-qH3du6g3byw5Knbv27_AkqVWx_dkL9b7tnsUsBN4EtOy4zjpOPbRE22WW1gMqirGZ9BC38K_LSzTf0U8_Y_IhIpBhrSE9lpt797t3kh8eordZtKcGZMEVMVJbZ-GvbiaGtGb4E9DNf_VVNijC6I8qTM46K/s5312/20201130_114922.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAzo7dXrTy2mRddNw8c1bJk2HaQtR84eAMQ-qH3du6g3byw5Knbv27_AkqVWx_dkL9b7tnsUsBN4EtOy4zjpOPbRE22WW1gMqirGZ9BC38K_LSzTf0U8_Y_IhIpBhrSE9lpt797t3kh8eordZtKcGZMEVMVJbZ-GvbiaGtGb4E9DNf_VVNijC6I8qTM46K/w360-h640/20201130_114922.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL0PkYi7dVlXLy0ZKseoEoHndOyCtiAzHKhPv5APwlP1E5aFKG8-tUkyLmO4G0KWrerQyNmMeASzyfXEnTURHlgHm82sP72y-8GdH2lwYV-QPTKF1a20Nwm6vB5C9Mv0h9GCE12nb2GCWosblYGtVQkuHopRRZcheg63uHtd4Foz4xpDZ-tAIDrq0hGy65/s5312/20201026_151842.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2988" data-original-width="5312" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL0PkYi7dVlXLy0ZKseoEoHndOyCtiAzHKhPv5APwlP1E5aFKG8-tUkyLmO4G0KWrerQyNmMeASzyfXEnTURHlgHm82sP72y-8GdH2lwYV-QPTKF1a20Nwm6vB5C9Mv0h9GCE12nb2GCWosblYGtVQkuHopRRZcheg63uHtd4Foz4xpDZ-tAIDrq0hGy65/s320/20201026_151842.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfbp17DT6v16l3hNLtutxLZHat8-i0yPkqrSqlyEd554RViCyLb2BKhU9d2vCmDmdcfGNiXF6WXibnlzsQdrRExHnapH1w6g7B4r4fiypYeRqhf-4DnV4I87Q3DLCbWP26BhRJZcfUs8l15Yne0EOxv9eoPpw-VG4NzeCUnd6IS_kIb93Y4StwfcExR-1U/s5312/20201026_161111.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfbp17DT6v16l3hNLtutxLZHat8-i0yPkqrSqlyEd554RViCyLb2BKhU9d2vCmDmdcfGNiXF6WXibnlzsQdrRExHnapH1w6g7B4r4fiypYeRqhf-4DnV4I87Q3DLCbWP26BhRJZcfUs8l15Yne0EOxv9eoPpw-VG4NzeCUnd6IS_kIb93Y4StwfcExR-1U/w360-h640/20201026_161111.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ9Ibs3XNXOiF2jTFs9kjwyKlak4QVxUvS3QsA0TR8u0CPRthMssNelkNhFSjIHdhExoW3wcupDfG8ifAigCcnL01ifCjmWc5ZGoYT2yHvD6DMLmwZJArHkoodOB4Es5c6gttm-qZO77f1ZZNWRcXp1LwWPX2gcZr60Bw-n7NotP923A3M-KfjOf7wUyva/s5312/20201028_072508.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ9Ibs3XNXOiF2jTFs9kjwyKlak4QVxUvS3QsA0TR8u0CPRthMssNelkNhFSjIHdhExoW3wcupDfG8ifAigCcnL01ifCjmWc5ZGoYT2yHvD6DMLmwZJArHkoodOB4Es5c6gttm-qZO77f1ZZNWRcXp1LwWPX2gcZr60Bw-n7NotP923A3M-KfjOf7wUyva/w360-h640/20201028_072508.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVQqx9CZa0QlSXlFjCL_HQNn3WMnKBqkR_y2i594srDWnVyvhkjv4_jukGklKliN-_Eyboo4nU_7JzDKKdGaYuFy96NfvEAAQLuEoUgdI1oZ1GeqadxXk0pyfeKYwo7m0gStYAnOjKgUCzrAUAtdyqZOAbQIi0FY2GdSXc-5UH_IQtZIXShTbCyAoIt5wj/s5312/20201028_072520.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVQqx9CZa0QlSXlFjCL_HQNn3WMnKBqkR_y2i594srDWnVyvhkjv4_jukGklKliN-_Eyboo4nU_7JzDKKdGaYuFy96NfvEAAQLuEoUgdI1oZ1GeqadxXk0pyfeKYwo7m0gStYAnOjKgUCzrAUAtdyqZOAbQIi0FY2GdSXc-5UH_IQtZIXShTbCyAoIt5wj/w360-h640/20201028_072520.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Here you can see the rudder quadrant which I fabricated from circuit board tuffnell, with a locking bolt, to secure it to the shaft. The control cables are attached to either side of the quadrant, then pass through 2 small slots in the deck. They pass over two brass rollers, then run aft, under the dec, to the servo horns.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT9Zc7mVnT2VAAe65ztA7lqiO__OO5zNTTtrS4372g_NqhNoWn_tY9WfsXB6Zrmu1-Urf8Nd9yDZ8d5FTsVr_B229AdDOdfSRdUq7Vz9dy5D6tVHgEanRUyZHTSPgiI1VPm8qP0RQmKfSbIAlE31XAt_MDg6zcZRpRQRXr9tsdfAGoRnD7AEAbySzFvM3-/s5312/20201116_135303.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT9Zc7mVnT2VAAe65ztA7lqiO__OO5zNTTtrS4372g_NqhNoWn_tY9WfsXB6Zrmu1-Urf8Nd9yDZ8d5FTsVr_B229AdDOdfSRdUq7Vz9dy5D6tVHgEanRUyZHTSPgiI1VPm8qP0RQmKfSbIAlE31XAt_MDg6zcZRpRQRXr9tsdfAGoRnD7AEAbySzFvM3-/w360-h640/20201116_135303.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSsQ2uAyeSSAIk-xV0nUjzAZOnLm6quOryntC6uUETo0yzBc9t4cz8WhaJQX1w8UAhHUvl_wd304yUtDs0LLsbyr0_YkxAsFogVzQbmBevLLDW4dE3_L3FZdBkLqIEI9bGKmTZ65RdyJYkDzCWQWGHmBG28tucsy0draipFb2g5aROMi9U60EaOPpnVXqu/s5312/20201116_135311.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSsQ2uAyeSSAIk-xV0nUjzAZOnLm6quOryntC6uUETo0yzBc9t4cz8WhaJQX1w8UAhHUvl_wd304yUtDs0LLsbyr0_YkxAsFogVzQbmBevLLDW4dE3_L3FZdBkLqIEI9bGKmTZ65RdyJYkDzCWQWGHmBG28tucsy0draipFb2g5aROMi9U60EaOPpnVXqu/w360-h640/20201116_135311.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The addition of 500 grams of lead, cast into a plaster mold taken from the original keel made her less tender.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXVzMH_F0RZmJVaVLXjo-wm5W3KjIYqoVCA_QoUWD2l_ZTqR01eu89WaX5UVeCKVJdy671uJ8xaT8-AG8RGB3vTrNc_uwr-ynuwHguhM-AOtugy4zwUwtJgR-89_xrKMG4C8ObyRM-cCnuDdZM28RoaTJorVmphYDLM47gv0wHzTIsPEjhzhbbszm3eZ8T/s5312/20201117_120305.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5312" data-original-width="2988" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXVzMH_F0RZmJVaVLXjo-wm5W3KjIYqoVCA_QoUWD2l_ZTqR01eu89WaX5UVeCKVJdy671uJ8xaT8-AG8RGB3vTrNc_uwr-ynuwHguhM-AOtugy4zwUwtJgR-89_xrKMG4C8ObyRM-cCnuDdZM28RoaTJorVmphYDLM47gv0wHzTIsPEjhzhbbszm3eZ8T/w360-h640/20201117_120305.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The new, additional lead, faired and painted.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeWCx4GLB-Wt8skdTTkHprZTL-4M-jGpsSIwZX9eqqzVFE3A_9LiA5X4O1dFsbqUDXlPNhFIxKYRcNr2TDQrWSOxuXO7GaZVLCu-4yJFw6cBiOB2Dg07XUumIAZkr9xnyW6XTTsxpeKKz_JcEMOLC5tIAughsT7Kli_lcLRLtbTYlmQNtBY3j6xx1mbJWS/s1348/20211014_171005.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1348" data-original-width="870" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeWCx4GLB-Wt8skdTTkHprZTL-4M-jGpsSIwZX9eqqzVFE3A_9LiA5X4O1dFsbqUDXlPNhFIxKYRcNr2TDQrWSOxuXO7GaZVLCu-4yJFw6cBiOB2Dg07XUumIAZkr9xnyW6XTTsxpeKKz_JcEMOLC5tIAughsT7Kli_lcLRLtbTYlmQNtBY3j6xx1mbJWS/w414-h640/20211014_171005.jpg" width="414" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Under sail, she sat slightly lower in the water, right on her marks. She tended to drag her gunwale, increasing the risk of getting water into her access hatch. Full scale J class yachts are infamous for this trait as well. Not desirable in a small sailing model.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwL9MFBmQedsl4NsvCHQSHtZpxrpWZmeh-rFXpOLDxBhw0Wj965CiOqtQH3YpU09x_PKFDyhbk3SMDHbSOp6nD8C-lewsV_arZfAgmav6WQpGC6bKSZE9CVC7LTNyVV9ErBIbl_TQzahBvrxjTRecBeJN13Lh5WYJFwK9FEkOA9R8YMGt4Cs1S4vfvtE6c/s985/20211014_170939.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="985" data-original-width="626" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwL9MFBmQedsl4NsvCHQSHtZpxrpWZmeh-rFXpOLDxBhw0Wj965CiOqtQH3YpU09x_PKFDyhbk3SMDHbSOp6nD8C-lewsV_arZfAgmav6WQpGC6bKSZE9CVC7LTNyVV9ErBIbl_TQzahBvrxjTRecBeJN13Lh5WYJFwK9FEkOA9R8YMGt4Cs1S4vfvtE6c/w406-h640/20211014_170939.jpg" width="406" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5fK43vsxs2fHoj8jr_uUiqU_LcbOqdSPlvnvlEZ6rsAKebUOrq-ebSpMTZ0lVcLnqmgSzpINID43YJcmxz97xmTVgm5Gpdz-DeaOs-x8i3zP6TWLA8aokIaAgFOlhewjFwkwIbcjAdWuX7bEI1KjPm2DAzdrTadp2Z76ol7NJ5jQJavq6Cr4uWtrjlt8k/s3264/20211011_115312.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I decided to add 13 mm more freeboard to assist with her performance and to minimize water coming onto her deck.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDC3ZX1Evt9hfNZP7IpwLZqaCTXaIBfHZI9mHQrzmUpqp8LuJA0XiSERF2R9zWCQ8YT4-IwDGtfJOWei32BthF3U1q2zYU2tjTafeK1u152JF63QPPScOFo984OnrKYMhntlu1wR0pQsifMNkQ4AuINZtFVfIwNvqU-samjuayRxGpJRPPSNf59AScFqsx/s4011/20230716_162217.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4011" data-original-width="1805" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDC3ZX1Evt9hfNZP7IpwLZqaCTXaIBfHZI9mHQrzmUpqp8LuJA0XiSERF2R9zWCQ8YT4-IwDGtfJOWei32BthF3U1q2zYU2tjTafeK1u152JF63QPPScOFo984OnrKYMhntlu1wR0pQsifMNkQ4AuINZtFVfIwNvqU-samjuayRxGpJRPPSNf59AScFqsx/w288-h640/20230716_162217.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the mahogany nose block which was notched to receive the mahogany gunwale stringers.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPbo8MnhLeoIkM8J2UTXbYq-msxTPaa0fbEZi7cH7itr9r6hDBv3vxxlULfBbSwPQyBdtw5il3uSVD3Q4tkaKKfiTmgSkK_0y_cgKzhv4Q_C2nRMShOncWqLDbSe0sjQszzAaoj2oOGhsz8vvH4vOy-NG5JhjzcTh_nMja-PrgxloMpCGFkYYRT69HETxi/s4080/20230718_124909.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPbo8MnhLeoIkM8J2UTXbYq-msxTPaa0fbEZi7cH7itr9r6hDBv3vxxlULfBbSwPQyBdtw5il3uSVD3Q4tkaKKfiTmgSkK_0y_cgKzhv4Q_C2nRMShOncWqLDbSe0sjQszzAaoj2oOGhsz8vvH4vOy-NG5JhjzcTh_nMja-PrgxloMpCGFkYYRT69HETxi/s320/20230718_124909.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I bolted the cockpit deck beams to the old glass deck to provide a bit more support to this weakened area around the hatch.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv33GfYbj09kadvg0sYNDGqWjp85ZxMoPMzBi9c2ADooSPhW-_arETR9KNtVhb1ZsBfeTPvf1ErTZvDnCA2kEfyLNAjxQGHHHHWIflXyVNaS2wEkffaFxi1NkAuMW11II935_5Yfw-SM22sAsPoqNblq97v-eNywi06auN1RivxY0uQcQkh5Hl-qst1G9U/s4080/20230725_200305.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="4080" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv33GfYbj09kadvg0sYNDGqWjp85ZxMoPMzBi9c2ADooSPhW-_arETR9KNtVhb1ZsBfeTPvf1ErTZvDnCA2kEfyLNAjxQGHHHHWIflXyVNaS2wEkffaFxi1NkAuMW11II935_5Yfw-SM22sAsPoqNblq97v-eNywi06auN1RivxY0uQcQkh5Hl-qst1G9U/s320/20230725_200305.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I routed out all the remaining fibreglass deck, leaving the deck beams ready for the new deck skin, which comprises 0.8mm birch ply, sealed and glued with epoxy resin.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR8CD_cA-iPKEBAKLothyphenhyphen7nWMCzcn3DtqFzw8uGNhL5tGyWNd-maeZIn5LITaRML_OnSyqLkhgu1mWLz906mDrKzb4ZksxS_1laEMgsbFnXKtsq5ySSwTonnfa2OgsOvA0KgLG_RCgzl0nJS-s5m73zfmJ4-5auCX_-bTCRLx_lLc2uakUXXEj0x2bqshJ/s4080/20230731_220221.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="1836" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR8CD_cA-iPKEBAKLothyphenhyphen7nWMCzcn3DtqFzw8uGNhL5tGyWNd-maeZIn5LITaRML_OnSyqLkhgu1mWLz906mDrKzb4ZksxS_1laEMgsbFnXKtsq5ySSwTonnfa2OgsOvA0KgLG_RCgzl0nJS-s5m73zfmJ4-5auCX_-bTCRLx_lLc2uakUXXEj0x2bqshJ/w288-h640/20230731_220221.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Guide coats of left over colours from other projects helped me to fair the hull before final coating.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkrfgYiaYsGaN69ZO2BU3szbB4NTW4FpfB1ATN7lMsegm2ieik_dirq4U35geVATrdKOgfijIhqxpgKOhs7B0gHEvWDFq6-A_wN-hlNm0FYKeL4kiXt8XtemwvBLftlqW-9OESacB8_RjXeQTesKEN_pPHZJOW5vH6gZo98NIdZpspwb7X-zgHU_fjvjFv/s4080/20230816_131820.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="1836" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkrfgYiaYsGaN69ZO2BU3szbB4NTW4FpfB1ATN7lMsegm2ieik_dirq4U35geVATrdKOgfijIhqxpgKOhs7B0gHEvWDFq6-A_wN-hlNm0FYKeL4kiXt8XtemwvBLftlqW-9OESacB8_RjXeQTesKEN_pPHZJOW5vH6gZo98NIdZpspwb7X-zgHU_fjvjFv/w288-h640/20230816_131820.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was my wife Julie's idea to go with this colour sceme, a combination we both love.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMDIGhPNRdpUZRdPhvTMdwV2HRQP2aTNvv4BAtbfLSr-FJePnkaRlq1fSpBGe6_A80Wm8Gi1C-wYxjlNQUqh4rx2sHL9nxGaKe58G4UViD2KohmAJnYaSUdJ3i3P21FBFE8gIlWgfsDbasjEJxXFeLY9tM1Lfn-Hhh0EZfDnVopG1pkVYVti1781aBVetb/s4080/20230816_131839.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="1836" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMDIGhPNRdpUZRdPhvTMdwV2HRQP2aTNvv4BAtbfLSr-FJePnkaRlq1fSpBGe6_A80Wm8Gi1C-wYxjlNQUqh4rx2sHL9nxGaKe58G4UViD2KohmAJnYaSUdJ3i3P21FBFE8gIlWgfsDbasjEJxXFeLY9tM1Lfn-Hhh0EZfDnVopG1pkVYVti1781aBVetb/w288-h640/20230816_131839.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="1836" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpx_Ds0j4LIk4x8fNoju7ygdHARJO3X6vOvSq65RUHvbxC2nxYK67-DRuexCKmYyZDm06e6PCKJSzA3gqEAOG20IuvFB-xMvuKLZymcencxoGC_WfqJDA-PehxsEX_2TZAqFN5kQzh28fxzcmrtOkK6G0nSE6pcDb_rl9ivOHlx_urUanhD8WY7-4HrIy5/w288-h640/20230822_161000.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I belive Harmony has lost nothing of her original grace by adding the extra freeboard and her varnished wooden deck makes her look very smart and sophisticated.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmxZP4NQa70we1azKQQ8CnaH1PnXy8W2eq_dRCIqwy9Uy2Dkie1VCZexljJcp7h54ZY6gtjnzXfD8qzFGzu2O1bGRlMYE-GSZr2PIUsNXE_1ySdf0jqXwhHbF-rlqw9kF1k6Q8CZuOGbvwhu9wHSqDbIzWIHd1Rn2Z-UZFEaLj2Nqd9Hk04tQxLKSrz_19/s4080/20230822_161053.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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The cloth is a trifle heavy, so a new suit of sails will follow soon.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8-bWLVlEAi0pYCLiYlJvEJzcXygcWE56DHg-tlM7wAcef9WLWtS_PDerhzLbQRI-9S5W5QslDP5Fj5ox1I9m54NEr3kMN3oQcwdScBz4AHyTDyC_JeSC6vF-FSn55m0I-7lsbxg8HeLQ6SB8TXZOEou1i9yO76IpeZGSxvlvXoRk-z0Gq-HZXewFaqG__/s4080/20231014_083540.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="1836" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8-bWLVlEAi0pYCLiYlJvEJzcXygcWE56DHg-tlM7wAcef9WLWtS_PDerhzLbQRI-9S5W5QslDP5Fj5ox1I9m54NEr3kMN3oQcwdScBz4AHyTDyC_JeSC6vF-FSn55m0I-7lsbxg8HeLQ6SB8TXZOEou1i9yO76IpeZGSxvlvXoRk-z0Gq-HZXewFaqG__/w288-h640/20231014_083540.