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| The Unlikely Boat Builder - The Essential Boat Building Tool |
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posted by DanaBerube
on Friday November 06, @07:10AM
from the Blogging-the-process dept.
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 Unlikelyboatbuilder writes "
Builder's Blog: The Unlikely Boat Builder
An account of an unhandy man's quest to build a small wooden sailing boat.
5 November 2009
The Essential Boat Building Tool
For about 54 years, I was an unhandy guy. There was nothing I could do about it, it wasn't my fault, it was just the way my genes were wired.
So, while Helena could spend a pleasant afternoon refinishing our 100 year old iron windows -- scraping away rust, cutting glass to replace broken panes, and carefully puttying them in place -- my jobs were exercises in frustrating futility.
My jobs always went wrong. I always had to rework them and every job took longer than it should have or -- more correctly -- longer than I wanted it to.
And the faster I worked, the more of a hash I'd make of the job, and the longer it would take.
Absolute, utter frustration.
Read the complete blog entry"
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| Do You Know Of This Boat Or It's Siblings? |
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| IYRS to Host Open Houses in Newport and Bristol in November |
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posted by DanaBerube
on Wednesday October 28, @11:44AM
from the Visit-IYRS dept.
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 IYRS to Host Open Houses in Newport and Bristol in November
Events are Valuable Opportunities to Learn about Marine Careers and Training
 October 27, 2009 - The International Yacht Restoration School will host open houses at both its Newport and Bristol facilities in November. These events will provide individuals interested in marine careers a valuable opportunity to learn about the marine industry and career and training opportunities in the field.
On Thursday, November 5, from 4 pm to 7 pm, IYRS will host a Newport Open House inside Restoration Hall, located at the school's main campus on Thames Street. The school runs its two-year Boat Building & Restoration program at Restoration Hall, and attendees will have an opportunity to meet students and see the classic-boat restoration projects they are now working on.
 On Thursday, November 12, from 4 pm to 7 pm, IYRS will host a Bristol Open House at its 5,000-square foot Marine Systems facility on Franklin Street. The IYRS facility is located at the Franklin Street Marine Corridor, a recently developed educational/industrial complex that is home to marine training programs and area marine companies.
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| On Board with Mark Corke: Winter preparations |
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| Inside IYRS: Visible Backbones |
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posted by DanaBerube
on Tuesday October 27, @07:17AM
from the Learning-the-Trade dept.
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 Inside IYRS:
Visible Backbones
 Written by: Tom
10/25/2009 4:42 PM
Many of the first and second year students are involved in the backbones of their boats these days.
Over on the Gar Wood, the components for the forward section of the backbone have been built. Here you're looking at the fore keel, the gripe and the stem.
You may be wondering about the curved joints between the gripe and the fore keel and the stem. Here's what we're talking about.
If you were going to build this boat at home, you would probably make this joint using straight cuts. After all, it's much easier to make a tight joint using 2 straight cuts than to fit 2 curved pieces together. However, if you're a company making lots of these parts, the easiest way to make them is to have a master pattern and then use a bearing-guided router to run along that pattern and cut the shape of your part. These routers can't make sharp, angled inside corner cuts, they can only do rounded inside corners.
Click here to read the entire IYRS Blog.
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| Morris Yachts Chosen by the U.S.C.G. Academy to Build The New Leadership 44 Training Vessels |
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posted by DanaBerube
on Monday October 26, @08:31AM
from the Winning-the-contract dept.
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 Morris Yachts Chosen by the U.S.C.G. Academy to Build The New Leadership 44 Training Vessels
22 October 2009
"We look at the partnership of designer and builder for our Leadership 44 program as a huge win/win for everybody involved. We have in David Pedrick one of the most acclaimed yacht designers in the world and in our builder, Morris Yachts, we have arguably the finest builder in the country and a firm that will be our partner long after our last boat is launched," said Bob Hallock Leadership 44 Procurement Chair.
"This is a very prestigious and timely contract for Morris Yachts," said Morris, "It is an honor to be chosen by our country's Coast Guard to build these craft. These vessels are the foundation of leadership training at the Coast Guard Academy. Secondly, it allows Morris to bring back as many as 20 of our skilled workers who were furloughed this summer due to economic times."
Mechanics, electricians, carpenters and composite craftsmen will be re-hired this fall. As the promotional material states, the Coast Guard hope to build as many as 8 - one for each Cadet company.
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| Website Launch - Welcome to the IYRS Alumni Association |
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posted by DanaBerube
on Monday October 26, @07:14AM
from the Alumni-Greetings dept.
