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Boat building, maintenance, repair, and modification

Atom Voyages:   Great info by James Baldwin about off-shore sailing, repair, upgrade, and modification of the cruising sailboat.  He twice circumnavigated in his Person Triton Atom.  His travelogues are very well written and could easily be published as a book.  There is a lot of great information on this site.

Pearson Triton 381:  The best site I have seen on fiberglass sailboat restoration.  Detail documentation of the total restoration of a Pearson Triton and its continued maintenance.   If you are considering rebuilding all, or even a part, of your boat, you would be wise to read the info contained in this very complete and detailed website.  I once read Tim Lacky's website refered to the "Holy Grail" of boat restoration sites.  

Jacobson Woodworking: Details the on-going work to complete a bare hull Lyle Hess 34' Falmouth Cutter.  Kaj Jackobsen's woodworking skills are impressive.   I visit this site when I need motivation or just to keep the bar high for what quality joinery should look like.  Very nice.  

Stimpson Marine:  I bought the plans for the bow-roof shed from Stimpson Marine.  The best $20.00 I have spent so far.

Jamestown Distributors:  I buy most of my supplies from Jamestown.  They are helpful and fast and generally have everything I need.  With the VIP pass you get free shipping for a year.  

McMaster Carr:  An amazing site with about every kind of material you can think of.  I buy abarsive from McMasters.  I also by bronze rod and flat bar stock from MC.  They are terrific folks.

The Simple Sailor:  Roger Taylor's site
detailing his offshore voyages on his customized junk rigged, twin keel, Coribee 21.  Mingming is a very neat looking boat.  Roger sails single-handed.  His focus is high latitude sailing.  He competes in the "Jester Challenge" TRANSLANT ocean race for boats 20-30 feet.  He is truley a keep-it-simple kind of sailor.  His philosophy is well thought out.  His writing is clear, tight, humorous, and edgy. 



 




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