My drawings include the design information required to build the boat, but generally do not include stepbystep instructions in how to build the boat. Lloyd roberts is retiring as club secretary and curtis rindlaub is taking over and will try to fill. Captain flint, 17 catschooner small boat designs by. We met rowing our dinghys and had a pretty long chat. This book should be the bible for anyone cruising maine for the first or the 50th time. The definitive 19 model f was used by the us army as well as the us navy, and sold to several civil owners and a number were exported. After learning to sail on the challenging east coast of england, he has been in and out of virtually every inlet and creek on the atlantic coast of the province, always in a. To that end, i have been pouring over small boat designs. I arrive at these numbers by taking the boats total. Please use the digital image in preference to requesting the original.
Even so, rindlaub recalls that as a child he dreaded sailing with his father. The cruising guide presumes that one can sleep on ones boat. I keep an old tattered chartbook and several editions of cruising guides in my bedroom. We would not have visited this island if i hadnt studied the small spiralbound book published annually by the maine island trail association mita for its members. Curtis rindlaub is the author of the maine coast guide for small boats 5. It is a compendium of the maine coast that no boat venturing east of the isles of shoals should be without. I took a look at the entrance with my 42 and chickened out. As the first aircraft having transatlantic range and cargocarrying capacity, it. Okay, so vicenza isnt being totally honest with peaches, her best friend back in manila.
Many of them stay aboard with us as reliable resources. Please find below yacht and boat articles submitted by boat owners, yacht consultants and others for curtis stokes and associates. Piloting, seamanship and small boat handling charles. Cruising world this book is more than a cruising guide.
It is only eight oclock, but darkness has long ago engulfed us and now the air is. Great loop yacht and boat articles curtis stokes yacht. Curtis bauman wood boat rstrtn 125 spring hill dr, ste 8. Peter peter loveridge is a rural doctor who has lived in nova scotia for nearly 40 years. Sailboat and powerboat building plans and kits available for building steel boats, fiberglass boats.
Curtis rindlaub author of cruising guide to the maine coast. Small pontoonlike structures were affixed to the lower wing ends to counter tipping when on water. Here is a selection of books that we have found helpful andor entertaining over the years. Thus most of my designs will be for builders with at least some boat building experience. Our favorite maine anchorages points east magazine. Curtis will discuss the latest additions to the soon to be published 6th edition of this guide. Chapman and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
Curtis rindlaub, in the introduction of the cruisers bible a cruising guide to the. But what fun is it being the new girl at snooty grosvernor high. The curtiss models f made up a family of early flying boats developed in the united states in the years leading up to world war i. Books like fifty wooden boats, or how to build a glued lapstrake boat, and issues of the small boat journal, litter the cottage where the ships wolf and i share winter space with the two tortoiseshell cats that own the place. Curtiss nc longrange flyingboat, photo, technical data, development history. Books similar to fresh off the boat fresh off the boat. Curtis rindlaub, in the introduction of the cruisers bible. On the last boat i decided to set the runners in sailing trim for the alignment.
Csa hopes you find this material useful and remember csa services when the time comes to buy or sell a yacht. If a boat is kept in nova scotia for longer than this, it will be assessed for hst, a tax loathed by canadians, and which currently stands at 15% of the value of the boat. They embrace the emptiness and a frontier sensibility. On remote islands off the coast of maine, small bands of residents stay through the long winter. This useful guide offers descriptions and maps designating hiking. There may be some houses on the island, but they arent visible from the boat. And the guide goes on today, now authored by curtis rindlaub. This is what my book has to say about it, and it has not changed much since the 1996 first edition. Be sure to read curtis rindlaub s maine coast guide and small boat guide to casco bay which also has many possibilities for cruising. For the above bucks harbor might be a good choice, but there are many other possibilities.
See all books authored by curtis rindlaub, including a cruising guide to the maine coast, and the maine coast guide for small boats, and more on. When we checked the chart book back at the boat, rutherford island indeed had. A cruising guide to the maine coast by hank and jan taftcurtis rindlaub. A complete illustrated course prepared especially to develop skill, pleasure and safety in the navigation of small boats on coastal and inland waters. The initial nc1 mark held three engines fitted sidebysidebyside at the center of the wing assemblies, this between the upper and lower wing planes. He was talking about recreational boaters who, when they get their boats wrapped around. My husband seton and i enjoy small boat sailing as. Unfortunately for curtis, timing hasnt been on his side. His first boat was a small daysailer, known as a bullseye, a forgiving boat on which to learn. Danny clears the way for a great maine cruise by dick harrington part i. Curtis had sent him a video of the boat sailing on plymouth pond. Duncan visited coastal areas by boat and car, talking to harbor masters, mariners. Cruising guide authors curtis rindlaub and jan taft.
