New Didi 26 in Germany

parpram   new   07.37

Ole Ehlert bought plans from us in 2006 to build a Didi 26 for himself in Kiel, Germany. It took Ole 6 years to build his boat because he li... Read More

New rig for Didi 29 Retro

parpram   rig   10.58

The Didi 29 Retro was commissioned by a client in Cape Town, to build for himself for competition in the classic yacht races in the Caribbea... Read More

On old vices new media and timeless techniques

parpram   vices   05.42

Chris Schwarz, owner of Lost Art Press and Editor-at-large of Popular Woodworking magazine, has a bit of a thing for leg vices. Though he ca... Read More

DH550 Wild Vanilla Gets a New Owner

parpram   wild   10.50

Professional boatbuilder Phil Harvey asked me to draw a 55ft cat for him using my radius chine plywood methods. I had too much work already,... Read More

New Boat Vocabulary Word Coaming

parpram   word   04.44

One of the smarter things Ive done on the shantyboat, was to add a coaming around the edge of the cabin. A new vocab word for me as I slowly... Read More

Another New Boat Launched

parpram   new   05.25

My good friend Larry Cheek launched his new Sam Devlin designed Winter Wren today.  Beautiful job Larry!  Her name is "Nil Desperandum... Read More