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The Voyages of Gwragedd Annwn:
- 2015 Blood Moon Eclipse Row. September 27th, 2015.
- 2023 Pitt Lake Paddle and Row, March 20th, 21st & 22nd.
- A dipping lug sail for Gwragedd Annwn. Making the mast part II
- A dipping lug sail for Gwragedd Annwn. Making the spar/yardarm, fitting the rudder, leeboards and the forward deck box, side buoyancy chamber access hatches.
- A rain cover for Myst
- A Sailing Rig for Gwragedd Annwn…The Mast.
- A Whale of a Row. October 4th, 2015.
- About the Urban Oarsman:
- Baking in the Summer Sun… The Pitt River Row, July 14th, 2014.
- Bee’s Wax or Snow Guard on Oar Leathers?
- Before Gwragedd Annwn:
- Before Rowing: Snowdrop’s Epic Voyage From Harrison Lake, Down the Harrison and Fraser Rivers to Hollyburn Sailing Club
- Bolgerizing Oars.
- Brunette River/Sapperton Channel Row. March 31st, 2015.
- Building the dolly for Gwragedd Annwn
- Building the Prince William Sound Yawl.
- Building the Prince Willliam Sound Yawl II
- Captive oarlock anti-clunk method.
- Deas Island Slough
- DeBoville Solugh Row. Feburary 4th, 2015.
- Deer Lake Afternoon
- Gwragedd Annwn
- Gwragedd Annwn 2017 re-fit
- Gwragedd Annwn’s Cupped Spoon Oars.
- Leathering Oars.
- Making a birdsmouth hollow mast for Gwragedd Annwn
- Making a birdsmouth hollow mast for Gwragedd Annwn part II
- Making a birdsmouth hollow mast for Gwragedd Annwn part III
- Making a birdsmouth hollow mast for Gwragedd Annwn part IV
- Making a birdsmouth hollow mast for Gwragedd Annwn part V
- Making a birdsmouth hollow mast for Gwragedd Annwn part VI.
- Making a Sculling Notch for Gwragedd Annwn
- May 12th, 2013 Row. Around Siwash Rock and back.
- Mike and Matt, The Urban Oarsmen row Widgeon Creek
- Paul’s Canoe Part Twenty-five. Making the paddles.
- Paul’s Canoe Part Twenty-six. The launching of Paul’s Canoe
- Prince William Sound Yawl Build III
- Prince William Sound Yawl Build IV
- Prince William Sound Yawl build IX
- Prince William Sound Yawl Build V
- Prince William Sound Yawl build VI
- Prince William Sound Yawl build VII
- Prince William Sound Yawl build VIII
- Rowing Harrison Lake to Kilby Park
- Rowing in the Alpine…The Urban Oarsman Rows Callaghan Lake.
- Sapperton Channel Row. March 16th, 2015.
- Squamish to HSC II – by Kayak and Rowboat
- Squamish to the Hollyburn Sailing Club…a three day row with the “Cheetahs” of the Sea.
- Summer Sunshine Row. July 24th, 2013.
- The building and launch of “Crwban” a 10′ Herreshoff Pram.
- The Building of Gwragedd Annwn.
- The Dundarave Forest of Miracles bonfire row.
- The Equinox Row March 22nd, 2013
- The last Row of 2014. The Urban Oarsman Rows up the Coquitlam River to the Red Bridge.
- The launching of “Crwban”
- The Log of “Snowdrop” a 1952 Turner 12′ four-man lifeboat.
- The Nicomekl River Row. August 7th, 2015.
- The Pitt Marsh Short Row. June 4th, 2015.
- The Siwash Rock Sunset Row. May 31st, 2014
- The Spring Equinox Row, March 21st, 2015.
- The Swan Lake Row. April 6th, 2015.
- The Urban Oarsman
- The Urban Oarsman & Son build a Canoe part eight.
- The Urban Oarsman & Son build a Canoe part eleven.
- The Urban Oarsman & Son build a Canoe part five.
- The Urban Oarsman & Son build a Canoe part four.