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now Harmony is much stiffer in a breeze and sails more upright with less water coming aboard.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVNnpqgaJ8DP1TBbhj9OeMpumiXT8YbYVUFVI-spi745LG5ETtcFEBM5cH6vSNtpzBGRfmpRpiktwedQn-jDVBV6RjcAopDqdYFcXBhJW1nVxBJrxdl2Sq6Q0C5FTUG4N59Q0mBZhyphenhyphenN42kbuTzJPYoPS7cBYt72WzChC6W0WoTjIVRk7zwaFOAHQqtSt3u/s4080/20231014_083535.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="1836" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVNnpqgaJ8DP1TBbhj9OeMpumiXT8YbYVUFVI-spi745LG5ETtcFEBM5cH6vSNtpzBGRfmpRpiktwedQn-jDVBV6RjcAopDqdYFcXBhJW1nVxBJrxdl2Sq6Q0C5FTUG4N59Q0mBZhyphenhyphenN42kbuTzJPYoPS7cBYt72WzChC6W0WoTjIVRk7zwaFOAHQqtSt3u/w288-h640/20231014_083535.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxquJ9CUQXMa_N5vthbhkN2N47PoZnwkYJBMpa4l4U-GdvlRRSlkEW6xeASdFy1XXDeHsLw-siHDZqY3z5g9Eq6YA35jKzjojEaOzOtH3TSrty83u-EC11CyWMDq3ZDvTayAHUCqlf113DE7UVL27EsdIyyO9mLC4CVF9jjDlgr0L4hUXaYXprFuP3M5t8/s4080/20231014_083542.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="1836" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxquJ9CUQXMa_N5vthbhkN2N47PoZnwkYJBMpa4l4U-GdvlRRSlkEW6xeASdFy1XXDeHsLw-siHDZqY3z5g9Eq6YA35jKzjojEaOzOtH3TSrty83u-EC11CyWMDq3ZDvTayAHUCqlf113DE7UVL27EsdIyyO9mLC4CVF9jjDlgr0L4hUXaYXprFuP3M5t8/w288-h640/20231014_083542.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I added a total of 1 kg extra weight, 300 grams of which was lead ballast placed into the hull in the keel cavity.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The removal of the old deck lightened the hull by 200 grams so there was a net increase in weight of 800 grams.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Harmony now weighs in just short of 7 kg with rc gear, battery and rig.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She's less tender than she was and I have better overall control.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Her steering has improved through a re-design of the steering servo tackle, and increasing the room around the trailing edge of her keel.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Most importantly, I replaced my transmitter and receiver with new equipment.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They are a 6 channel transmitter and receiver by KDS. It is set up in Mode 2,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">only needing 2 channels, one for sheet control and the other for steering with end point adjustment control to limit servo travel on both of those channels.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Transmitter is supplied with 12 volts DC from a lead acid battery which I carry in a belt pouch bag with a power lead to the TX battery connector.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div></div>Harmen Hielkemahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17685933562845390237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4583713304018339582.post-25561531971755384392022-05-30T12:15:00.003+12:002022-05-30T12:27:16.337+12:00Hull Asymmetry. <p> Some thoughts.</p><p>I have had disappointing feedback from many people about the poor performance of proas they have built</p><p>Proas attract the attention of a group of people who see this vessel as a quick and easy boat to build and sail.</p><p>Quick, simple & cheap is an uncomfortable triad, poor quality is the result.</p><p>Considerable care must be taken to produce a high performance, reliable and safe sailing vessel. Care in design, construction, choice of materials will have a huge impact on the end result.</p><p>Many have built to their own design, often deep V ply construction or some other composite sheet material.</p><p>Building an efficient asymmetric hull is not a simple matter of making one side flat and the other curved.</p><p>No foil built in this way can be considered efficient.</p><p>I have never published plans of my proas and I never will. My conscience prevents me from doing so. The intellectual property belongs with the Micronesian people who designed the proa. The proa is a highly specialized and potentially dangerous sailing vessel. It takes years to learn the skill needed to sail one. I do not wish to place novices in danger of their lives.</p><p>The so called Kiribati dimple built into the lee side of the main hull is the secret to the success of a true asymmetric shunting proa. Without this feature your proa build will disappoint you with the absence of true windward lift.</p><p>Hull speed is another factor that contributes to hydrofoil efficiency. (Hull asymmetry) the faster the more lift. If you live in a region with consistently light winds this too will be a factor in poor lift performance.</p><p>Here in NZ we experience seasons with consistently high winds from 15-30 knots on a regular basis. Plenty of power to maximize the potential of an asymmetric hull.</p><p>Due to ill health I have retired from building and sailing proas, therefor my publication of more material will cease here.</p><p>Good luck to those who are prepared to keep an open and enquiring mind.</p><p>To the deniers and non believers, take a long walk on a short pier.</p><p>Best wishes from Harmen Hielkema.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Harmen Hielkemahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17685933562845390237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4583713304018339582.post-89161012670990045122021-05-02T23:12:00.002+12:002022-04-04T08:55:42.235+12:00Pearls before swine.<p> I find myself containing a lifetime of experience in the field of research into the sailing properties of the Micronesian sailing canoe. My extensive experience is logged here in these pages.</p><p>This is the age of doubt. It was preceded by the age of reason, those unqualified to have a reasoned opinion now have a platform to promulgate unreasoned arguments.</p><p>I'm sad and lonely because I find myself clear in my mind about my research findings through practical enquiry, only to find that a vast number of fools discredit what I have found to be true without lifting a finger to find out for themselves.</p><p>Get to work, do the mahi, I will answer reasonable questions and delete the rest.</p><p>Harmen Hielkema.</p>Harmen Hielkemahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17685933562845390237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4583713304018339582.post-91050294893669197162020-08-06T13:53:00.003+12:002020-08-06T13:53:27.241+12:00Toroa. video footage of a Micronesian shunting Proa by Mike Toy and Harmen Hielkema. Video credit Nigel Holton. Thanks to Gary Dierking for uploading this video to YouTube.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/a4FADWXmuHk" width="320" youtube-src-id="a4FADWXmuHk"></iframe></div>Harmen Hielkemahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17685933562845390237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4583713304018339582.post-48708672536709695892018-12-23T10:27:00.003+13:002018-12-24T11:48:50.393+13:00FinntasiaChapter 4.<br />
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Finntasia. The end of the innocence.<br />
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As well as wearing it out, outgrew my OK Dinghy.<br />
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At 17 years of age I bought my first Finn. What a boat that was. Peter Morely was an ex NZ champ, his boat Finntasia was one of the oldest in the New Zealand fleet at that time, KZ7. He delivered it to our door in Waiake with his brand new Honda Accord which, he proudly announced, he had purchased with overseas funds, the only way to buy a new imported car at that time.<br />
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I on the other hand, had bought and ageing 1956 Vauxhall Velox, one year older than I was. It had only had one careful owner, a colleague of my father, who had brought it new into NZ. When it landed at Wellington docks, my father and he had caught the train to Wellington and had collected the car from customs. My father had his driver's licence so he drove it home, back to Auckland, with the owner as passenger. One year later I was born. Now, 17 years and 80,000 miles later, I owned the car.<br />
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I went to the Albany Auto Wreckers yard and selected a tow bar from a derelict Vauxhall of the same year as mine, unbolted it, paid for it and took it home. I drilled the holes, fitted the bolts, connected the wires and presto, I was ready to tow my new-old Finn wherever I wanted, whenever I wanted. Fuel was 55 cents for 4 litres from memory. I named my new-old car "Barrymore" after the drummer from Jethro Tull whom I greatly admired.<br />
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Finntasia was poorly painted in Kermit Green, not my colour. I applied a fresh, gloss coat of British Racing Green, much more my style and she looked amazing! Finntasia immediately caught the eye of my new friend Mike Toy. He liked the colour too. He made me an offer I could not refuse so before long I was looking for anther boat.<br />
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Tarkus, a much newer Finn, painted a beautiful powder blue with dark varnished wooden deck, built by the famous Elder of Christchurch became available and I bought her, she had a new Needle Spar aluminium mast and new Elvstrom sail, this was what I wanted. Mike and I became inseparable in spite of our 19 year age difference. We sailed everywhere together, each in our own boat. We thought nothing of sailing to Tiritiri Matangi and back of an afternoon. During this period we hatched a plan to collaborate on the building of an experimental boat, a Micronesian style Proa adapted by Mike to his own design. This story will form the basis of chapter 5.<br />
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I began to race Tarkus locally but could not compete with the new fibreglass boats that were coming out of Europe. This was a disappointment to me so, at the end of the season, I decided to search for local competition. I travelled far and wide, from Porirua in the south to Houhora Harbour in the north and everywhere in between, New Plymouth, Napier, Taupo, Tauranga, Manukau, Whangarei. Local clubs in Birkenhead and Waiuku had fleets of older Finns and I enjoyed the casual racing they offered.<br />
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By now I had quit Teacher's Training College after only completing half the course. I did not enjoy the profession at all. I had followed my father's advice and not my heart. Still avoiding my true calling I took a job at Brisc Marine as a shop salesman and in-store ticket writer, not an illustrious start but a start in something I knew and understood, boats.<br />
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My beautiful olive green car, my ticket to freedom was written off one morning. On the way to work I made my usual stop at the top of Beach Road to pick up my old friend Mike Williams. From time to time I would drop him off at the Auckland University where he was studying for a degree in quantum mechanics and mathematics. Mike was about to open the passenger door when he suddenly looked to his right and took a big step backwards as a Holden Monaro drove into my car at 40 miles per hour. The enormous impact carried me and my heavy old relic 20 meters down the road. The back of my seat collapsed and my head went through the skin of my bass drum which was in the back seat. I was knocked unconscious and was bleeding from a head wound. I came to to the sound of loud voices, a local man, Mr R, had rushed from his house to see what the cause of the loud bang had been. In the meantime the upset owner of the Monaro had it in his head that I was responsible for the crash and was in the process of hauling my unconscious body out of the car to give me a good beating! Fortunately for me Mr R, who was confident and powerfully built, restrained the angry driver until the police arrived. I had a brief period of recovery at home from my head injury much to the chagrin of my employers.<br />
The result of this accident for me was ongoing problems with concentration and headaches. Neither the driver of the Monaro nor I were insured. There was no chance of recovering anything from him without taking court action which I could not afford so I was forced to regroup. He was eventually charged with dangerous driving.<br />