The secret menace ballantines illustrated history of world war ii. The tafts book that is now edited by curtis rindlaub is the best guide that we have although there is a new one. The new series places much more emphasis on waterfront access, dinghy exploration and local history. It had that schizo mainland feel to it, and never a friendly wave from anyone. Was it the cow or the donkey or the sheep with her knitting. An entrepreneur who sells cooked seafood and desserts from a boat. Chickawaukie ice boat club maine ice boat enthusiasts. The annapolis book of seamanship 1999 john rousmaniere. Called maine coast guides for small boats, the series is organized by region. Images courtesy of publishers, organizations, and sometimes their twitter handles. At frenchboro, he suggests anchoring in the inner harbor, up past lunts wharf.
Call 530 4776702 to book an appointment or to hear more about the services of curtis bauman wood boat rstrtn. Technical data sheet of the secondhand sailing cruisers for sale. Under full sail 1957 beautiful photos morris rosenfeld. Llewellyn howlands excellent nautical book and ephemera catalog has a copy of calhoun smiths book ice boating, 1962. Piloting seamanship and small boat handling by chapman. Bruce roberts yacht designs offer boat building project management arrangements for boats built overseas at affordable prices. Packed full of interesting maine coast history and facts. It certainly would never cross my mind that there are food safety issues, said publisher curtis rindlaub, who encountered. Book depository books with free delivery worldwide. In taft and rindlaub, i counted only those places from. All three engines operated in a puller or tractor arrangement. Several examples were exported to russia, and the type was built under license in italy. Sometimes virtual cruising is about researching places that you have never been, and dreaming about going there.
I met curtis in rockport harbor late in the season just a few years ago. Widely produced, model fs saw service with the united states navy under the designations c2 through c5, later reclassified to ab2 through ab5. Cape cod, and the nc4 joined the other planes in trepassy bay, and flew on to complete the mission alone. All images can be viewed at a large size when you are in any reading room at the library of congress. More than 1,500 photographs and drawings illustrate all the information necessary to own and operate a seaworthy boat. A cruising guide to the maine coast posts facebook. Of wooden construction, the twobay biplane had interplane ailerons on each side, fabriccovered wings and tail unit, and a carefully contoured singlestep plywoodcovered hull which accommodated two sidebyside in a cockpit location just forward of the wings. September is the best month, cool with little fog and nice winds. Maine regulators scuttle womans floating restaurant portland. Curtis rindlaub brings a lot of salty experience to the latest edition, having.
I too have a nc4 medallion and wrote a letter to the glenn curtis museum. I think, for a guy who enthusiastically encourages small boat cruising. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1, 2, or 3 months new customers receive 15% off your. The maine coast guide for small boats curtis rindlaub on.
Exceptions to this would be the very simple flat bottomed hulls, alder and capt. Buy a cheap copy of piloting, seamanship and small boat. Our goto cruising guide a cruising guide to the maine coast, sixth ed. Winner of the 1983 australian picture book of the year award, this wonderfully illustrated book is designed for sharing aloud and will make children giggle as they guess which animal spoilt a day s rowing by sinking the boat. A thumbnail small image will be visible on the left. Bruce roberts yacht designs offers custom boat plans and boat kits for steel boats or aluminum boat designs, cut to size boat kits, part built boats or complete boats. The maine coast guide for small boats 2000 curtis rindlaub. Its the kind of wind we love to sail in and what his boat was. He reported having seen an older woman at the helm and an older man in the water with a knife, trying to cut line caught in the propeller. To change the sort order click on the table heading.
Chickawaukee ice boat club spring meeting april 14, 2018 damariscotta lake farm inn minutes by curtis rindlaub, secretary president bill buchholz summarized the season as catchascatchcan and dayby day, with plenty of ice for those willing to go find it. Curtis rindlaub books list of books by author curtis. The definitive cruising reference for exploring the maine coast by boat, now in its sixth edition. Curtiss nc nancy boat longrange flying boat biplane.
Join facebook to connect with curtis rindlaub and others you may know. Curtis bauman wood boat rstrtn located at 125 spring hill dr, ste 8 in grass valley, ca services vehicles for boat repair and service. As we discover new books, remember good reads, and receive recommendations we will continuously update this list. This is a fun, and fairly silly, introduction to sinking and floating that has been a hit in my classroom year after year. The small boat book originally the dinghy book every design is complete, with all the drawings reproduced accurately, complete with offsets, building instructions and. The original curtiss nc is now at the pensacola naval aviation museum. The maine coast guide for small boats by curtis rindlaub. Sometimes i just read last seasons logbooks looking for trips to repeat.