Racing to Rio A perspective on Crossing the South Atlantic Ocean

parpram   to   08.21

I have crossed the South Atlantic under sail four times. Three times it was with full crew from Cape Town, South Africa, to Rio de Janeiro, ... Read More

Update on Didi Sport 15 and Didi 950

parpram   update   11.21

I have recently added two new radius chine plywood designs to our range and wrote about them on this blog. Here are updates on both boats. Y... Read More

Hitting the Nail on the Head with CC19

parpram   with   10.20

We all know what it means to "hit the nail on the head". Taken literally, it is so satisfying to hit a nail so square and hard tha... Read More

More on Stability with Water Ballast

parpram   with   08.34

John Gilbert asked a question in response to my recent post, Stability with Water Ballast. I do not get why the red and blue curves do not m... Read More

A little more work on the transom

parpram   work   06.45

Tonight I cut two more holes in the transom. A 1" drain hole, and a square hole for the boomkin. That makes a grand total of 17 perfora... Read More

Latest news on the Chris Morejohn Tom Gordon Islamorada Marine skiff and several other home built skiffs a building

parpram   tom   07.46

Tom Gordon sent me some pictures of our skiff collaboration a few days ago with an update on whats up with it. I also will be sharing some p... Read More