Almost exactly a year ago we looked at a Doug Hylan designed peapod called the Beach Pea. As fate would have it, Doryman has inherited the plans, building frames and full sized plank patterns for this hardy little tender. Its an honor to be able to continue another mans dream. Im sure there is an old boatbuilder who would be happy to see the finished product, and possibly hes watching, who knows?
Heres a Beach Pea belonging to the Woodbury family, sitting pretty on the shingle.
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Saturday October 15 was Small Boat Saturday at Cama Beach State Park on Camano Island, WA. This free end-of-season gathering had small boats on display both on land and in the water plus skills demonstrations and talks led by professionals. The event was hosted by Seattles Center for Wooden Boats and the Puget Sound chapter of the Traditional Small Craft Association.
We launched our boats at Camano Island State Park at 11:00 and had a terrific, but short, two mile sail North to Cama beach. The 10 mph winds and the tide were against us, but the sun was pleasantly warm for a mid October day. So enjoyable that I began to wish the sail was much longer than only two miles!
I arrived at Cama Beach less than an hour later set anchor.
Lately, on the jwbuilders forum, there has been some discussion about how to do a clothesline anchoring system. There are several ways to do it. I do it the simple way, which goes like this: 1) Tie one end of the anchor line to the bow cleat. 2) Run the anchor line through a ring on the end of the anchor chain. 3) Tie the other end of the anchor line to the stern cleat. 4) Drop the anchor a bit offshore. 5) Move the boat closer to shore, to knee deep water. 6) Step out, grab the shore anchor and the anchor line loop and wade ashore. 7) Place the shore anchor on the beach and tie the anchor line to it as shown below. 8) To reel the boat in and out, untie, pull one side of the anchor line loop or the other, and retie.
Clothesline Anchor Caught on Tape!
Notes: Tie the anchor line to your shore anchor. That way, if your other anchor were to slip or the anchor line were to break, you would not lose the boat because it would still be attached to the shore anchor. Also, you need plenty of anchor line, at least twice as much since were forming a loop.
Long term subscribers to Small Craft Advisor magazine may recall a series of articles in 2007 and 2008 (issues 47, 49, 51 - 53) written by Jan Nicolaisen as he built a Core Sound 17. This Core Sound was later purchased by Randy Jones, president of the Puget Sound chapter of the TSCA. Here you can see glimpse of Randys excellent seamanship skills. Randy recently returned from a weeklong trip to the San Juan islands. He sails his Core Sound everywhere without the aid of a motor - something I wish I could do. Well done Randy!
Off to look at the boats! First to catch my eye was this adorable little lapstrake dinghy, traditionally built by the NW School of Wooden Boat Building. Well done!
The Center for Wooden Boats did a beautiful job on this Babson Island 14
Cama Beach was a 1930s era salmon fishing resort. The historic fishing resort was a favorite summer getaway for families for more than 50 years. A fleet of 40 or so boats was stored in the large boathouse after the building was completed around 1950, available for rental starting at $1.50/day. Cama Beach had the largest boat livery of the many resorts on Camano Island. There were 8 different boat designs, built by a local shipwright who created simple functional lines, cedar planking with iron fittings and galvanized steel nails. By 1955, 14 rowboats, 24 kicker boats, and 4 inboards were available for recreation and fishing.
Under construction were these cedar strip canoes, built using a technique I had never seen before.
Many other boats on display, including some ever popular pelicans.
After the show, the run back to the boat launch was even quicker than the trip up. After retrieving the boats, we all headed out for pizza and beers. What better way to end such a wonderful day?
Starting tomorrow, a bunch of us will be down at the Palm Beach International Boat Show, March 22 - 25. Well be on a 55 wooden daysailer called Patrician. Find us on Ramp 2, Slip #229. We hope to see you.
In the islands and beaches of the world are all the cast offs and discards of what most men do not want or need. I on the other hand see this as free treasure and loot to be gotten with a little bit of effort. It does help that I have a willing partner in Rachel and the good dog Bequia to keep the crabs at bay. Of course having the Hogfish Maximus is the best boat because we can with her 27 inch draft go where nobody else dare go and can carry the load with ease as she is a working craft and does not have to worry about yachty things like a few scratches and stains that can be delt with later.
This shot is taken from our upstairs porch of Rachel and I offloading our findings from a recent trip in the Abacos. The Hogfish is temporarily tied up alongside in the entrance canal. Our latest project boat is in the slip out front. Its a 39 year old Irwin sloop that will be our future Bahama boat.The Telephone pole has a boom rig for it but the halyard on Hogfish is rated for 4 tons so no problem here. All the decking, pilings ,and wood you see in this shot has been salvaged from the shore. After hurricane Sandy I went to Harbor Island to look for wood .The entire shore line was scattered with the broken dock wood from the Marinas there. I asked the owners of the shore side houses if I could takes some of the wood. They all said you can have it all as the Marinas have insurance so will be buying new wood and will leave this mess here for us to clean up. Well Rachel and I did a good job of cleaning up their shoreline. Now that mess is what you see in this Photo.
Tied alongside a friends dock in Green Turtle Cay getting our findings sorted out. The mast is from a wreck off the Hog Cays, no relation to Hogfish, that went up in Hurricane Sandy. I will cut the mast up to make collums for our porches at our place. Its 53 ft long and was made in England of aluminum by Proctor masts about 43 years ago.
Mast sections cut with a saws all while hanging alongside. The wood is from a 40 ft. Log that was on Powell Cay that I helped friends cut up with a chainsaw mill. This is some of my share of the find. Will be making a new kitchen table, a 10 ftx 38 inch long desk, a life size Mermaid for over the back door of the house,lots of fish and other sea life.
You can just see behind our friend Dr. John Rohde a 31 ft. Trimaran that we salvaged from a remote island in the Bahamas. We are towing it without effort behind the Hogfish under sail. Project # 385!!
A raw grouper waiting to come out . All you have to do is remove whats not needed.
All the wood decking and rocks you see in these photos were found by us and carried to our place by boat and hand. Will be looking for you on the shore line some where.
