Shock in the afternoon. An SMS message stating that one mooring line of Magayon II had snapped.
May 1 Cruise on Lake Taal
Some great, comfortable sailing on Saturday with a nice, easy wind and no waves. Motoring to the crater island yesterday […]
New Record, 8 knots
Sailing with some assistance from Peter from the Taal Yacht Club. She sailed really well. Some challenges in launching but […]
Oversized transport
Oversized transport. transporting the mast from Los Baños to Talisay The new aluminum mast is finished. Photo: Mavic Gummert
Testing the new mast foot
Testing the mast foot today before final assembly of the new aluminium mast.
New Mastfoot
Mastfoot almost finished. I tried to copy the original wooden mast design so I don’t have to do changes to […]
Magayon II mast foot
Improvising the mast foot for Magayon 2. This one is going to be heavily fiber glass enforced since the wood […]
Who needs an aluminum mast for his Wharram Tiki 26
Who needs an aluminum mast for his Wharram Tiki 26 or a similar boat? Just did the math, that mast […]
A lot of tubes
The aluminium tube for the new mast of Magayon II was finally fabricated last week.
Aluminium tube for sailboat mast
Got the sample for the aluminium tube I am getting manufactured in the Philippines to re-place the wooden mast of […]
Magayon II Parts
After 4 trips to Manila and countless email inquiries with frustrating outcomes because nobody had the right crimping tool, I […]
Typhoon
That seems to spoil our beach holiday
Sailing November Taal
Movie by Merms (Miriam Gummert)
New trailer for Magayon II
A good day’s work. Magayon II is on the newly made slip trailer.
Sailing Easter 2015
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Sailing Easter 2015 (2)
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