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Hidden Mechanicals of a Wooden Boat
You see the 36’ long hull, the steering wheel and some levers attached to it, but what are they attached to and how does it work? In an outboard, such as a little Peterborough that has a forward...
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Boats Getting Shorter
Many decades ago, cedar strip boats were a popular and inexpensive entry point to boating fun. Easy to trailer, easy to power with an outboard, they were a no fuss, manageable way to get on the...
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Wind and Waves
On one level, a boat, a ship or a canoe are a means of transportation across open water. But if boating were so simple and that was the only objective, I doubt the variety of options would be what it...
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Boats Getting Shorter
Many decades ago, cedar strip boats were a popular and inexpensive entry point to boating fun. Easy to trailer, easy to power with an outboard, they were a no fuss, manageable way to get on the...
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Right Angle to Curve
When a boat is running at speed, we love to watch how a boat cuts through the water. The edge of the boat rises out of the water and either planes onto the surface or cuts through with just the bow...
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Running the Dispro E1 Engine
The single cylinder Dispro E1 copper jacket engine is now over 100 years old. A distinctive feature in Dispros of the 1920’s, this engine provides as much of the character of the boat as the hull does....
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The Dinghy
In two previous blogs I talked about the Albacore and the Aykroyd built sail boats. These are classed as dinghies due to the centre board or dagger board vs. a fixed keel. But what is truly the...
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Strong Views on Traditional
Boat building has come a long way since first boats of Muskoka were built perhaps 150 years ago. Using methods and materials passed down from generations, nothing much changed until the industrial...
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Ribs at the Heart of the Hull
Such frail material is wood really. Compared to steel, carbon fiber and so many other materials, wood seems to be such a delicate and fragile material and yet it continues to be the material of...
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The Glow of Varnish
The hull of the first Clarion speedster is nearing the final stages of finishing. Brackley Boats in Gravenhurst has transformed what was a very rough and weathered looking finish into a gleaming...
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Vintage Sailing
The sailboat is as older than the ships sailed by the Vikings and has been a mainstay, so to speak, of summer recreation ever since summer residents set up camp in Muskoka and similar regions in...
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Boats Getting Shorter
Many decades ago, cedar strip boats were a popular and inexpensive entry point to boating fun. Easy to trailer, easy to power with an outboard, they were a no fuss, manageable way to get on the...
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Ribs at the Heart of the Hull
Such frail material is wood really. Compared to steel, carbon fiber and so many other materials, wood seems to be such a delicate and fragile material and yet it continues to be the material of...
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What Should Santa Bring
If your boat could speak, what would it ask for at Christmas? What would warm the oil, tickle the RPM or soften the exhaust of your wooden boat? By Christmas, every wooden boat in Canada anyway, that...
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Liberty Engine: the V-12
At one time, the Liberty V-12 engine was the engine to install for power and speed. The development of this engine is well documented and played a critical role in powering First World War air craft....
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Shop Organization
Just about every boat shop is too small, from the builder’s point of view. All the various functions of boat building take space, some of it a very specialized kind of space. From the storage of...
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Wind and Waves
On one level, a boat, a ship or a canoe are a means of transportation across open water. But if boating were so simple and that was the only objective, I doubt the variety of options would be what it...
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Boats, Boys and Dogs
There is nothing to say that girls might not like to go fast too. In the 1920’s, Joe Carstairs was one of the fastest powerboat racers of the time and likely the fastest female power boat racer of all...
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Boats Getting Shorter
Many decades ago, cedar strip boats were a popular and inexpensive entry point to boating fun. Easy to trailer, easy to power with an outboard, they were a no fuss, manageable way to get on the...
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Right Angle to Curve
When a boat is running at speed, we love to watch how a boat cuts through the water. The edge of the boat rises out of the water and either planes onto the surface or cuts through with just the bow...
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