Tammie Norrie

Living the dream

Alan Richards — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 01:22:11 +0000

Living the dream. Enjoyed reading this entry in Bills Boatblog.

A Few More Pics

Alan Richards — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:23:57 +0000

Here are a few more photos from the launch.

Since this completes the story of boatbuilding and future adventures of sailing will be another chapter, I am thinking of stopping this blog, although I will miss the friendly and encouraging comments. We are enjoying having weekends back. Apparently, there is a bathroom remodeling project coming up next although we will see whether it will be interesting enough to write a blog about.

Credit and thanks for the photos goes to Lorena’s brother.

Launching Day – Day 620 – whoo hoo!

Alan Richards — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 00:18:51 +0000

We worked up to the last hour. The weather could not have been better. A good turn out of friends. The launch ceremony went well with accompanying music on the trumpet. Although I was distracted by a minor leak, a centerboard that would not go fully down and some needed adjustments to the rigging, all not very seamanlike, it was fun to get the feel of Annie, how she sails, and rows and where best to sit to get the weight distribution right.

I later identified the source of the leak, it was a cover I forgot to put on where the centerboard pivot goes through the centerboard case.

It was a great day.

Day 602 – Nameplates

Alan Richards — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 14:03:45 +0000

Burning the name into a piece of hardwood with the laser cutter. It is interesting to watch the laser cutter moving so accurately.

Day 600 – Running Up to the Deadline

Alan Richards — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 19:10:01 +0000

Another good weekend of boatbuilding and a few more small steps completed. Now that we have set a target date for launching we are feeling the pinch of time. It is a good thing to push on to the end but there are is still quite a bit to do that would be a shame to spoil by hurrying too much. There are also lots of “essential” purchases needed to be able to launch and sail. Our local marine supply store is closing down and this seemed fortunate because the sales would come at just the right time. As it turned out, the discounts were not that significant.

Looking forward to relaxing and sailing in the near future. This old Spanish proverb sums it up best:

Day 591 – “All We Lack Is Finishing”

Alan Richards — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 00:37:46 +0000

With Ryan’s help we made few more steps towards finishing: A lot of sanding and working on the sternsheets.

Day 584 – Long Weekend’s Work

Alan Richards — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 23:20:10 +0000

Three sawdusty days of a long weekend in which we enjoyed good boatbuilding and eating turkey leftovers. We made some progress with the sternsheets supports and made a new cradle on casters.

We have set a launch date and so we are under a deadline to get everything finished in about a month.

Day 582 – Finish Line in Sight!

Alan Richards — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 14:30:08 +0000

Day 564 – A Lot of Sanding

Alan Richards — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 14:20:48 +0000

Not a lot of progress to see – just a lot of sanding and painting of the gunwales, rudder, centerboard, centerboard case and interior.

Day 537 – Ordering Sails

Alan Richards — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 21:51:24 +0000

We are getting ready to place the order with the sailmaker. First we had to test the bendiness of the main yard and the mizzen mast by hanging a weight (a bucket of water) from the spar.

The results were: The main yard with 28lb water (85SF sail area x 1/3) placed at the point the halyard attaches to the yard deflected 5/16″. The mizzen mast with 7.5 lb water (15SF sail area x 1/2) placed at mid point deflected 1/8″.

Tammie Norrie

Several people have asked about the name Tammie Norrie and what it means: I found the following interesting explanation on Wikipedia:

A Tammie norrie (Fratercula arctica) is ony o three kins o auk (or alcids) in the bird genus Fratercula (Laitin: wee brither — mibbes referin tae their black an white feathers, that leuks like monastic clouts) wi a brichtly lit beak at breedin time. They are pelagic seabirds that maistlins eats bi doukin intil the sea. They breed in muckle colonies on seawart cleuchs or islands, nestin in craggy scores or in bourie ben the yird.

Aw three species o tammie norrie haes muckle beaks. They tyne the littit ooter pairts o their beaks efter breedin time, an is left wi smawer an mair dreich beaks. Their wee weengs is makkit for soumin wi a fleein gate unner the watter. In the lift, they muive their weengs fast (up tae a hunder times a meenit) in fast flicht, aft fleein laich ower the sea.