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Vito Dumas and Lehg II

By admin | Published: December 18, 2011
It’s almost 70 years since Vito Dumas sailed around the world alone in his 31′6″ Manuel Campos designed Lehg II. In 272 days at sea he sailed approximately 20,400 miles Buenos Aires to Buenos Aires through the roaring 40’s with stops at Cape Town, Wellington NZ, and Valparaiso, Chile. First Singlehander to survive rounding the[.....]

Drawing the Boottop

By admin | Published: December 13, 2010
An excellent example of a wide boottop done by William Garden on his Vega design. Drawing the Boottop The boottop line is screwed up more often than not…….very few get it right…. There is no simple formula…..this is art…..the boottop should be curved top and bottom (not a straight line in profile). The lower edge is curved[.....]

TimberCoast Troller 22

By Tad Roberts | Published: February 15, 2010
TimberCoast 22 is the newest member of the BARTENDER family

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