Thanks. Fair point about beggars can't be choosers.
I may add a rule in the description about attributing the original creator. That seems appropriate -- and the least we could ask.
Yep! It took about 6-9 months the summer of 2021. It's a rough ride, and I'm not always thrilled with the performance. If it breaks, though, I get to keep all the pieces, and sometimes I even know how to put them back together!
The design was chosen because it was about as big as I could get and still fit it on a trailer in the garage.
Yeah, it surprised me how short the tiller was. I constructed it just as the design described it, but this was one of Dudley Dix's early designs, I believe. It's the Argie 15.
I did make one change early in the life of this boat: the tiller definitely swivels up and down now!
I'm rigged up and ready to go on a weekend where I got in three consecutive days of sailing -- first time ever. Next acquisition: tiller extension. It is now clearly in the must-have category.
I've seen part of the review from Logos by Nick. He seemed pretty excited about it, too.
Edgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter books are public domain. They've got those on Project Gutenberg, but they may be too much "stock characters" for you.
Would some of the Lewis Carroll stuff scratch the "science fiction" itch?
It's a bit of a stretch, but Mark Twain's Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court at least has the character development. And, strictly speaking, it is time travel. ;)
Finally, if quasi-fantasy and mythopeia do anything for you, there are things like George Macdonald's Phantastes and G. K. Chesterton's The Man Who Was Thursday. Both those authors were influences on C. S. Lewis. But we're really straying away from anything that's strictly science fiction there.
This fascinates me, but I've got stupid questions:
- Is it just the friction between the tires and land that plays the role of keel or centerboard in this case?
- How close to the wind can you go?
RedHat here in the late 90s, back when you could still find yourself writing a "modeline."
Then Debian in the early 00s when apt was still a major discriminator. Finally, Ubuntu around 2008 just so I was running the same thing I was recommending to family members for ease of use. (At the time, Ubuntu sported the same ease of installation and hardware detection I'd found with Knoppix.)
Now on Xubuntu, but seriously eyeing a return to Debian.
Very kind of you, Mr. Boycott Reddit Bot. Thank you. ;)