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Public transport was now my only way to get to work. On the bus I met a beautiful young woman. We travelled together daily, she always kept a seat for me. I liked her, she had long blond hair, light blue eyes and a dusting of freckles across her cheeks. I made her smile with stories of my recent adventures and tried to convince her to come tramping with me that winter on the High Plateau of the central North Island, something I did every winter when I wasn't sailing. She was quite timid about that idea, she was a librarian and not inclined to do anything too adventurous she told me. She did invite me to dinner though.<br />
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L lived in Waiake, near the beach, alone in a little Fibrolite clad cottage with her Doberman Pincer called Bunny Rabbit. She invited me in and we sat in the lounge chatting about our day with the dog sitting right next to me. We ate the meal that she had prepared, on our laps, there was no need for a pre rinse for the dishes, Bunny Rabbit saw to that. After dinner she told me she was going out of the room for a moment. When she returned she was perfectly naked. I'll never forget how she looked as she walked across the room towards me, took me by the hand and lead me to her bedroom. She had a beautiful pink scar which ran from hip to hip that looked for all the world as if she had been welded back together by a skilled engineer. I thought nothing more of it at the time. When we awoke in the morning it was still dark. At that time I was still living at home and I needed to get back for fresh clothes and a shower before running to catch the bus to get to work in the city.<br />
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I remember walking home in the dark that morning with the sun just staining the eastern sky, my mind had been blown wide open. I was ecstatic, confused, overjoyed to the extent that I could not focus on anything else.<br />
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When I climbed aboard the bus that morning L was not there in her usual seat. Nor was she there the following day or the one after that. I had hardly slept but I imagined that she may have been unwell, she had no telephone line on which to call her. I finally decided to pay her a visit at the little cottage. I knocked on the door but got no reply. I looked through the window into the lounge where we had shared a meal only a few nights before, it was completely bare, no furniture, nothing. She had gone and I was devastated, I had no clue as to what had happened to her. This confused me even more. I can't easily describe what I felt but I was badly upset. I resigned my self to checking at the Library that day after work.<br />
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I had been so distracted by what had happened to me that I could not concentrate on my job. The sales manager took me aside and suggested I find some work that might suit me better. I did not argue with him, he was right, the work did not suit me, I simply burst into tears, I gathered my things and walked away across town to look for L at the Auckland Library. I knew Colleen the head librarian there, she was a near neighbour of ours in Torbay and a sympathetic friend who was aware of my connection with L. She informed me that L had resigned a couple of days before, had made no explanation and left no forwarding address for herself. I had no further contact with L except that one day, some weeks later, I received a parcel in our letter box. It was a heavy book wrapped in brown paper, it contained note with a few words hastily scribbled onto a piece of note paper.<br />
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"Sorry I left so unexpectedly, here's a book I thought you might like. Much Love, L"<br />
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Nothing more. The package contained an expired library book written by Howard Williams called "Sails." It was the bible of sailmakers worldwide at the time. I still have that copy, who knows what happened to the note.<br />
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Some months later I was rigging my boat at the beach, it was early on a Saturday morning. In the distance I noticed a young couple walking a doberman pincer along the beach towards me with a small child about 3 years of age. As they approached I saw that it was L! She noticed me with a shock but walked shyly past me with her companion, a tall dark hared, bearded man who I thought looked significantly older than her. She walked past me without as much as raising her eyes, she never once looked back and I never laid eyes on her again.<br />
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<br />Harmen Hielkemahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17685933562845390237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4583713304018339582.post-41838861649060495862018-12-23T10:27:00.000+13:002018-12-23T17:49:30.312+13:00The Red BaronChapter 3.<br />
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After my success in Paper Tigers it seemed inevitable that I would continue sailing in this class. Not so. I was too physical and a bit to heavy for these frail craft, Doctor Ord had to spend some money rectifying cross beam to hull connection fractures and a slightly bent mast section after my successful regatta. I had driven his boat hard, he would not allow me to pay for or even contribute to the repairs however he did remark that it would be a good idea if I got my own boat. Waikiwi went up for sale and was quickly sold for the same price that I had paid for her. I put that money away and continued working weekends to accumulate more.<br />
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By this time I was in the 5th form at Rangitoto College. I had made several new friends, Graham Cross and Craig Gilbert, both sailed OK dinghies at Murrays Bay Boating Club. Their mentor Harold Bennett had one too and he knew of a good boat that had been abandoned in NZ by its owner, a German named Thomas Jungblud. He has been runner up in the world champs hosted by the Takapuna sailing club in 1973. The Red Baron was a bright red, European built, fibreglass OK Dinghy with a lightweight Gaboon ply deck. The rig was too light for me but Harold introduced me to Clive Roberts who had a spare rig from his recent successful bid to win the world cup t and yes he would sell it to me for a reasonable price. My father and I went to his home in Campbells Bay and after several hours with Clive discussing the new rig and its suitability for my needs, (I was the same weight as he was) we secured it in place on the Red Baron and drove it home. I became a member of the school sailing team, I needed no excuse to avoid school, I hated every minute of it. One day per week we were allowed to take our boats down to Murray's Bay and go sailing. This went on into my sixth form year as well.<br />
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Not long after the new rig was fitted I entered my boat into the OK Dinghy Nationals held at Takapuna Yacht Club. By this time I had successfully attained my drivers licence but had no car. This meant that I had get up very early, pack my lunch and a drink, then walk my boat down to Torbay Beach on its road trailer, sail to Takapuna Beach about 10 KM down the coast and then, without landing, line up for the start of two or three races per day then sail all the way back again to my trailer, run the 2.5km up hill to our family home, hop into the family car then drive back to the beach, couple up my boat, tow it home, wash it, bolt down dinner, do my home work and finally fall into bed exhausted! I did this for three days running. I gained 14th place over all in a fleet of 67 boats. "Not too bad for a beginner" was Clive's best shot. I'd beaten him to the top mark from the start line twice!<br />
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I loved my OK dinghy. It gave me a freedom I had not experienced before. One afternoon, after school sailing I decided to take the long way home. I set out toward the Rangitoto Channel, down wind on a beautiful fresh easterly breeze. I skirted Rangitoto Island, hardened on into the lumpy Motuihe Channel and made my way up the southern shoreline of Motutapu Island. I turned left at the channel between Rakino and Motutapu and eased the main sheet for a thrilling downwind ride toward Torbay Beach. By now it was getting dark. The light faded completely by the time I was half way across the Gulf. No problem, I knew all the lights of the East Coast bay beaches by heart. It was wonderful hurtling along, planing fast, catching wave after wave, I could have continued sailing like that for hours.<br />
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About 3 km from the beach I noticed some nav lights and a very bright spot light on a large, fast moving vessel heading straight towards me. In no time the powerful beam of light was on me and a loud speaker hailed me asking who I was and where I was heading, sitting in my rocking boat with the sheet fully eased I shouted back that I was heading for Torbay beach. The police boat Deodar informed me that my parents were concerned for my safety and could I make my own way home? Of course I could I said rather irritated. They steamed off in the direction they had come after satisfying themselves that I was competent and knew where I was. I arrived at the beach with the head lights of the family car shining at full beam on the retrieval of my boat on to its trailer. My father shared his mixed feelings with me about my escapade, I had thoughtlessly worried my mother.<br />
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There is one more memory I would like to share from this time.<br />
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One Sunny Sunday, Graham Cross and I had arranged to meet off Murray's Bay and sail on to Mission Bay to visit a family friend of his. The day turned out rather differently to what we had expected. Neil Deverall joined us in his boat and the three of us eased our sheets and headed down the channel with a bright 25-30 knot easterly behind us accompanied by huge swells against an outgoing tide, just the kind of conditions we loved. We were equally matched, highly skilled and as fit as we could be. There was a great deal of tussling and shouting as we planed, carving a pure white path down wind, gathering ourselves, trimming and placing our boats so that we could catch the cresting swells and surf down their steep faces, slow in the trough then gather and trim for the next one, It was fantastic sailing! I hauled on my mainsheet to catch the next swell, very large and steep, The Red Baron hurtled down the face and buried itself in the back of the next swell, I was as far out of the boat as it was possible to be to counter balance the straining sail. The next moment the hiking strap lashing broke. I was under water, I surfaced with the tiller still in my hand, I glimpsed the boat rolled over on its windward side with the boom standing straight up 100 meters away. I began to swim. The sails of my companions disappeared down wind. I swam in that confused sea for what seemed like hours until I finally came up to my upturned boat. The centreboard was fully housed, the venturies were open, the tiller was still in my hand!<br />
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I had some trouble righting the boat in that sea. The wind was as strong as ever. I held on to the bow for some time as I recovered my breath. This had the positive effect of bringing the bow into the wind and sea. I began the ritual of righting the boat which reluctantly but finally sprang upright with water whipping of the violently flogging sail in a fine mist down wind.<br />
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I rolled in to the swamped cockpit and took stock. There was no way to repair the tiller, I had no control over the rudder at all. What to do? I decided to drop the sail. This involved capsizing the boat again, swimming out to the tip of the mast, unclipping the masthead halyard lock and then re righting the boat. This done I gathered in the sail and lashed it to the boom. I then leaned over the stern and unclipped the flogging rudder and secured it to the remaining stacking strap. Next I went as far aft as I could sit and allowed the boat to drift down wind. Under the windage of the mast I was making 3-4 knots, not bad, I put a foot over the windward side and used it as a rudimentary rudder which allowed me to gain some control over my direction. The Red Baron and I eventually came ashore at the southern end of Narrow Neck Beach. I had no idea how long all this had taken me but it must have taken quite some time because it was late afternoon. I dragged my stricken boat as far up the beach as I could and then set off to find a telephone.<br />
