Hot and dry.

Friday ‘short’ progress report August 18th 2022 Good morning everyone, I hope you are all well. It’s been a strange … More

Bring more wood !

Friday short post August 11th 2022. Good morning everyone, I hope you are well. It’s an early ‘weekend short’ post … More

Add more detail.

Friday ‘short post’ August 2022 Friday shorts 2. Hi Everyone, it’s the end of my working week so I thought … More

Friday shorts.

Post 1. Note to readers : the greatest amount of interest in my Pathfinder build posts comes from John Welsford’s … More

Zen, and the joy of cleats.

July Pathfinder build project post – “you had just one job” ! July 2022……many of you will be familiar with … More

Shed……sessions……sneezes.

Pathfinder project post end of May 2022. It’s almost the end of month 4 of this year’s work on the … More

The end point.

Budget boats and budget boating – end point and final thoughts (for now) I think it’s time to pull this … More

Nearly not quite budget boats.

Budget boats – roads not taken. (yet) In this series of posts iv’e tried to give my perspective on budget … More

A slippery bottom.

March/April – glass coating, filling and fairing the Pathfinder hull. Project blog time : it’s early April 2022 and i’m … More

Pocket yachts…..the end is nigh !

Pocket yachts fourth and last post …….(maybe) It it the end for the budget-boat sailor ? Evolution of a budget … More