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» BOAT SALES

Sunbird Marine Brokerage

» CONVERSIONS & DESIGN

Alan Boswell of Boswell Designs, the designer behind Sunbird Yachts and Sunbird Marine Services and head of design for Oyster Marine, has designed over 250 junk rigs for conversions of existing boats. Contact at alan.boswell@hotmail.co.uk, or at The Corn Barn, Shotley Hall Barns, Church Walk, Shotley, Ipswich, IP9 1DN, UK, Tel +44 (0) 1473 788790.

Robin Blain, Sunbird Marine Services
373 Hunts Pond Road, Titchfield, FAREHAM, Hants, PO14 4PB, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)1329 842613 / Fax:+44 (0)1329 315232 / Email

Michael Kasten is a yacht designer who is keen on junk rig:
http://www.kastenmarine.com/junk_rig.htm

» SAIL MAKERS

Chris Scanes, Sails and Canvas
10 Topsham Quay, Topsham, EXETER, Devon, EX3 0AJ, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)1392 877527 / Fax: +44 (0)1392 876258
Email: chris@sailsandcanvas.co.uk

Sebastian Hentschel's sailmaker shop - Germany

Segelmacherei Tuchwerkstatt
Sebastian Hentschel
Salinenstraße 20
17489 Greifswald (Germany)
E-Mail: ahoi@tuchwerkstatt.de

The web-site now also has a section in English and Sebastian both speaks and writes English well. Sebastian and his mate Nora are known for their grand JR Sloop "Peregrine" which you can read more about in the photo review from the JRA rally in Stavanger in August.  

Dabbler Sails - USA - Sole proprietorship with experience making junk sails.

Dabbler Sails
PO Box 235
Wicomico Church, VA 22579
ph/fax 804 580 8723
Email: dab@crosslink.net

Michele Stevens Sailloft Ltd. - Canada - 4th Generation Sailmaker; Makers of Mainsail for Famous Bluenose II
1602 Second Peninsula Road
Box 507, Lunenburg, NS Canada B0J 2C0
902-634-9338 phone
902-634-8665 fax
Email: mstevens@tallships.ca

» TAPERED ALLOY MASTS

Flagpoles can be purchased through
Ewing Flagpole - Toronto, Ontario, Canada. "Ewing offers a complete line of flagpoles, banner poles, nautical poles and specialty poles fabricated from aluminum, stainless steel, carbon steel, bronze and fiberglass materials – designed by professional engineers and fabricated by expert craftsmen in our modern plant facilities."

Nedal Aluminum - Utrecht, the Netherlands, sells a wide variety of extrusions and "lighting columns", (tapered poles.)

Valmont France - "Leader français dans le domaine de l’Eclairage Public et fort de 30 années d’expérience, Valmont France est le fabricant de mobilier urbain doté d'outils industriels à la pointe de la technologie, d'hommes de métier et d'un vrai savoir-faire reconnu dans le monde entier."
(Complètement en Français. Débrouillez vous vous-même - Le Edituer des Links)

Federation Flags & Flagpoles - Welland, South Australia - "We spin taper our flagpoles with state of the art machinery, designed and built in-house. We also heat treat the alumuinum poles in-house. This means that we have complete control over the manufacturing process, which enables us to guarantee the quality of the product as well as maintain the shortest possible manufacturing lead times for special orders." SEE: Flagpoles and Decorative Lamp Posts (Heavy on PR, very light on specifics. - Ed.)
Telephone: +61 8 8346 5655 (24 hours)
Facsimile: +61 8 8346 9503
Mobile: 0412 44 5043
Email: service@flagpoles.com.au - Ask for Ian Schmidt

The Flag Company - "The Flag Company, Inc. carries the largest supply of flags on the web. Our expansive inventory includes all types of the American flag, state flags, country flags, and even pirate flags. If you're looking for flags of the world, we have every country." - The Flagpole Pages; aluminum or fiberglass.

» SELF-STEERING GEAR SUPPLIES

Monitor Windvane Scanmar International
Cape Horn Windvane CapeHorn Marine Products
Flemming Mechanical Self Steering Flemming                                                                                          Servo Pendulum Self Steering from Windpilot fits most any transom configuration. The site includes a free download of SELF-STEERING UNDER SAIL - Autopilots and Wind-steering Systems by Peter Christian Förthmann

» FOULWEATHER GEAR

Grundens - The Professional Choice in Foulweather Gear since 1926
Grundens USA, LTD  •  PO Box 2068  •  Poulsbo, WA 98370  •  800.323.7327

» EPOXY IN THE UK

UK Epoxy Resins - "Epoxy Resin from a UK company our aim is to supply you the boat builder with the highest quality "epoxy resin" at the lowest price supplying both professional and amateur builders with our own manufacture 2 to 1 ratio epoxy resin system for all applications."