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A likely looking house opposite the boating club on Vauxhall road welcomed me to its blue front door. I struck it lucky with a keen boatie who was sympathetic to my situation and allowed me to use his phone to call my father. Father was less than enthusiastic about turning out during his afternoon drink time with mum but to his credit he came. He had driven down to the beach and coupled up my trailer before driving to meet me in the falling dark. I enjoyed telling him of my adventure and I believe he quite enjoyed hearing it. What a treat it was to get home to a shower and a wholesome, savoury meal kept warm for me by my dear mother.<br />
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<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">What a monster it turned out to be. This was a boat to be reckon</span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">ed with. The rig and sail area were big enough to power a boat of twice the size. The fully battened mainsail and genoa jib were of a beautiful light blue terylene sail cloth. It also had a masthead spinnaker in lightweight, rip stop nylon in navy blue and white stripes. The spinnaker pole alone was almost as long as the boat!</span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">Waikiwi was 12 feet long and the mast was 18 feet. Once rigged it would not sit upright on the beach without the support of</span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"> its trailer cradle. It had 2 trapeze wires with harnesses. No one locally had any</span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"> better idea of what this boat could be. Someone suggested that it might be a C</span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">herokee. (</span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">designed coincidentally by John Chapple, more of him later)</span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">I sailed Waikiwi at every available opportunity including every day after school. This involved handling the heavy road trailer and walking it all the way down the hill to the beach 2.5 km away and back again, up the hill, </span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">when I was cold and exhausted. This was no mean feat! </span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">There was an incentive for me to attain my drivers lic</span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">ence. (That is another story)</span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">My father subscribed to several sailing magazines including Seaspray, a </span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">New Zealand wide yachting and boating </span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">publication. He also bought back issues when they came up for sale. It was from these back issues that I learned what Waikiwi actually was.</span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">In an issue from the 1960's I found an article about the Silasec Cup which was alternately contested </span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">one year </span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">in Australia</span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"> and in NZ</span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"> the next. This issue covered the shock defeat of the reigning Australian champions to a North Shore based man called John Chapple and his boat Flamingo. Black and white photos illustrated the article and to my amazement and surprise the boats</span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"> were identical to Waikiwi. Each competing boat featured a Q emblem on the sail. My mystery had been solved, Waikiwi was now identified without question as </span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">an</span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"> unrestricted 12 foot skiff Q class from the early 1960's. The article revealed to me that Waikiwi</span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"> was between 10 and 12 years old, </span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">no longer race competitive in her fleet but still relatively quick for its size and weight. </span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">Once I had mastered sailing Waikiwi</span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"> I began paying the entry fee to join in the local weekend yacht racing at the Torbay Boating club.</span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">The race committee put me in with the Paper T</span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">iger race feet, these were 14 foot racing catamarans, still popular today. We had a summer of comparatively light winds that season, as a result, me in my Q class</span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"> sailing single handed, cleaned up on the scoreboard more often than not. I was getting attention from the senior sailors in the club and earning the respect of my peers </span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">for my skill and local knowledge. I quickly realised that boat speed wasn't everything. I learned to read the wind shifts on the water, to look for the tide and use its advantages when they were there. I read the racing rules and used them to my advantage as well. I could tack very quickly compared to a Paper Tiger which came to a complete standstill when tacking. Once it got above 10 knots of wind though,</span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"> I was overpowered and they showed me a clean pair of heels. </span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">I did not enjoy being the odd</span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"> boat out all the time and the miss match when the wind blew hard made life very difficult for me. This was to be a summer of cold south westerly winds.</span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"> I</span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"> could not find a suitable crew and preferred my own company on a boat anyway, something I have never lost.</span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">I took to sailing long distances, sometimes with a friend Peter Bailey in his Sunburst and occasionally with a girlfriend! The first girl I ever kissed was onboard Waikiwi during a homeward sail from Still</span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">water where </span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">I found a proper rival in the form of an old </span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">school friend Jeff Thompson in his R Class, Rebel. He had painted a large wine glass on his mainsail which you could see from miles away.</span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">On one of my solo</span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"> trips to Still</span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">water, on my homeward beat</span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">, the wind increased to a worrying degree. I</span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"> could not reduce my sail area and I found myself overwhelmed, unable to make progress. I returned to Arkles B</span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">ay, the nearest beach where, </span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">fortunately for me, our sailing club </span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">fleet had made an interclub day visit. I hurtled down wind and made an impressive landing o</span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">n the beach in front of a crow</span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">d of onlookers. I was able to convince my friend Kim Dikstaal to assist me to sail home. Kim put on my spare trapeeze harness, we tied her unrigged Starling to a stern tow line and set off for Torbay in a stiffening easterly. It was rough going being held back by the towed boat wich lurched and fretted at the end of the tow line, Waikiwi really wanted to be released, Kim was a highly skilled sailor</span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"> with instincts and reflexes at least as good as mine and we enjoyed the teamwork that we developed, I don't mind admitting I was very impressed by her by the time we got back to the beach at Torbay. Sadly she did not return my interest being a year or so older tha</span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">n me and with a long list of older suiters in the senior ranks of the club, I stood no chance. We remain life long friends though.</span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">Tom asked me if I would like to campaign his boat in the upcoming regatta which I readily and excitedly agreed to. So that was me occupied at every available opportunity, </span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">out learning how to sail a PT as quickly as possible. Off the water I continued to study the art of sailing tactics from Paul Elvstrom and Jack Holt, books in my birthday list collection. I applied what I learned into the mix of my local knowledge. </span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">I admit to feeling disappointed and was ready to go home without even a minor prize. However, the race committee had a surprise for me when, with the encouragement </span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">of my parents I reluctantly attended the social and prize giving at the clubhouse by the creek on the last evening of the regatta. I was painfully shy at that time and chose to stand at the very back of the room whilst the beer flowed and</span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"> the smok</span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">e filled the crowded, noisy room.</span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;"> I was looking for a way out, when all of a sudden, in a gap in the cheering, I heard my name being called out, I had to hear it several times before I reacted. I was pulled roughly through the crowd and shoved on to the dias where the club Commodo</span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">re and the class designer warmly shook my hand and presented me with a prize and a trophy! </span></div>
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<span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">I just stood there dumbfounded and even more embarr</span><span class="s2" style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13.199999809265137px;">assed, red in the face. </span></div>
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It's late at night, the house is still, I'm sitting in my chair writing down my thoughts and memories as they flood in. I'm recovering from skin cancer surgery and tomorrow I face the prospect of a prostate biopsy.<br />
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I tried going to go to bed early tonight. I had no sleep in me despite my willingness to relax and empty my mind of thoughts. Instead the emptiness was overwhelmed with memories. Thinking about sun damaged skin, I had been reviewing some photographs of my early years in sailing. One of the earliest images I have in my collection must have been taken in my father's Heron sailing dinghy. We were returning from a day trip from Waiake Beach to Motutapu Island in Auckland's Hauraki Gulf. The image is a black and white photo which can only have been taken by my younger brother Marten from beside the centreboard case in the floor of the boat looking aft. I am on the helm and managing the mainsheet.</blockquote>
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I must have been 8 years of age. My face is covered in freckles. There is no sign of sun protection of any kind.<br />
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I took to sailing with a passion. It was in my blood, I can stay at the helm of a sailboat for hours and hours at a time without tiring of it. Being in command of a small sailing craft is one of my enduring life pleasures.<br />
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It very likely began with my Father's passion for sailing. He read to us every evening before bedtime when we invariably insisted on stories and adventures involving sailing. Swallows and Amazons, A Wizard of Earthsea, the Hornblower series, The long Ships. The list is long and the stories mingled with my desire to live these adventures for myself.<br />
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As me and my 2 brothers grew our Father elected to build a succession of small boats. My first was a 2 foot long, sailing model of a 1930's style keel boat called Marina.<br />
