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Great work Alan 👍

Hey Alan, I really enjoyed your videos as I am building my Pocketship. I am curious to know more about your gaff jaws, maybe you could share more details, like dimensions and how well it worked for you.

We should all be as fortunate to accomplish that much in 4 days.

Do you continue to travel by boat? What are the plans for this navigation?

Welcome to 'sailing' a pocket ship where we motor a boat on a river

Tip 2 - you must ensure all soil and capillary matting is wet at the start, if you attempt to sit dry pots on a dry mat then capillary action maybe impaired as it’s harder for water to spread and draw up than already wet material.

Tip - either insert a pvc pipe in the top (drill a circle rather than cut a ragged gap as many areas need to keep out mosquitoes from accessing still water so they don’t breed in it) so you can top up the water without having to lift the lid and all the plants that will be on it, or don’t have the water reservoir directly below the plants and capillary mat - many setups have them next to one another again for easy access to the reservoir to top it up etc.

Lytham Hall's great. When I was young I read a local history book that said there's part of it that's haunted by up to three poltergeists that make a terrifying noise at night sometimes. Probably not true but a fun story.

Vous avez une très belle demeure..! 👍

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I do hope you put a fan inside to keep condensation down. Worse than rain for causing mildew in my experience. A fan really helps a lot.

Got the same B&D WorkMate! It doesn't wobble that much, though. However, great work - thanks for the videos which I find useful for my own future boat build.

Alan love your videos. Your jib sheet fairlead looks a little funny. The sheet is wrapping around the port side shroud in the video. Maybe the placement is a little too far aft?

beautiful your boat frm.Bangkok

Amazing video and amazing boat! Thank You for this video!

La traversée de la Manche pour vous voir est-elle prévue..?

Il est vraiment très beau ce petit voilier..! J'aimerais tellement être à votre place, heureux..

Félicitations, c'est une réussite..! Bravo et bon vent comme dit kersauson..

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Very nice! Just found your channel and was wondering what attributes made you choose the CLC over a John Welford design. Do you cover this in one of your previous videos? CLC is only about a 6-hour drive for me and I have considered taking one of their classes.

Looks great, where do you sail from? I'm guessing east coast with all the mud 😊

I was just using the hose to flush the salt out of the wheel bearings etc as it was handy. The pressure clean is to follow. Yes I'm happy with the hull shape it does Indeed feel pretty stable.

Hard chine hull gives stability with a shallow draft keel. Clean looking hull. Usually need pressurized water to clean hull versus a water hose you used.

Time past to buy a new purpose built trailer for your wonderful boat. Just saying!

I’ve enjoyed all your Pocketship videos as I was building mine. Launched last November. They are wonderful boats!

As my own pocketship is in the shed until the snow is gone, im really enjoying your videos :) may our pocketships meet at some point!

I'm still frightened of your trailer

Hi Alan, I like your videos ! Next time, when you make a gooseneck, cut the boom at the end in a V - shape, with a blunt end. Then glue the jaws on, with the grain running parallel with the V, cut the shape of the gaff as you like and put two bolts across the boom, done.

Beautifull spot. Where is that? Somewhere on the east coast? Greetings from the Netherlands.

Ergonomic 😊

AMAZINGNES!!! What type of plywood did you build the boats hull out of? Cool sailboat!

Perfect very calming.

Lovely boat, Alan.

Livin' the dream, Alan. Happy New Year from New England.

Very enjoyable video. Thank you Alan.

So...when are you sailing her to the Bahamas? Seriously though , that looked like the best way to ring in the new year.

Brilliant well done!! So looking forward to seeing this boat under full sail!!

It's not how bad you bounce the landing but how you recover. Rather than use plywood, laminate the new gaff jaw from strips of clear wood. Great videos! I've enjoyed watching your build. They have been helpful as I start mine.

Don't feel bad abot breaking the gaff. I've broken the forsail gaff and repaired it several times -- including forging (I'm a blacksmith) an iron top plate for it. But the real reason it broke and keeps breaking is because it wasn't made right in the first place. Do it the "old-fashioned" way and you won't have problems anymore. By "old-fashioned" I mean forget store-bought lumber and start looking at trees. Find one that grows pretty closely to the shape you need and then cut that shape out. What happens then is all of the grain in the wood follows exactly the flow of the piece you're making. Also, you can probably find a better wood than is available in the lumber stores. Call some tree-cutters and see if they'll take a template to help "eyeball" if any of the trees they're cutting would work for making a gaff. In the old days, forests of trees were planted, found, or bent and "trained" to make gaffs, knees, breast hooks, etc.

Better build the gaff support with metal and line the metal with textile or leather.

I liked so much. It s a vere good job. I am writing form Turkey. Where can I get the boat plan? Thank you

Great videos Alan. I purchased a Pocketship secondhand and your craftsmanship has made me glad that I didn't attempt building it myself. Well done!

Nice looking jib! If the main sets as well she should scoot along very happily. I think I saw you making the gaff jaws out of straight grain timber. Use ply, backed with some plate steel and you'll be good to go.

The name of the boat is familiar. Who or what was Rosinante?

Tell us what devices are installed on your boat. I'm building one for myself too

Greetings Alan from Noosa in Qld.. I thoroughly enjoyed your build videos and the fact that you did so much work on your drive way during the English winter is a testament to your character. I spent 3 months in Portsmouth in 1977 working and getting a vehicle together to tour parts of Europe and Morocco. The locals were all good to me where ever I went, the English especially. Enjoy your pocketship she is a beauty and thank you for sharing your journey with us.

Thanks Dale, it's great to be getting to know the boat at last. I'm surprised how much I enjoyed it, even though not all went to plan. Thanks for your comment 😊

Lovely vid, Alan. You looked right at home. A shame things went a bit wrong, but you didn't let that ruin the day.

Absolutely marvellous. Your smile told us everything. You've also got access to the whole of the UK via the canals if you wanted to cruise inland, I believe? Best wishes on a wonderful and inspiring accomplishment.

Hello Alan, I was very pleased to see a little video from you again. You have a great spot for sailing, and the view of the small town is great! I have now finished building my Pocketship, the underside is finished and the boat is now on the trailer. Now the electrics will go into the boat over the winter and then paint on the top in the spring. As I said, I'm so happy for you, it must be great to sail on your own keel - I can't wait for that to happen either. Ahoy from Germany, Bavaria, Timo