mtsailor's PocketShip Project
Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 11:39 am
Great to have a fourm for our passion. Thanks John.
When I first saw the PocketShip on the CLC site, I had to have one. Received the kit in September 2008. By the time the cold came to Montana, and we headed to AZ for the Winter, the keel was constructed and lead poured. I'm doing some parts, like the rudder, here while we wait for Spring and I can return to MT and get back to it. I probably won't be the first to get one on the water, but expect to enjoy every minute of the build.
The kit is excellent. Good materials, excellent fits. The documentation is second to none.....John put his soul into it.
I was fortunate to get my hands on a spruce mast off a Folkboat. It will be cut down to use on the PocketShip, with some left over for the bowsprit. Lead tire weights were available from local tire shops at about $.20/lb.
Here are photos of progress, so far:
http://www.flickr.com/gp/35132055@N05/78959K
Build-on & enjoy. Jerry aka mtsailor
When I first saw the PocketShip on the CLC site, I had to have one. Received the kit in September 2008. By the time the cold came to Montana, and we headed to AZ for the Winter, the keel was constructed and lead poured. I'm doing some parts, like the rudder, here while we wait for Spring and I can return to MT and get back to it. I probably won't be the first to get one on the water, but expect to enjoy every minute of the build.
The kit is excellent. Good materials, excellent fits. The documentation is second to none.....John put his soul into it.
I was fortunate to get my hands on a spruce mast off a Folkboat. It will be cut down to use on the PocketShip, with some left over for the bowsprit. Lead tire weights were available from local tire shops at about $.20/lb.
Here are photos of progress, so far:
http://www.flickr.com/gp/35132055@N05/78959K
Build-on & enjoy. Jerry aka mtsailor