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• Joel's Navigator Site: Full Size Template Kits for John Welsford's designs

  The plans for John Welsford's designs are not drawn at full scale. One of the first tasks the builder will need to do is figure out how to g...

• Joel's Navigator Site: How to build an adjustable tiller lock for a couple bucks

  It's that time of year again.  Spring Tweak time!  This year's Spring Tweak is a DIY tiller lock. This tiller lock is fully adjustable, ea...

• Joel's Navigator Site: Navigator Tacking angles

  On the JWBuilders forum, Robert asked a very good question about tacking angles .  More specifically, do the 120 degree tacking angles that ...

• Joel's Navigator Site: Hull Paint

  The best way to finish a boat is to apply as many coats of paint as you can afford.  So far I have applied close to a half gallon of ...

• Joel's Navigator Site: Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival - Part Four

  The crowds on Sunday morning, the final day of the Festival, were light.  This finally gave  me an opportunity to take a closer look at some...

• Joel's Navigator Site: A Sleeping Platform for Navigator

  Here is another project I've been working on lately.  It's a sleeping platform for my Navigator.  It's still a work in progress, so check ba...