July Webwatch  
By Duckworks Readers

January - February - March - April - May - June

If you know of something that would be of interest to our readers, please send me a link - chuck.leinweber@gmail.com

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I'm not sure what this is, but it was suggested on the Duckworks forum by JJ Dobrikin. Be sure to look at the Flyer. It's in German but has good pictures.

Chuck

 
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Bruce Dillahunty runs the Craft a Craft blog and has a great bunch of photos of a completed Origami folding Dinghy

 

click to enlargeI came across the US Coast Guard's downloadable audio files of VHF mayday and pan-pan calls and put the clips into iMovie/QuickTime and created transcripts of each call using subtitles (a lot of work!). One of the calls is truly frightening. Another was used as evidence
in a felony indictment (false distress call) that lead to jailtime. These recordings strike me as instructive.

Adam Bolonsky

 
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I probably got this site from Duckworks, but on the off chance I didn't, here's a guy building a Walkabout, just launched as a matter of fact...

 
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...Also, while browing you Duckworks website update today, I saw the link for carbon fiber sleeving. Here's a source I've used; I think the variety is greater and the pricing a little better.

Gary Blankenship

 
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Robert Wagenvoort seems to have made short work popping his Piccup Pram up onto the top of the car. I expect what it will do is not make life easier for most, but rather encourage the development of even heavier "cartoppers"...

 
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... also this Moth-eaten website for inclusion consideration in the webwatch...

 
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... and one more for the webwatch? This from Holland, includes build pix of Ian Outred boat.

Mike Connelly

 
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I thought sailing canoes were d.o.a. not so!

 
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Here is a page showing the restoration of my dory, and near the end it shows how I modified the HF trailer.

David Luckhardt

 
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have a look at this....

Regards
Ralph

 
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When I was in the navy we had a time or three with some typhoons and other rough seas, but look at this video at about the 1:00 minute mark - I never saw the passageways move around like that!

Leo Hill

 
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Hey everybody -- I had a great time at Magnolia Beach!
Here are the pictures from this year...

 
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Also the initial page for next year is up -- there may be some changes along the way, but this is the basic idea of what we plan to do:

Shorty

 
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Take a look at these guys, There must be MORE of us out there, smile.

Chief Redelk, Many Nations Tribe

 
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This Joansa builder's site is very thorough, an excellent build IMHO. When he makes mistakes he tells you about them, etc.

Tony. NE UK

 
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I thought this post on a short flatner might interest you...

 
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... Also this on the value of old boats as static museum pieces...

 
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... and I have to say that Ben Crawshaw's Invisible Workshop weblog is worth a smile at almost any time.

Gavin Atkin

 
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John and Louis have logged almost two thousand miles on the River so far. They have posted several videos of their trip down the river so far along with a map of the Mississippi River showing their progress:

Joel Fleischer

 
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Dale Austin's Sharpie gets going again

 
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I have some photos of my weekender on flickr.. It's not quite done yet, and it's more done than in the photos.. For now, here is the link to the photos that I do have.

Red

 

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