Michael Storer https://www.storerboatplans.com/author/boatmik/ Boat plans with excellent instructions - Performance and beauty Tue, 21 Oct 2025 12:41:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.storerboatplans.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/cropped-Beth-3.-corrected-32x32.jpg Michael Storer https://www.storerboatplans.com/author/boatmik/ 32 32 How to not get stuck tacking and hit your head in your Sailing Dinghy, Tacking Technique https://www.storerboatplans.com/sailing-lessons-free/tacking-technique-sailing-dinghies/ https://www.storerboatplans.com/sailing-lessons-free/tacking-technique-sailing-dinghies/#respond Mon, 20 Oct 2025 03:30:21 +0000 https://www.storerboatplans.com/?p=38645 Storer Boat Plans in Wood and Plywood How to not get stuck tacking and hit your head in your Sailing Dinghy, Tacking Technique

Sriram, a dinghy racer since he was 8 finishes a roll tack - oz goose sailboat national championships 2019

Tacking efficiently is as much for safety as it is for racing.

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]]> https://www.storerboatplans.com/sailing-lessons-free/tacking-technique-sailing-dinghies/feed/ 0 How to not get stuck tacking and hit your head in your Sailing Dinghy, Tacking Technique - Storer Boat Plans in Wood and Plywood TACKING Technique - if the boom hits your head or the boat won't complete a tack then probably making one of the mistakes in this article. tacking,sailing techniqe,hit my head on the boom,sailing safety,dinghy cruising safety,sailing dinghy tacking,sailing safety,sailing technique,tacking problems,tacking technique Sriram, a dinghy racer since he was 8 finishes a roll tack - oz goose sailboat national championships 2019 Opti Tips for my Philippines Youth Group. https://www.storerboatplans.com/faq-info-about-materials-and-methods/faq-sailing/opti-tips-for-my-philippines-youth-group/ https://www.storerboatplans.com/faq-info-about-materials-and-methods/faq-sailing/opti-tips-for-my-philippines-youth-group/#respond Thu, 09 Oct 2025 05:19:44 +0000 https://www.storerboatplans.com/?p=38641 Storer Boat Plans in Wood and Plywood Opti Tips for my Philippines Youth Group.

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]]> https://www.storerboatplans.com/faq-info-about-materials-and-methods/faq-sailing/opti-tips-for-my-philippines-youth-group/feed/ 0 Opti Tips for my Philippines Youth Group. - Storer Boat Plans in Wood and Plywood My biggest tipLOOK WHERE THEY ARE SITTING Kahit mahirap intindihin ang Ingles, gamitin mo ang iyong mga mata para makita:Tingnan mo kung paano sila umuupo sa bangka at kung paano sila kumikilos.Tingnan kung ano ang tamang ginagawa ng mga magdaragat at kung ano ang mali. Boat Speed https://www.youtub Frank’s Floppy Kombi Canoe; Plywood Stitch and Glue: Worry? https://www.storerboatplans.com/plan/kombi-sail-paddle-canoe/franks-floppy-kombi-canoe-plywood-stitch-and-glue-worry/ https://www.storerboatplans.com/plan/kombi-sail-paddle-canoe/franks-floppy-kombi-canoe-plywood-stitch-and-glue-worry/#comments Wed, 19 Mar 2025 13:15:02 +0000 https://www.storerboatplans.com/?p=38403 Storer Boat Plans in Wood and Plywood Frank’s Floppy Kombi Canoe; Plywood Stitch and Glue: Worry?

video shows that the partly build stitch and glue canoe is too floppy. Is this a problem?

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]]> https://www.storerboatplans.com/plan/kombi-sail-paddle-canoe/franks-floppy-kombi-canoe-plywood-stitch-and-glue-worry/feed/ 2 Frank's Floppy Kombi Canoe; Plywood Stitch and Glue: Worry? - Storer Boat Plans in Wood and Plywood Frank is building a Kombi Sail and Paddle Canoe from our plans. His video shows that the canoe is very floppy as stitch and glue. Worry? floppy canoe video shows that the partly build stitch and glue canoe is too floppy. Is this a problem? Quick Canoe Electric Version built by students in Poland does 120km river trip https://www.storerboatplans.com/boat/canoe/cargo-canoe/quick-canoe-electric-version-built-by-students-in-poland-does-120km-river-trip/ https://www.storerboatplans.com/boat/canoe/cargo-canoe/quick-canoe-electric-version-built-by-students-in-poland-does-120km-river-trip/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2022 07:12:57 +0000 https://www.storerboatplans.com/?p=37694 Storer Boat Plans in Wood and Plywood Quick Canoe Electric Version built by students in Poland does 120km river trip

Quick Canoe Electric built from our plan on 120km river tour in Poland video grab

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]]> https://www.storerboatplans.com/boat/canoe/cargo-canoe/quick-canoe-electric-version-built-by-students-in-poland-does-120km-river-trip/feed/ 2 Quick Canoe Electric Version built by students in Poland does 120km river trip - Storer Boat Plans in Wood and Plywood Quick Canoe Electric Design built by group of students with no boat building experience did a 120kms (80 mile) on the Vistula River, Poland. Quick Canoe Electric built from our plan on 120km river tour in Poland video grab Photos and Videos of the Kombi Sail and Paddle Canoe From Joost https://www.storerboatplans.com/plan/kombi-sail-paddle-canoe/photos-and-videos-of-the-kombi-sail-and-paddle-canoe-from-joost/ https://www.storerboatplans.com/plan/kombi-sail-paddle-canoe/photos-and-videos-of-the-kombi-sail-and-paddle-canoe-from-joost/#respond Fri, 12 Aug 2022 07:51:21 +0000 https://www.storerboatplans.com/?p=34500 Storer Boat Plans in Wood and Plywood Photos and Videos of the Kombi Sail and Paddle Canoe From Joost

Kombi Sail and Paddle Canoe Plan and kits sailed by Viola, woman sailor

We have been waiting for a while for some more photos and longer videos of the Kombi Sail and Paddle Canoe. Here Joost's photos and three videos of sailing and paddling this multi-purpose canoe.

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Viola 14 Canoe - Viola sunset gust - Sailing canoe you can build yourself

Comparing Lug and Bermudan Rigs is usually unscientific and opinion based. Joost has three rigs on his Viola Sailing Canoe. So a less biased comparison

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Building a DIY high capacity pump for a sailing dinghy

On an exciting sailing day I was tired from hiking and bailing. How to rest while a DIY Electric Pump for Sail boats emptied the water.

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Viola Sailing Canoe racing other boats going upwind in a light chop

We have some real information about relative performance of a Balance Lug Rigged Viola Canoe vs Lasers and RS Aeros.

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Teo Deus sailing his Goat Island Skiff with one reef in a lot of wind

Goat Island Skiff group has developed a faster reefing system for cruising dinghies. No special fittings are needed so quick cheap and simple

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Two videos for every stage of rigging a lugsail for the first time

Two Videos rig a Lugsail. 1/ Last step construction - set up hull, spars and sails. 2/ Setting up the boat to go sailing is simple and quick.

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