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I kept control of it by attaching a light fishing line to its bow so I could haul it onto the other tack if it sailed out of my depth. I studied that little boat and experimented with its various adjustments to sails and rudder so that I understood the forces that were acting on that little model. Furthermore I could visualise myself in miniature, sailing on board my little model yacht.<br />
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Our first sail boat was built by our father with our willing participation, an Englishman, Jack Holt designed "Yachting World Heron" it was barely 12 feet long and featured a gunter rigged mainsail.<br />
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It was moved to and from the beach close to our home by a homemade, wooden trailer fashioned out of telegraph pole timbers by our resourceful father. It sat on the front axle of an old Model A Ford chassis which he had freed from entanglement in our ancient hedge row separating us from our neighbour's place.<br />
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This little boat served as our sailing school until our Father judged that we were ready to go solo. We covered great distances in this little boat enjoying picnics on many visible islands and local beaches within a days sail of our home beach. In it I fished, rowed, chased my model yachts, which I was beginning to build with greater skill and confidence.<br />
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As time went by my brothers and I began to yearn for independence so my father set about building 2 new boats, one was a 15 foot Frank Pelin designed, American Indian style canoe, the other a small 7 foot sailing dingy called a Piraat. I commandeered the canoe whilst my younger brother Marten took up the little Piraat. Ron was still a bit young to be out with us all day.<br />
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That canoe encouraged me to make my own journeys along the coast and up all the local waterways that penetrated inland as far as fallen trees and waterfalls would allow. I became familiar with all the wildlife on land, in the air and in the sea. I saw many rare and special sights in that little canoe, spent many nights camping with my friends on those long summer days so long ago now.<br />
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A few years went by and our Father in his quest to build the ultimate family boat bought plans from Richard Hartley to build one of his 14 foot Trailer Sailers. Now we were old and skilled enough to be of real assistance and the new boat took shape very quickly. It was painted chocolate brown and orange, influenced by the popular colour fashion of the early 1970's and launched bearing the name I so carefully painted on the stern "Gimli" after our favourite Dwarf from The Lord of the Rings which our Father had been reading to us.<br />
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Gimli was a small ship. There was a cabin and a bunk, there were storage compartments, it even had a long shaft, 4 hp, Silver Century, Seagull outboard motor.<br />
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Poor Father had little opportunity to enjoy this new addition to the fleet. I hogged the use of it to his dismay and eventual annoyance.<br />
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Gimli and I travelled all over the Hauraki Gulf. At age 14 I was able to sail and manage it with perfect confidence. I sailed it with my Parents reluctant agreement all the way to Kauwau Island and back, a trip which lasted a week. The condition was that I should take a friend. Richard Morris was my crew, he had no idea how to sail but that did not matter, I knew enough for the both us. With a line trolloing over the stern as was my habit we never went short of fresh fish and we cruised the entireity of Kauwau Bay before returning home to the relief of my Mother and Father.<br />
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I recall a number of special details from that trip. The weather was perfect with a steady 15 knot sea breeze daily, we learned from my local fisherman friend Brian Burrell that there was a hermit living on Moturekereka, one of the small islands dotting the coastline offshore from Mahurangi. He assured us that a dozen beer would be the price Snow Hansen (he called himself) would require for a night's anchorage and possible access to his Island. We delivered the beer to his corrugated iron hovel overlooking the bay that his predecessor ( the real Snow Hansen) had created by dynamiting the hulk of the old barque Rewa. In hindsight he probably suffered from scurvey, he was very unwell and could barely walk. We anchored Gimli close in the lee of the old rusted remains and rowed ashore in the little dinghy that I had borrowed from my friend Mike Toy.<br />
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Mansion house Bay, Bon Accord Harbour, North Cove and a visit to the old copper mine were highlights along with an evening encounter with hundreds of wallabies whose meeting we disturbed in a beautiful grove amongst old pine trees.<br />
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Dolphins accompanied us all the way from Kauwau to Tiritiri Matangi right through the Tiri Passage.<br />
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Another adventure was to follow a year later. To his credit Father allowed me to take Gimli to Coromandel harbour via Waiheke Island. Again the condition was that I should take a friend so I took my school friend Peter Edney along, he was not a sailor either.<br />
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We set off from Waiake Beach early one morning and set a course for the distant Noises Islands, somewhere I had longed to visit as long as I had been sailing. We anchored Gimli in the glorious calm shelter of the southernmost Island and entered the clear water wearing our snorkelling gear. We swam the distance to shore and explored the rock coastline finding a beautiful sea cave. After a couple of hours in the water we made to return to Gimli. To our horror Gimli had decided to leave without us. On the incoming tide and with only a shingle bottom for the danforth anchor to hold in our little ship was away. We decided to swim for it and eventually, after an exhausting and increasingly desperate chase we caught up and barely managed to climb aboard with what little strength we had left!<br />
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We hoisted sail and continued on to Garden Cove on the northern coastline of Waiheke Island. This is a horseshoe shaped bay with a narrow entrance, perfect anchorage for a tiny vessel like ours. Peter chose to sleep ashore in his pup tent. We cooked our fresh kahawai over a fire on the beach before retiring for the night.<br />
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The next day there was very little wind so we drifted our way south and east past Gannet rock to finally enter the bay at the south eastern tip of the island where we anchored for the night. As we were setting up our gas stove with boom tent erected over the cockpit we felt something rub against the hull. By now it was quite dark. I held the Coleman lamp over the dark water and saw the biggest kingfish I had ever seen. It streaked away from the boat leaving a comet trail of green and blue phosphorescence the like of which I had never seen. Before long the entire bay was lit up by fish chasing fish, it was the most extraordinary sight!<br />
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The fish disappeared as quickly as they had come. That's when we decided to take a swim in that amazing phosphorescent water. We looked like something from the set of Avatar, our hairs and skin sparkling with other worldly light. The next morning we decided to make the crossing from Waiheke to Coromandel. Again there was little wind. What little there was came from the North. For a time we reached under mainsail, jib and an old flying dutchman jib that I I had rigged as a kind of early code one, reaching headsail. Under that rig Gimli was quick in the light air, fast enough to troll a line. I let the lure follow in our wake with the end of the line tied loosely around my foot as I steered us toward the distinctive entrance to Coromandel Harbour.<br />
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I awoke to a jolt on the line. I had drifted off to sleep just as a large kahawai took the lure. I was still slightly groggy, fumbling for the spool when suddenly a violent tug on the line and an enormous splash from the vicinity of my kahawai revealed some competition in the form of a thresher shark which neatly sliced the body of the fish leaving the head and intestines for us to argue over.<br />
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During the course of the rest of the day the wind left us and we drifted on a sea of oil. It was utterly still and calm. The tide began to run out of the Firth of Thames and we drifted along with it. I decided to start up the seagull outboard, a noisy, smelly, rattly, oily affair that I never liked much. It got us the rest of the way to the left of Whanganui Island which meant navigating the narrow passage through to Coromandel Harbour.<br />
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We pulled up to the long pier and tied up to a fishing boat named "Boy Roel" (my father's name coincidentally).<br />
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We took our wallets and walked the 2 miles in to Coromandel Township in search of fresh bread and the address of my old friend Isobel Airey. We found both. Isobel assured us that we would need a wash before she could tolerate a visit from us so she gave us soap so we could bathe ourselves in the rocky stream that flowed through her garden. How refreshing that clear fresh water was. Our hair was stiff with salt.<br />
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We chatted with Isobel, until late into the night before walking the 2 miles back to the boat. The next day we walked back into town to refill the fuel can with 2 stroke mix and add to our dwindling dried food supplies.<br />
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Our next port of call would be Great Barrier Island, another elusive and tantalising destination visible from our family home on a clear day, 60 miles away. We set out early the next morning taking the narrow passage our of Coromandel harbour on a building south westerly. We passed island after island off the western Coromandel shoreline. I judged that we were making good enough time to make the crossing to Tryphena Harbour. But that southwesterly kept on building and building until it was at gale force. By now we were off Channel Island and encountering a sea state the likes of which I had never seen. Gimli was like a cork being tossed in a shore break. We managed to reef the mainsail with the roller, the jib came down and we attempted to carry on but the wind kept building until it shrieked in the rigging and caused the sail to slam making the whole boat jump and pulse alarmingly. Then the leach tore off the sail, next the sail battens flogged out until there was not much left to work with. I was getting worried at this point and so made the decision to abandon the goal of Great Barrier Island. We tried to tack once the jib was reset but we could not get the bow through the eye of the wind. I started the motor, no mean feat in a bucking small boat in that steep, aggressive seaway. The motor was almost useless as the windage of the boat resisted the thrust of that little prop. Added to this the prop came clear of the water at every pitch the boat took. We eventually managed to gybe around, a very perilous maneuver but thankfully successful. We eased sheets and flew across the waves, lurching and diving, soaked to the skin with spray, finally reaching smoother seas near Happy Jack Island. We could not weather Happy Jack with its enticing Elephant Cove shelter so we had to carry on to Double Island where we gratefully anchored. I was particularly pleased with myself for having stowed a spare anchor as we needed it.<br />
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We set up both anchors at 90 degrees from each other off the bow and fixed the to both the bollard and the mast base. It blew so hard that Gimly sawed heavily from side to side like a wild horse all night long and all the next day, and the next. On our second day we were ashore when a large grey fishing trawler made its way heavily into our relatively sheltered anchorage. We rowed out to meet our new neighbours. The Larsen Brothers, Danes, in charge of a Watties fleet trawler. They were astonished at our presence there, both front windows of their ship had been stove in by the seas as they rounded the cape. They had a chiller hold full of fresh fish. We had had some success with our Hawaiian sling picking up the odd Moki but fresh deep water sole cooked in the comfort of the cabin was a welcome change. So was the Carlsberg beer!<br />
