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Procrastination - the enemy of boat builders

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I made great progress on the Swift Solo at the weekend. The forestay is now attached to the deck.
I also had a realisation. Part of the reason progress has been slow in recent weeks is that I was worried about this particular job. If you aren’t too sure about something it is very easy to procrastinate. [...]

Back on the job……….

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I’ve been a little distracted in the last few months as I have bought a new family boat………..
One of these

Anyway I’m now back on the job and I’ve got a couple of pictures to prove it.

The launcher throat has been made and installed. It is also reinforced on each side with carbon. The jib track [...]

Aussieswift is going to be famous…….(sort of)

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I’ve been contacted by the publishers of “Australian Sailing” requesting information on the building of the Swift Solo. They will be doing a feature on it in the next few issues. If you are in Australia keep your eye out for this feature.
I need to get it finished so they can do a sailing review of the [...]