Category: BOAT BUILDING
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Tasmanian Enterprise
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I have been meaning to thank, individually, each one of you who wrote back to me. Thank you so much for all the encouragement. Alas, tiredness got the better of me and I am only now managing to, briefly, send something. We’ve been in Tasmania for just over five months. They were the toughest ones…
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Incorrigibly Foolish (ad)Venturers
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Dear Friends First and foremost. I hope that you had a wonderful Christmas and that the New Year brings you joy! Happy 2025! What fools would buy a boat without receiving at least one picture of it? Then abandon the most beautiful boat they spent so much time working on, and pack up everything to…
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Serendipity
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At anchor, in balmy evening sunshine, with calm seas and her sweet lulling, red sunset while dining – with nothing on our mind but to enjoy it. The sense of blissful existence was indescribable. The three years of (hard) toil seemed to be forgotten already and definitely worth it! In preparation for a little party…
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Launch
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Your heartfelt messages that poured into my inbox from all over the world each minute were like fireworks, creating magic to which the universe responded to by regaling us with the most glorious day we could have hoped for. Kokachin was launched without a glitch in the scorching sunshine and a gentle breeze on Wednesday…
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The Splash!
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Looks like we are going to make it, despite last month’s trials and tribulations with insurance, which caused a last minute delay. A story better not to be told, at least for now. Preparations are in earnest for the ship shape ship. We are excited and so should Kokachin be. She is ready, looking splendid,…
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From Hard Work to Sailing
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Over optimistically, I thought we could finish Kokachin in about a year, it took us three years with the two of us working full time (weekends included). Very soon, as we started working on her, we realised that Le Forestiere’s Jonque de Plaisance are complicated boats! Also if she was to meet our needs and…
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The Work on Kokachin
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We had the following requirements when looking for a boat: We were aware that not all of the requirements could be met as it is obvious that the ideal boat does not exist. We were looking for a live aboard home that could take us where we wanted to go. We wanted a shallow draught boat because it gives us wider access to…
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Kokachin – Her Story
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Kokachin, originally named Matahina, started her life on a farm in Bussieres, a little village 70km NE from Paris. Her hull and deck and some of the interior were built by Mr Jossete, a professional carpenter. He started building her in 2009 and spent two years building the hull alone plus many more on the…
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Dinghy – Power Fin Sculling
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How did it all start? Raivavae (Austral Island – French Polynesia) Like in a dream, over the calm turquoise seas of the tropical lagoon, Pete effortlessly rowed us out of Raivavae harbour in Crake (7ft Bolger Nymph). It took us about ½ hour to get to one of the most beautiful tiny tropical motu I’ve…
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Blossom
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When I was going to become boatless (read ‘homeless’), Linda and I compiled a list of requirements that we were looking for in a future boat. The boat had to be suitable for short-handed ocean passages, large enough for two to live on board, but small enough for me to be able to handle on…
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