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They also had a radio! We were able to call the coastguard and police to set our parents worried minds at rest.<br />
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Peter and I climbed to the ridge of Rabbit Island and attempted to stand in the force of the gale. Tiri lighthouse reported gusts up to 70 knots during the peak of that gale.<br />
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We were relieved when on the 3rd day the wind had subsided. I had taken the time to sew basic repairs on the damaged mainsail and we made good use of the Reacher to get us well out into the Gulf on a beautiful sea breeze so that by the end of another long day in which we spotted a whale in the distance, we landed again at Waiake Beach where, at the local dairy, at the closing of the day we telephoned my father who gladly came to tow us home.<br />
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I have many more memories that I intend to document.<br />
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Hope you enjoy these stories.</blockquote>
Harmen Hielkemahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17685933562845390237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4583713304018339582.post-70474270798180532322018-06-23T19:59:00.002+12:002018-06-23T20:08:15.999+12:00Toroa construction continued. Ama construction.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mike adding line markings for the position of bulkheads on the pre-cut ama sides.<br />
this ama design in stitch and tape 4mm 5 ply was derived from a 1/10th scale cardboard model.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We decided on this colour scheme based on the green of Polynesia, the red white and blue tricolour of our respective ancestry, French and Dutch.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Original rig layout on starboard tack. We removed the bow dash boards in favour of a new tacking line system which saw the tack of the sail run below the gunwale from end to end. By this time we had also levelled the sheer-line somewhat and attached a lee rail dash board to stop the sail tack from hopping up over the deck during mid shunt, as the mast came to perpendicular before dropping into its new forward leaning position.</td></tr>
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I've enjoyed reviewing these photos. they have brought back many happy memories of my collaboration with my lifelong friend Mike Toy.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We set up two heavy timber rails, parallel, straight and true. We then crossed them with rungs at each station. Finally we set up the station forms, each transferred from our lofting board. Each form is trued to a taut string line.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The stem was wired to the forms at each end, then the sheer line batten is fixed in place.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the remaining jig battens are fitted. These battens are part of the jig not the hull so they are not connected to the stem or keel.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This close up reveals the planing that went into faring prior to planking</td></tr>
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We chose to use a recycled 4 mm hardwood exterior plywood which we sourced from a demolished skateboard half pipe. the sheets were damaged at the edges so we cut strips across the panel to maximise the amount of planking. Traditionally double diagonal cold moulding is done with the planks laid diagonally across the jig at 45 degrees from horizontal and 90 degrees to each other. we figured that the individual plywood veneers are already at right angles to each other so vertically overlapped planks should work just as well. This turned out to be true as Toroa is as sound now as when he was built. the glue we chose is resourcinol resin glue which is water based and suited to this type of lamination provided your connections and fitting are fair and true.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Planking begins. Cling film was applied over the jig to prevent the planks from adhering to the stringers.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shell of Toroa's hull removed from the jig and turned over to reveal the hull shape for the first time. An exciting moment for us. No one pretends that this is an easy or quick way to build a hull. This construction technique was chosen because of the materials we had to hand. Mike and I were determined to build as much of Toroa from recycled materials as we possibly could.</td></tr>
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<br />Harmen Hielkemahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17685933562845390237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4583713304018339582.post-15982580288001106132017-06-16T16:08:00.005+12:002018-06-23T20:05:42.413+12:00Some of my drawings from yesteryear.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For a short time in the mid 1990's I was a volunteer at the National Maritime Museum in Auckland.</div>
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This is a drawing of the Tikopian canoe in the collection. I designed a low cost support system for the waka on display.</div>
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There is a large and beautiful collection of Pacifica waka & waka models that the public never see. It was my wish to display them. Here are some of my sketches.</div>
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<br />Harmen Hielkemahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17685933562845390237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4583713304018339582.post-59735764609397410672017-06-16T12:00:00.002+12:002018-06-23T20:06:42.231+12:00It's been a while.I've been locked in a very private battle with a personal health condition. Lately my focus has been on my wife, my family, my friends, my home and my work.<br />
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Recently my wife and I went away on a weekend break to a small east coast harbour town in Northland NZ called Mangonui ("big shark" in the Maori language) The harbour was given this name after the story of one of the first voyaging canoes to visit this harbour 1000 years ago. it is said that this canoe was guided into the harbour entrance by a very large shark.,<br />
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As we settled into our harbour side accommodation I casually picked up a Boating New Zealand Magazine off the coffee table and began to flick through the pages. This was the May 2016 edition.<br />
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At the index page I noticed an article with a photograph of one of my friend Gary Dierking's Wa'apa designs. I went to page 40 and read this article.<br />
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I appreciate your credit and your friendship Gary!<br />
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<b>"Home grown hydrodynamics"</b> Written by Lindsay Wright. Reproduced with permission of the Author.<br />
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Wa'apa on Coromandel harbour.</div>
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Designer/builder Gary Dierking.</div>
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<b><span lang="EN-NZ" style="font-size: 18.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Home grown hydrodynamics</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-NZ"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s not only oysters that flourish in Gary
Dierking and Rose Turners’ tidal Coromandel neighbourhood.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-NZ"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There’s also a flow of boats and boating ideas, some drawn from
millennia of seafaring wisdom, that emanate from their waterfront property.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-NZ"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
the corrugated iron shed adjoining their house, Gary Dierking designs, builds
and experiments with the range of proas which has built him a worldwide fan
base.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-NZ"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Strange surroundings for a farm boy brought
up in Wisconsin, USA – but one, near the heart of Oceania, that has become his
turangawaewae (place to stand).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-NZ"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“I
started playing with model boats on the farm pond when I was about eight years
old,” he recalls quietly. ”I couldn’t get them to sail properly – so I built some
plywood outriggers and realised that they sailed a lot better – and steered
more directly.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-NZ"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He did what many boat crazy boys from inland
USA do – joined the coastguard – and was posted to Wake Island in the North
Pacific, where he worked in electronics and avionics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-NZ"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“I
saw the locals zipping around in their traditional vessels and that started my
deep admiration of Oceania’s seafaring traditions. These people explored one
third of the globe in boats that were tied together with string. “<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-NZ"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That realisation led Dierking’s questing mind to start wondering whether
traditional Oceanic ideas still made sense – and could still be used to fast
boats that were seaworthy and fun to sail, yet cheap and easy to build.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-NZ"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>“To people stuck in our Western world mindset, proas look flimsy and
unstable….but they are the vessels that made the ancient peoples’ voyaging
possible. One reason the proa succeeded, with the ama (outrigger) to windward,
are low stresses from the rig<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>which made
them good for building with low tech materials.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-NZ"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dierking talked to island people and read
widely about Oceania navigation and boat building – then demobbed from the USCG
and returned to San Francisco<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>where he
contacted multihull designer Jim Brown for plans to build one of his plywood
Searunner 37 {11.3m) designs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span>Once the boat, Bird of Dawning, was finished Dierking set sail for
Saipan, in the Marianas Islands, where he began work as a boatbuilder.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-NZ"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A
handful of traditional navigators still lived in the islands of the west
Pacific and Dierking once again immersed himself in their knowhow and that of
local boatbuilders. ”Some big waka were still making interisland passages, ”he
explained. “ I realised that these people weren’t just travelling in a survival
module in a hostile environment – the ocean – like we do. They lived on the
ocean – they belonged there…and had done for generations.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span>After 10 years in Saipan, he was offered a job with Hawaiian high speed
multihull guru, Rudy Choy and did four years applying the benefits of modern
technology to rapid racing catamarans. “ In the 1980’s, Rudy built a 60 foot
(18.3m) cat to beat the Transpac race record from San Francisco to Hawaii. She
had alloy cross beams which cracked under the strain – so we built composite
beams out of spruce, birch and plywood which were lighter and stronger. The
next race the beams held up and the boat, Aikane X-5, took the record.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-NZ"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“But
I didn’t get to sail on the boat, ” he sighs ruefully, “they bought in a bunch
of rock stars for that.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-NZ"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Meanwhile,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Rose <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>was yearning for her home