» EPOXY IN THE USA

RAKA Inc. - A full line of epoxy resins, fiberglass cloths, fiberglass tapes, Kevlar, carbon, marine paints. Small shop=low overhead. Located in Ft. Pierce, Florida. Telephone 772-489-4070 or email: larry@raka.com

FGCI - Fiberglass Coatings Inc. - "Fiberglass Coatings, Inc. offers a wide array of products such as abrasives, acrylics, adhesives, caulks, catalysts, epoxies, fiberglass, fillers, foams, gelcoats, polyesters, putties, reinforcements, releases, solvents, tools and much more. Products are available in many sizes and quantities. We also do custom color matches of gelcoats."


» SAILCLOTH IN THE USA

Sailrite - Sailcloth, Sunbrella, tapes, sewing machines, notions.

Rochford Supply - Upholstery Supply, Textile and Marine Fabric Superstore, including Oddysey III
Topyssey and Top Gun


» FOLDING DINGHIES - COMMERCIAL
Porta-Bote - "The World's Most Portable boat. Over 90,000 in use worldwide."

K-2 Stowaway - "The versatile family sailing dinghy."

» FOLDING DINGHIES - DIY
Craft A Craft - Flapdoodle - Described as "a no-nonsense rigid hardwood and ply 8 foot folding classic dinghy." Its designed as a sail boat with a centerboard/daggerboard and flip-up rudder.

The Micro folding dinghy- One of Matt Layden's early folding dinghies; 1/4" (6mm) plywood, cloth hinges, vinyl ends. The site had offsets and sketches.

The Barquito folding dinghy - A folding dinghy/rowboat from the gang at Duckworks Magazine.

ShoreBase features a Prout Puffin, a semi-collapsible dinghy.

Wooden Widget has plans for the Origami, a 6' or 8' folding dinghy; Stasha, a nesting dinghy and Deckster, a hard dink stowable around the mast.


» LED BULBS - DIY
Bebi Electronics -  Savusavu, Fiji - Affordable and reliable LEDs for the do-it-yourselfer.
   Hot Wire is their USA distributor.
   LSACbravehost is their New Caledonia distributor. (The site's a bit spotty.) Contact: Mr. Luc Callebaut
   Cruising Essentials is their New Zealand distributor.
   Captain's Chandlery is their Queensland, Australia distributor.


» DROGUES - COMMERCIAL & DIY (Thanks to simon kibblewhite for the drogue links. - Ed.)

The Jordan Series Drogue "is a safety device designed to prevent the capsize and damage of both monohull and multihull sailing yachts and other vessels operating in the open ocean, in the event of a 'worst case' breaking wave strike, as well as improving the motion of the boat in storm waves and to reduce drift."
   Jordan Series Drogue PDF
   Letter from Donald Jordan explaining drogue load factors.

Oceanbrake Series Drogues

Sailrite Series Drogue Kits - available for different boat sizes.
   Series Drogue Construction - Make Your Own Series Drogue Sea Anchor YouTube video
     (DIYers may want to jot down dimensions at the beginning of the vid. Drogues vary in line size and cone     number; cones always remain the same size. - Ed.)

Wally Bryant has a detailed DIY Jordan-style series drogue project with good pictures and text.
   Pelican Rope mentioned in Wally's article.
From the Lin & Larry Pardey Archives: A note on Series drogue retrieval - "Series Drogues: Can They Work Like a Para-anchor?"

David Lynn, of Nine of cups, writes a voluminous and detailed technical article on DIY series drogues suitable for various boats.

U.S.Coast Guard Report - Series Drogue - "Investigation of The Use of Drogues To Improve The Safety of Sailing Vessels" (Statement, Table of Contents, List of Illustrations.)

» HEADS, COMPOSTING - COMMERCIAL & DIY
Nature's Head - Marine - Composting Head - "This composting toilet is completely self-contained, and can safely be used while cruising as well as in anchorages and in marinas. This is a no-hassle solution to a long-standing problem for cruisers, for racers, and for weekend boaters. Designed specifically for the tough marine environment, this unit will stand up to years of trouble-free service." - USCG Certified

Air Head Dry Toilet  - Marine Composting Toilet - "A workable system for small to medium sized boats, giving even pocket cruisers the independence of a large vessel."

Ecovita Privy Kit - For a DIY composting head. "The Privy Kit, a urine-diverter that makes constructing your own composting toilet or improving an existing latrine easy!"

    (RELATED) - The Humanure Handbook - "The Humanure Handbook is our best-selling title! Over 40,000 sold in the U.S alone. Third edition published September 2005, 255 pages, 19 photos, 42 tables and charts, 55 drawings, indexed. ISBN 978-0-9644258-3-5."
Download the EBook for only $10 (Paypal and credit cards accepted)
Humanure Compost Toilet System Instruction Manual by Joseph Jenkins. Download as PDF - (44Kb)