Hello Paul, You found one of the few points that really went wrong.The hoist harness does not work. You have to sit all the way at the end of the boat to compensate and then it pushes against the edge of the deckhouse. That's why I don't use it. Unfortunately, a classic thinking error. I had once thought about making a steel U-shaped bracket that sort of goes around the roof of the deckhouse, but then it turned out that lifting with slings also works well. Many greetings, Peter
Hello Paul, Thank you very much for the kind words. I had found Ponyo on Instagram before. That's when you realize where the good yacht photographers like Alison Langley, Tyler Fields and Benjamin Mendlowitz, to name a few, live and work. That is very lacking here, as you can tell from my miserable photos. A boat building class at WoodenBoat school is one of my long time dreams. Who knows? Anyway, I really admire being able to develop a boat in pencil from a spreadsheet with a few approximate bases and end up with a streamlined aesthetic, wooden work of...
44′ Herreshoff New York 30 Class Sloop (1905) – ALERA
Ein Traum! PH28′ Crowninshield Camden Class Sloop (2014) – JANE
Hello Paul, You found one of the few points that really went wrong.The hoist harness does not work. You have to sit all the way at the end of the boat to compensate and then it pushes against the edge of the deckhouse. That's why I don't use it. Unfortunately, a classic thinking error. I had once thought about making a steel U-shaped bracket that sort of goes around the roof of the deckhouse, but then it turned out that lifting with slings also works well. Many greetings, Peter28′ Crowninshield Camden Class Sloop (2014) – JANE
Hello Paul, Thank you very much for the kind words. I had found Ponyo on Instagram before. That's when you realize where the good yacht photographers like Alison Langley, Tyler Fields and Benjamin Mendlowitz, to name a few, live and work. That is very lacking here, as you can tell from my miserable photos. A boat building class at WoodenBoat school is one of my long time dreams. Who knows? Anyway, I really admire being able to develop a boat in pencil from a spreadsheet with a few approximate bases and end up with a streamlined aesthetic, wooden work of...