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iyrsalumni writes " About the IYRS Alumni Association
The creation of the IYRS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION (IAA) was the topic of discussion during an evening gathering of alumni by the school in 2007. A number of alumni present at that meeting volunteered to assist in its launching, in cooperation with the school.
The primary objectives of the association were agreed upon as follows:
- To benefit people who graduate from IYRS programs by creating and maintaining a network among them
- To promote the IYRS school and its activities
- To assist in preserving the craft of wooden boat building and restoration.
Every person graduating from the restoration and systems program of IYRS is automatically considered a member of the Alumni Association. For now the IAA activities are pursued by volunteers who assist three alumni who also donate their time to coordinate and manage these. The school provides for some administrative and financial assistance. However, there are no dues required from the alumni.
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| Annapolis School of Seamanship: Cruisers' Winter Workshop |
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posted by DanaBerube
on Thursday October 22, @07:47AM
from the Winter-Workshop dept.
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Annapolis School of Seamanship: Cruisers' Winter Workshop
Technical Awareness, Cruising Confidence, and Weather Forecasting Knowledge
October 21, 2009
Annapolis, MD- The Annapolis School of Seamanship today announced the launch of a new Cruiser's Winter Workshop to be held Saturday and Sunday, January 23-24, 2010 at the world-renowned maritime training and conference center, Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies (MITAGS) in Linthicum Heights, Maryland. The workshop brings together experienced and well known presenters Steve D'Antonio, technical editor of PassageMaker Magazine and owner of Steve D'Antonio Marine Consulting; Ralph Naranjo, technical editor of Practical Sailor; Lee Chesneau, former Senior Marine Meteorologist for NOAA and owner of Lee Chesneau's Marine Weather, and John Martino, founder and president of Annapolis School of Seamanship.
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| The Unlikely Boat Builder - Building the Bones |
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posted by DanaBerube
on Thursday October 22, @06:59AM
from the Blogging-the-process dept.
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Unlikelyboatbuilder writes:
Builder's Blog: The Unlikely Boat Builder
An account of an unhandy man's quest to build a small wooden sailing boat.
21 October 2009
Building the Bones
Like supermodels, boats are mainly skin and bones, with some extra bits for added interest. Big boats, like models and dinosaurs, carry their bones around inside them for strength and to help them keep their shape.
But small boats shed most of their bones before birth to save weight, retaining just enough of them to maintain their shape. It's a bit like a snake shedding it's skin, only in this case, it's the skin -- the bottom and sides of the boat -- that we're after.
 To build those soon-to-be-shed bones, I needed to build Cabin Boy's four molds. A mold is something like the rib of an Apatosaurus. The boat's skin (planking) is bent around the molds. When the planking is secured and reinforced, the molds are removed. It seemed a bit more complicated than that, but that was the basic idea, I thought.
Read the complete blog entry
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| New ACR EPIRB offers improved features |
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posted by DanaBerube
on Wednesday October 21, @07:44AM
from the Safety-first dept.
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 New ACR EPIRB offers improved features
With three levels of integrated signal technology - GPS positioning, a 406 MHz signal and 121.5 MHz homing capacity - the GlobalFix PRO quickly and accurately relays a distressed boaters position to a worldwide network of Search and Rescue satellites (COSPAS-SARSAT), reducing search time and increasing chances of survival in an emergency at sea, according to manufacturer ACR.
Special features include:
- Internal GPS allows for the fastest notification to SAR in as little as three minutes and a reduced search radius to .05 nm (100 m, 110 yds)
- High sensitivity GPS engine allows faster location recognition than standard GPS and non-GPS models (GPS updates position every 20 minutes)
- High intensity LED strobe consumes less energy than traditional strobes without sacrificing intensity
- EPIRB self-check tests the circuitry, battery voltage and GPS acquisition test
- Patented proprietary electronics package means PRO transmits the stablest 406 frequency transmission in the industry
- Available in Category I and Category II brackets
The GlobalFix PRO comes loaded with high efficiency electronics that offer reliable performance, responsiveness and accuracy. It carries Class II non-hazmat batteries, which will allow the beacon to transmit for a minimum of 48 hours at minus 20 C (minus 4 F). The EPIRB measures 6.97 x 4.2 x 3.58 (17.7 x 10.67 x 9.09 cm) and weighs 20.5 oz (581g).
MSRP for the Category I GlobalFix PRO is $1,360 and $1,160 for the Category II.
See the ACR products available at Jamestown Distributors
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