Bit slow on updates!

Sorry not done much sailing or maintenance recently! I've been hectic with work! Have a look over the archives from this year, (menu on the right), or visit my personal site: www.tony-malone.com, while I get this blog ready for the 2009 season.

Folkboats and Rum... updates to the links section

We've added a few more links to the recommended sites page, mostly to other bloggers out there, with either Folkboats or simply great sailing blogs.

An amusing side effect of this is the descriptions made when linking to other sites, one of the new links has us down as "The adventures of Shoestring" (Folkboats and Rum).

I'd be ashamed but its true. :0)

Where did the site go?

Seem to have had a glitch somewhere that knocked the site out for most of Sunday!

Sorry about that, no idea what went wrong, hopefully it won't happen again!

Updates

MW though the companionway (where its warm)

We've just updated some of the other pages on this site, notably the "about Shoestring" pages
with a bit more information and some technical details about the Folkboat design. You can read this page by clicking "about Shoestring" from the menu on the right.

Shoestring: a traditional wooden Folkboat

Shoestring a classic wooden Folkboat. This page is a brief overview of her technical and design abilities.

As side from her current adventures and some of those with her previous owner, Dom, not much is known to us about Shoestring's history, being an "old gal" her origins, how she come from the yard in East Germany in the 70s over to the UK is unknown.

After a bit of research we know a little more, for instance on the Irish Sea Folkboat association's website, (see links section), we know that in 1987 she won the Manx Millennium Trophy for best cruising Folkboat, skippered by H. J. Robinson & R. N. W. Ellis. Other than that her full history is only known to her.

We're told her name comes from the origional owners, two irish brothers who were cobblers, hence the name Shoestring. And was originally moored at Dunmore East harbour.

The Daughter of Mr Robinson, has been in touch, and is hopefully going to try and pass on some more details about her from those days.

Built/Launched: 1969 (estimated)
Designed: 1942
Designer: Tord Sunden, Sweden
Builders: Elkboon, East Germany
Length overall: 7.6m (26'1")
Length at Waterline: 6.0m (19'8")
Beam: 2.2m (7'3")
Draft Min: 1.0m (3'3")
Draft Max: 1.2m (3'11")
Displacement: 2,150kg (4,740.8lbs)
Sail area: 214sq ft
Rig: Bermudan
Auxilary: Beta Marine inboard diesel

Equipment:
Compass
Speed, Log
Echo sounder
DSC VHF
Apello GPS (Back up)
Standard Horizon GPS Chartplotter (Cmap Max Superwide atlantic charts)
T2000 Autopilot
Clock
Barometer
Navigation, running & anchor lights
Auto and manual bilge pumps
Cone and Ball
Drinks cabinet!

Sails:
Mainsail
Storm job
Working Jib 1 (green bag)
Working Jib 2 (red bag)
Genoa
Spinnaker (with aluminum pole)

Other blogs and links

Folkboat links
Folkboats on wikipedia
Irish Sea Folkboat AssociationNordic Folkboat International Association
UK Folkboat Class
San Francisco Bay Folkboats

Current Folkboat builders
R.Bergré Bootbau Altnau
Brandit Moeller Boatyard
Nordic Folkboat


Other online logs and blogs
Voyaging with Annie Hill
SoulSailor
Messing about in Sailboats
Banjo in the Bristol Channel
Proper Course
The Lively Lady project
In Search of Sunset
Folkboat restoration
I have a boat
Ocean Escape

Recommended companies
Boatshed Wales
Neyland Yacht Haven
Yachting Monthly
Classic Boat Magazine

Roach's Adventures