Some of the weather in September was as good as July should have been and it went on until around mid-October.
After a final sail on 8 Oct in brilliant sunshine and gentle winds, I took Margherita out of the water the following day, using the hoist at a local marina - it is easier if more expensive!
After a final sail on 8 Oct in brilliant sunshine and gentle winds, I took Margherita out of the water the following day, using the hoist at a local marina - it is easier if more expensive!
Hey, just wanted to let you know how much we LOOOVE your photos... that would be "a whole hell of a lot". Thank you, too, for the kind offer of detail pix or advice - I'm sure we'll be in touch when we get to the fiddly bits, of which there are sure to be plenty. Cheers!
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Thannks for the compliments - I enjoy taking pictures. One handy hint while you are fitting/cutting frames. There was nowhere to stow long items out of the way, so on Margherita we cut semi-circular recesses in frames 6&7 just above the seat top height to allow things like a boat hook to be stowed out of the way and held in with shock cord. I will put a picture on my blog.
ReplyDeleteHow tall is the boat when it is on the trailer?
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ReplyDeleteThe pic above of the boat on its trailer in front of the garage door is the best judgement tool at present as the trailer is currently up on blocks with th ewheels off The door is 7 feet high, and the mast tip is about that height. It would just go in the garage if I raised the front of the trailer with the jockey wheel. Mast off, the cabin roof is about 5ft 6in I think. Going to buy/build one??
I am considering it. It is a beautiful boat.
ReplyDeleteIt will live on its trailer, so I wanted to determine if it would fit into my garage.
Will you be uploading any more pics to your blog?
Dale. I keep meaning too but am busy at present and have not been an enthusiastic blogger since 2008 - as you can tell. I think there is a good range of pics on the site, but if you want to know more and want pics of specific aspects of the shilling please ask as I have hundreds of my boat as well as afew of other shillings (mostly gaff yawl rig). Give me an e-mail address and I will send you some in due course. Presume you have seen Willow Bay Boats site? New owner Dick Philips is a nice guy and an excellent boat builder. If you are in UK did you see the write up in PBO last years summer edition (around Aug)??
ReplyDeletethanks. Yes, have been to Willow Bay Boat's site, I initially saw the Shilling in a UK Magazine several years ago. At that time, I don't think plans were being offered, so I shelved it. But I ran across your blog and found the comments from the couple building the boat.
ReplyDeleteDo you normally trail the boat, or does it mostly stay in the water? I am wondering how long it takes to set up and launch.
As you can see I bought mine ready built. Phil Swift sold plans, as will Dick Philips the new owner of Willow Bay Boats. he will also sell hulls for completion. He has an article in the current edition of "Watercraft" magazine and there was a boat test of mine in the Practical Boat Owner magazine (see above)that you can buy back copies of. Good next move might be to buy a study plan for a a few pounds from Dick, which is what I did. I have only had her for two full seasons and not really trailed it far other than the trip from Cumbria (300miles)It tows well behind a VW Golf. I have a mooring and leave it on that for 6 months of the year. It is easy to rig on the trailer, but there are a lot of ropes and stuff so it takes me about an hour to hour and a half to rig from scratch (faster with more practice?). Launches on and off trailer ok, but depends on the make of trailer exactly how. I often use a hoist at local boatyard (see above pic)
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