When their old GRP yacht was devastated by a Southern Ocean storm,
Jill Schinas and her husband, Nick, resolved to build something
stronger. Gaily, - and without having researched the matter to the
least degree -they threw themselves into the work of designing and
constructing the ultimate, ocean-proof, eco-friendly, dream
cruising yacht. On their side they had a wealth of sailing
experience, which provided a perfect knowledge of what was
required, but their only other weapons were irrepressible
enthusiasm and the mindset which enables a man to build a radio
from a potato or a mast from a lamppost. Had this been a business
enterprise no bank would ever have lent the capital, for ranged
against the dreamers was a whole battery of forces any one of which
would have deterred more realistic people. For a start, neither
Jill or Nick had any experience with a welder - and yet they were
proposing to build a steel boat. Secondly, they seemed only to have
enough money to buy a couple of masts and the sails. Worst of all,
they had two kids and a new baby in tow - and no one with a young
family ought to attempt anything more ambitious than the washing
up. Regardless of these drawbacks, Nick and Jill went ahead. "It'll
only take a year and a half," said he, confidently. Fifteen years
down the line, Mollymawk is afloat and the family have cruised all
over the Atlantic; but the boat is still not finished. This is the
tale of what went wrong and what went right. Packed full of advice
about such things as ocean-worthy design and sail plans, it will
also tell you how to operate a cutting torch, how to avoid a leaky
stern-gland, how to pour your own rigging sockets, how to handle a
ferocious gander, how to sandblast, how to weld in mid-Atlantic,
how to amuse three young children in a cabin space the size of a
phone booth... and much, much more besides.
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