Over the past year I’ve learned lot’s about yacht design, rigging forces, and boating in general. There have been some bumps in the road, but overall its been a lot of steady progress. I spent much of last winter reading every textbook I could get my hands on that even […]
Where was I? Mast step. Right. As I may have mentioned in prior posts Creeky came with a lot of important parts and loads of potential, but very little in the way of instructions. Most of the time this is great because I get to use my imagination and come […]
I had given up on the idea of being able to adjust the position of the mast step with the mast in place until Charlie suggested cutting a small access hole in the foot of the mast. I was nervous at first, but it seems like a solid move. Boom! […]
I bought new 3 strand nylon 3/4″ dock line, which I had spliced by a guy at the store I bought it from. When I got it back I saw that he had finished the splices and cut ends with electrical tape. Not very yar… I removed the electrical tape […]
Sometimes I am reminded of the fact that I’m not just working on building a funny little quirky floating apartment, but a rather sophisticated piece of engineering wizardry. Due to the limited amount of information available on Creekmore Sailboats, and mine in particular, it’s not just as simple as assembly. […]
I suppose I’ll jump back into things with an update on my interior situation. I realize that every time I make an update to this blog I talk about how late and overdue the post is, so from now on please just know this is the case. I have been […]
Recently, I have had plenty of opportunity to put Creeky’s insulation to the test. On most days I am able to keep the inside temp in the mid 50’s with a single 15 amp space heater on the low setting, and up above 60 with it on high. Not too […]
Check out the blog I set up for the Slagle family Vietnam trip http://slagleadventure.blogspot.com/2013/11/mui-ne-etc.html