town, Coromandel<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>so, in 1990, the couple
followed the course of Kupe south to Aotearoa.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-NZ"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dierking soon settled in his new hometown, working
as a boat builder on commercial boats tied to the main wharf and developing
ideas and designs for better boats.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span>His proa design portfolio grew – I was trying to develop a new way of
going cruising – you sail places in your big boat then, in a couple of weeks
and for a few hundred dollars, you can build a proa on the beach and go
exploring, to places you can’t go with the big boat,” he explained.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-NZ"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
Dierkings built their own proa on the beach in Savusavu, Fiji (“they have good
marine plywood there and Fijian kauri for structural timbers – all we took was
glue, nails and a two horsepower outboard”) . <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span>The couple left that proa in Savusavu for fishing, exploring and
skimming over the reef during their regular visits.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span>About 500 sets of <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dierking’s plans
have been sold for proa projects in Canada, the US, Mexico, Brazil, UK, France
Spain, Poland, India, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-NZ"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“The
sort of people who build proas aren’t the kind who aren’t likely to follow plans
– they would all have had their own ideas – so I doubt whether there’s two
boats the same,” he laughed. One boat was built with a traditional Brazilian
rig.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-NZ"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One
Kiwi builder finished his proa then, within a week or two, sailed over 200 nm
around the Hauraki Gulf in her. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-NZ"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dierking has designed a range of boats, both
tacking and shunting (going about by swapping the rudder and the tack of the
sail from one end of the waka to another) designs inspired by Oceanic tradition
with a dollop of modern technology. Depending on the rig, they sail at 12 – 13
knots and tack through 90 degrees.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span>Proa people make contact through his website, his book: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Building Outrigger Sailing Canoes</i>, or
word of mouth. A friend emailed recently to say a pdf of the book was available
on an Iraqi boating website. “It’s on a Russian website too – that’s technology
for you,” he grinned. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span>Other ideas that have hatched from Dierking’s shed are an 18 foot (5.5m)
strip planked macoracarpa steam launch , several experimental asymmetric hulls
and Tipairua, a 25 foot (7.6m) voyager for the Te Toki Voyaging Trust in
Kawhia. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span>Just above the tideline is an old Lightning catamaran with an elevated
deck attached. “It does 13 knots with a nine horsepower outboard,” he says,
“but it just dies with more than two people aboard, so I’m going to rebuild the
hulls this winter with more volume – more buoyancy.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-NZ"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Spidery model waka (variously called vaka, Va
‘a, Vava depending on the island of origin) from<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pacific countries are on display throughout
their house and Dierking delights in pointing out different hull forms and
shapes, explaining the conditions and roles they were developed for. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-NZ"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“I took one of my proa surfing at Whangamata –
just to see what happened, ”he smiled. “Well….we got rolled… pitchpoled…
swamped and dumped. But the boat survived. That convinced me that lashing is
the way to go – a bolted and screwed boat would likely have wrenched itself to
pieces.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span>Russell Brown, the son of Jim Brown who designed Dierking’s Searunner
trimaran, stopped in New Zealand during a trans Pacific cruise in JZerro – his
36 foot (11m) proa but was disappointed by many Kiwis scathing reaction to his
boat.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span>“People just don’t understand proa….they look flimsy and complicated.
You have to wrap your head around a completely new way of thinking. People just
can’t think beyond having a big hunk of lead bolted underneath their boat,” he
says.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span>Dierking shares credit for some of his ideas with Northland proa
sailor/builder Harmen Hielkema. “He’s been sailing proas since he was 18 –
there’s not much he doesn’t know.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span>More ideas came from the 2009 New Zealand Proa Congress at Whangaparaoa.
“Almost every proa in the country was there ….designed and built by aviation
engineers, doctors, designers….what a great meeting of minds.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-NZ"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Kupe, or any of the great Pacific navigators,
would have felt right at home. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-NZ"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Harmen Hielkemahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17685933562845390237noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4583713304018339582.post-76695416633995179662016-02-19T13:23:00.002+13:002018-06-24T21:05:09.680+12:00Toroa pics by Russ Brown Auckland 2003I spent several days on the water with Russ Brown during his visit to NZ in 2003.<br />
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We met entirely by chance, If there is such a thing as chance!.<br />
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One day I had packed up Toroa from a great day's sail at Devonport in Auckland. Julie and I were driving with Toroa packed up on his very conspicuous trailer. Driving along the harbour front we passed the Devonport Yacht Club when, to my complete astonishment, I saw Jzerro anchored near the club jetty.<br />
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I stopped; quickly parked the car, much to the surprise of of my passenger, ran to the club house and burst in on a meeting in the bar. I asked breathlessly if anyone knew where the owner of the proa was. One bemused member replied, "What's a proa?". I pointed at Jzerro and said "that is" before turning and running back out of the club room and back to the car. As I got back in and began to pull into the traffic again I spotted a figure in the distance, riding towards us on a fold up bicycle, dressed in an old raincoat (it was a clear blue sky day).<br />
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As we approached each other the cycle rider pulled up to my open window and asked "are your Harmen Hielkema?" I replied, .."you must be Russ Brown!" I re parked the car, I climbed out of the driver seat and walked up to Russ and we shook hands. "I've been looking forward to meeting you though I never expected a meeting quite like this!"<br />
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Russ came to our place for dinner and we found much in common. I was surprised at how much he knew about my work with Mike Toy. I made arrangements for them to meet. It was a very memorable visit for me, I spent time on Jzerro, Russ spent time with me on Toroa. Russ generously took an entire day to photograph Toroa sailing. He selflessly gave me the negatives from his camera without hesitation.<br />
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Russ is definitely a brother. It is a pity that our lives are spent so far apart, his work was my work, we were developing our ideas separately from each other at the same time in quite separate hemispheres. It was not until I found the Wooden Boat magazine publication in the early 1980s that I even knew of him. By then we had developed our designs to a remarkably similar outcome. I assume that common influences ( Dick Newick, et al) drove the direction or our development .<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Toroa. Photo by Russ Brown</td></tr>
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Below is my first attempt at taking an image directly on to my camera via a short PVC cylinder fixed to my camera lens with a slide slot cut into it. I set the camera on macro, point it at a blank sheet of white paper for back light and this is the result. low res but better than nothing I hope.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Takapu off Waiheke Auckland 2003 photo by Paul Gilbert Aquapx</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Takapu same day (Photo by Aquapx)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Takapu same day (Photo by Aquapx)</td></tr>
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I still get quite a few enquiries about my proa experiences.<br />
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To save answering the same question time and again here's a common one. There has been much conjecture about my decisions to do this or that over the years, frequently answered by those who think they know what my motivations are better than I do!<br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Dear Harmen, sorry to intrude! </span></blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I have been reading your blog off and on for years, and recently spent a lot of time going over it again.</span></blockquote>
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I was thinking what sort of boat I would make if I were to build a beach/lagoon proa. </blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">When I went back further in your blog I found that your earlier boat, with the Bermudan rig was very similar to what I had drawn, basically a smaller version of Jzerro. The only major difference was in the positioning of the mast,</span></blockquote>
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I was surprised to see that you had found this layout unsatisfactory, and moved to the Crabclaw sail and steering boards in Toroa.</blockquote>
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Can you please explain to me what some of the major problems were with the earlier boat. I can see that perhaps it was had a too high mast and main, and that with the mast position you used on the hull you would not have been able to stay off to lee at the bows like Russell Brown has done with his more windward mast position.</blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Hi John.<br /><br />Nice to get a message from you.<br /><br />I was not dissatisfied with the Rig of Takapu. It was the perfect amount of power for me. Bear in mind that the proa configuration gives you 50% more righting moment than a catamaran. If anything it was the most versatile and successful rig configuration for our sailing conditions in NZ.<br /><br />I was not that impressed with the rudder solution required to balance and steer. The rudders were dual purpose, they were counterbalanced to act both as a centre board and rudder. This required a very strong stainless steel shaft which needed to be thick enough to support torsion and tension loading simultaneously. This thickness of shaft meant a heavy assembly a long way out at the ends of the hull combined with a thick rudder blade cord section to accommodate it. I went for 5/8" s/s rod. They eventually bent from multiple groundings and high leeway loading at speed.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br />Being centre case loaded cassettes, these rudders were the most unreliable aspect of the design. I had always wanted to try weight, trim steering as was traditional in Micronesia. To do that I decided to opt for the lateen rig. I was immediately sold on the rudderless steering idea. Mostly this required an experienced crew. As I was a loner and crew was nowhere to be found I let this evolve into an ogive section centreboard steering system which I describe in my dissertation.<br /><br />If I was to start again I would modify the Takapu model and develop that. It was best for single handling particularly when I had two roller furling jibs, one at each end.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In answer to your question about the rig being taken aback and comparison to JZerro.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The mast was supported by a rigid windward compression strut so that it could not blow over to windward. The windward hull was just buoyant enough to support the load whilst I corrected the situation.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I very rarely got taken aback but when I did there was no issue with sailing the boat back out of trouble.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I am too unwell with RA to continue with my practice based proa research so I have resigned myself to sailing a small canoe and a 10 foot dinghy. I am still sailing solo except on the rare occasion when my children visit.<br /><br />Hope this is helpful.<br /><br />Best<br /><br />Harmen</span><br />
