A long awaited tall ships festival will be hosted at the Auckland Waterfront over Labour Weekend – 25th to 28th October. Eight ships and over 600 sailors, participating in tall ships festivals in Melbourne and Sydney, will cross the Tasman for a three-day festival to be hosted by Voyager New…
Floating Spars to Putiki Bay
A fine weather window and favourable tides made last Wednesday the perfect day to fetch the 4 logs from Nugent’s Bay around to Putiki Bay, where they can be stored for seasoning. “Flying Carpet” was floating on the big tides and ready to go, so with the boys Tom and…
Measuring the Kate
Bernard and the others measure up the Kate in order to generate some engineering drawings.
Design Techniques for the ‘Kate’
The boys have been busy measuring up the Kate in order to generate design plans. In this video Bernard demonstrates some of the drawing techniques used to generate the smooth lines of a yacht.
Illustration of the Kate under sail
Bernard has done this lovely drawing of what the Kate might look like in full sail.