Geni
and John's Nautical and Ailurophile Page
As with all websites, this one is continuously evolving.
Check back often for updates. Here, for your browsing enjoyment, we have pictures
of our boats, and our cats. John has compiled an extensive list of sailing movies, with reviews and
some purchasing information. John and his son Jake
are building a boat, and they will document their progress here. We
also have links to other assorted webpages which we like.
JOHN'S SAILING MOVIE LIST
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John's Sailing Movies Any
comments or additions to this list, please contact John. He would very much like to hear what
you think of his list. Updated 10/21/2011. |
BUILDING SOUVENIRS
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In the spring of 2008, my son Jake
and I decided to build a boat together.
Well, first we decided to re-build D’Abord, the Ross
Hatte-designed daysailer I built 20 years ago. Once we started on that, however, we quickly
discovered that she was too far gone to save.
Rookie mistakes, cheap materials, and a couple of years of neglect had
taken their toll. We immediately began
looking for a boat to build to replace her.
We wanted something similar in size, and function, so that we could
utilize the rig, sails, and hardware from D’Abord. We found what we were looking for in Sam
Devlin’s 20’ Marsh Wren. We bought the plans in April, hung them on
the wall, and stared at them for the 5 weeks I was laid up following ankle
surgery. Here we will link you to our blog, with
pictures, detailing our progress. |
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PICTURES
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Pictures of our boats, Allegro, our 47-foot Ed Monk-designed wooden yawl built in 1943; and the late, lamented D'Abord, the 19-foot Ross Hatte daysailer John built in 1986. |
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Pictures of our
cats, our three |
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LINKS
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Nautical Links- links to other pages with information on sailing, wooden boats, tall ships, and other nauticalia. |
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Ailurophile Links - links to lots of pet-themed
pages, especially pages focusing on the |
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Other Links |
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Internet Movie Database Want to look up a movie? Actor? Director? Want to know who won Best Actor in 1948? It's in the IMDb. An invaluable resource for movie buffs, it was of great help in compiling John's list of sailing movies |
Geni H. Please let me know what you
think! Last updated 12/02/08.