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Back in 1972 I bought my first sailing dinghy. This is a Q Class, an unrestricted 12 foot skiff, a class still active in New Zealand today. I sailed it single handed most of the time which involved a complex range of control skills to keep it upright, everything done from a trapeze wire. Even my brothers were too scared of it to help me out!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waikiwi the day I launched her as my own at Waiake Beach Auckland 1972.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Typical Torbay Boating Club fleet of Paper Tiger catamarans. Waikiwi (foreground) was very competitive against these boats in light airs.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1973 I'm pictured here with my Father Roelof and my brother Marten in the driveway of our family home in Waiake, Auckland.<br />I had repainted Waikiwi over winter, replacing the yellow and white to a royal blue and white colour scheme.</td></tr>
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15 - 20 knots of breeze and little Salty woke up to who she really was!</div>
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A good day for me too. A brisk Northeasterly is not uncommon on our harbour. When it encounters the incoming tide it sets up a nasty short chop in mid channel, Salty has relatively high freeboard but not enough to keep her dry. I was forced to make landfall on the far shore and bail her out befor reaching back to the boat haul out ramp.</div>
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I found it in dilapidated condition with a bad crack in the hull and rotting timber work.</div>
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Harmen Hielkemahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17685933562845390237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4583713304018339582.post-26493134521214839502014-02-06T15:46:00.000+13:002014-02-06T16:01:11.803+13:00Lookfar's sailing trip up the Tapuwae River January 2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View up the Tapuwae river from Lookfar.</td></tr>
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[Creator unknown] :Plan of Motukaraka Hokianga surveyed for Capt. McDonnel[l] [ms map]. [184-?]</h2>
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land of Motukaraka Island, Hokianga Harbour, adjoined by the Motu
Karaka and the Waimanga Creeks. Map shows position of old Maori pa site
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This image reveals the same Island viewed from the south. The Pa is located at the one o'clock position in the photo, identifiable by the dark patch of large trees amidst the mangroves. The Tapuwae river reaches off to the left in the distance.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from a headland, Tapuwae River, Hokianga, Northland, New Zealand</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A view from our home shows the headland from where I took the above photo of Motukaraka Island, the mangrove fringe is actually the Island which is separated by a navigable channel leading into the Tapuwae River.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lookfar brings me safely home. The Tapuwae, Motukaraka and the pa can be seen in the background of this image. Photo by Julie Holton.</td></tr>
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An exceptionally fair wind and tide combination prompted me to make a spontaneous trip in Lookfar up the river opposite our home across the Hokianga Harbour. The incoming tide carried us as far up river as it was possible to sail. The trip took me a total distance of 15 KM. there and back. This was among the most enjoyable of my trips to date. During the course of the day the 10-12 knot breeze steadily changed to a point where I was on the same tack coming home as I was when I left in the morning!Harmen Hielkemahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17685933562845390237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4583713304018339582.post-39201832460343336792013-12-26T19:19:00.001+13:002013-12-27T12:12:38.801+13:00Julie took a photo of me returning from a rowing trip on the HokiangaHarbour.<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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I rowed across the harbour to one of the ancient Maori Pa sites within sight of our house.</div>
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Harmen Hielkemahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17685933562845390237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4583713304018339582.post-90830947526391359822013-12-26T14:36:00.001+13:002013-12-27T12:11:12.488+13:00Modifications and additions to Paddle's rowing set up.<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">After several test outings I've refined the rowing geometry to suit me. I've tilted my handlebar rowing frame aft a little to orient the row locks further from my seat. This gives me a full boat length between sweeps of the oars and lots more power. I've also built two foot rests that fit under the aft seat gunnel tubes. </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">They are tapered to fit in a way that allows for adjustment to suit different sized rowers. They are screwed into place through the tubes. </span><br />
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Harmen Hielkemahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17685933562845390237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4583713304018339582.post-41380726914027311942013-11-17T13:18:00.001+13:002013-11-17T14:02:31.214+13:00Paddle takes me on a rowing trip up the Omanaia River.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Paddle to The Sea" with his rowing frame and modified thwart lashed into place ready to row.</td></tr>
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Over the last few weeks I've been refining an accessory to my Coleman Canoe that I called "Paddle to the sea"<br>
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I recently purchased a length of 50mm, (2 inch to you Americans) stainless steel exhaust tubing. I had it bent by a local automotive exhaust specialist on their tube bender. I provided a profile which I roughed out in scrap plywood with a jig saw to fit in the hull, slightly aft of the centre support beam tube.</div>
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As with Lookfar, I modified the crossbeam tube by removing it, cutting two aluminium gussets to fit in the same bolting pattern as the tube to gunwhale connection. I rotate the tube so the folded tube crimps point upward and bolt them to my fabricated, 3mm aluminium plate gussets. This allows me to drop the cross tube 75 mm (3 inches) below the gunwhale. </div>
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I then fabricated a plywood thwart seat the same as with Lookfar, which when inverted, looks somewhat like the tail plane assembly of a light aircraft. I lashed this seat on to the centre cross beam (see the photographs).<br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">plastic rowlocks like these are low cost but are noisy and very flexible, I chose them because they were inexpensive however I plan to replace them with metal ones before I try again. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here you see a detail of my lashing and a glimpse of my gusset which supports the canoe's central cross tube.</td></tr>
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The rowing frame which resembles an oversize handlebar for a motorbike, was lashed in to place when I modified the cross beam. The outrigger tube lashed behind the cross beam and the lower part of the outrigger tube in front of the vertical support post tube. This cants the outrigger tube aft giving me the ideal offset for ergonomic rowing and perfect lashing opportunities to best support the whole assembly against the significant lever forces induced by vigorous rowing.</div>
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I've used a pair of 2.4 meter, 8 foot oars.</div>
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I found the ideal ergonomic row lock positions in and old boat handling manual from my late father's library. 1500 mm (four foot four inches) between row locks, (for eight foot oars), 300 mm, (one foot) outboard of the gunwhales, row lock position, 160mm, (seven inches) above rowing thwart seat, and 300 mm (one foot) aft of the thwart seat.</div>
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Seems to work OK, rows like a real one.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The apex of the triangle on the thwart seat points forward.</td></tr>
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This really is one of the most versatile and enjoyable canoes I've ever owned, the possibilities are very exciting.<br>
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I find I can cover about half a boat length per oar stroke making this a very comfortable rowboat with plenty of power. I can accommodate two passengers as well as room for gear.</div>
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Harmen Hielkemahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17685933562845390237noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4583713304018339582.post-41148103834301949452013-09-29T16:27:00.001+13:002013-09-29T17:07:07.765+13:00Paddle to the Sea.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paddle to the Sea. illustration by Holling Clancy Holling. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston 1941</td></tr>
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'You, Little Traveller! You made the journey, the Long Journey. You know the things I have yet you know. You, Little Traveller! You were given a name, a true name in my father's lodge. Good medicine, Little Traveller! You are truly a Paddle Person, a Paddle-to-the-Sea!'<br />
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I reflect on the nature of Journey. I was strongly, profoundly influenced by the writing and illustrations of this man Holling Clancy Holling and his wife Lucille.<br />
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The nature of The Journey has emerged for me throughout my life to reveal the metaphor so lovingly woven into the fabric of this timeless story. I think of my Children that I have released into the world, the way in which their achievements come back to me like miracles to show me that one man alone cannot know and do everything.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paddle to the Sea. illustration by Holling Clancy Holling. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston 1941</td></tr>
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These two images of Paddle to the Sea are from the book by the same name by Holling Clancy Holling.<br />
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I acquired a second Coleman canoe that will be named "Paddle to the Sea" in honour of the legacy left to me by Holling and Lucile.Harmen Hielkemahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17685933562845390237noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4583713304018339582.post-65371968222158672142013-03-09T18:53:00.003+13:002013-03-10T13:31:52.872+13:00New use for Toroa's old sail.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I've been restoring a full scale model of an Asian elephant that I built many years ago (1992). To find out why go to<a href="http://www.harmen.co.nz/" target="_blank"> www.harmen.co.nz</a></td></tr>
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Don't worry the sail will get a new life once the elephant project is completed.<br />
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I had a dream last night that I lashed my two Ramex Coleman canoes together to make a small, double hull, Hawaiian style sailing canoe. Guess I'd better make it happen!Harmen Hielkemahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17685933562845390237noreply@blogger.com0