Newbie guy here ("Pocketship Probie"?);
I'm considering building a Pocketship as I transition into retirement. When I was a "wee lad", we had a 19' glass cabin day-sailor (no galley, head or electrical) that I still have fond memories of. If I can find pictures, I'll post them and I think you'll understand right away why I immediately liked the Pocketship.
But I'm not going to jump into what appears to be a $15K, 5-year (part time with the "reading assignments") effort without the research, so I've set myself four goals: First, to take the necessary Coast Guard boating safety and sailing courses (will definitely need to refresh my sailing memory after 30+ years), maybe even start the Captain's license path; Second, to read (will, skim at least) each of the topics in this Pocketship Forum, along with whatever side-trails lead to others' blogs; Third, to at least skim through the CLC shop notes blog to get a better understanding of stitch/glue specifically and boat-building generally, and; Fourth, if I'm still undecided (or have decided), I'm going to buy the Pocketship Build Manual for a cover-to-cover read before I even consider buying anything else.
In future post I'll be telling my sailing story, and I'm sure to have many questions which I'll drop under separate topics ("The only stupid question is the one that remains unasked -- until you've heard mine"-).
Stay tuned.
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