- The Urban Oarsman & Son build a Canoe part nine.
- The Urban Oarsman & Son build a Canoe part seven.
- The Urban Oarsman & Son build a Canoe part six.
- The Urban Oarsman & Son build a Canoe part ten.
- The Urban Oarsman & Son build a Canoe part three.
- The Urban Oarsman & Son build a Canoe part two.
- The Urban Oarsman & Son build a Canoe!
- The Urban Oarsman & Son build a Canoe, part eighteen…………. Varnishing the seats and carrying yoke, taking the hull off of the strongback/moulds, taking apart the strongback.
- The Urban Oarsman & Son build a Canoe, part fifteen……….. “Poxy day”
- The Urban Oarsman & Son build a Canoe, part fourteen…Outer Stems.
- The Urban Oarsman & Son build a Canoe, part nineteen…………Inside and Outside gunnels, Epoxy & cloth on the inside of the hull.
- The Urban Oarsman & Son build a Canoe, part seventeen…………. Seats and carrying yoke.
- The Urban Oarsman & Son build a Canoe, part sixteen ………….“Fill the weave, fill the weave”…………..
- The Urban Oarsman & Son build a Canoe, part thirteen. Stripping the West side….
- The Urban Oarsman & Son build a Canoe, part twelve.
- The Urban Oarsman & Son build a Canoe, part Twenty four…Final varnishing of the hull and attaching the seats, thwart and the stem rings.
- The Urban Oarsman & Son build a Canoe, part Twenty one…Glueing on the outside gunnels.
- The Urban Oarsman & Son build a Canoe, part Twenty three…Final sanding of the hull and glueing on the brass keel strip.
- The Urban Oarsman & Son build a Canoe, part Twenty two…..…Final shaping of the gunnels and glueing on the decks.
- The Urban Oarsman & Son build a Canoe, part Twenty…………Weaving the Babiche pattern for the seats, tapering the outside gunnels and final outside hull sanding.
- The Urban Oarsman asks: “How deep is the water?”
- The Urban Oarsman builds Brenne Clamps.
- The Urban Oarsman builds Iain Oughtred’s “Elf” Faering
- The Urban Oarsman Explores Pitt Marsh. Feburary 11th, 2015.
- The Urban Oarsman Launches Gwragedd Annwn
- The Urban Oarsman makes Bailers
- The Urban Oarsman Makes Wood & Leather Bailers for Gwragedd Annwn.
- The Urban Oarsman Posts page.
- The Urban Oarsman returns to Still Creek
- The Urban Oarsman returns to Widgeon Creek again…The Highest water yet. June 5th, 2015.
- The Urban Oarsman rows (and sails!) to the top of Pitt Lake with the Hollyburn Sailing Club 2019 May Long Weekend Paddle.
- The Urban Oarsman rows Burnaby Lake
- The Urban Oarsman rows from Hollyburn Sailing Club to Sandy Cove
- The Urban Oarsman rows from Hollyburn Sailing Club to the North Arm Jetty, BC Day, August 5th, 2013
- The Urban Oarsman Rows Gwragedd Annwn in Pender Harbour during “Pender Harbour Days”.
- The Urban Oarsman Rows Gwragedd Annwn off the chart Exploring the Alouette River past the Neaves Road Bridge.
- The Urban Oarsman Rows Gwragedd Annwn off the chart Exploring the North & South Alouette . The July 22nd, 2014 row. The Alouette.
- The Urban Oarsman Rows Gwragedd Annwn off the chart Exploring the North Alouette River.
- The Urban Oarsman rows Gwragedd Annwn off the chart Exploring the North Alouette River. The August 11th, 2014 Row.
- The Urban Oarsman Rows Gwragedd Annwn up the Alouette, off the chart, to Bordertown
- The Urban Oarsman rows the Maelstrom to Lighthouse Park
- The Urban Oarsman rows the Mamquam Blind Channel in Squamish, B.C.
- The Urban Oarsman rows to the Jericho Sailing Centre for a Beer and a Burger
- The Urban Oarsman rows to the Vancouver Wooden Boat Festival August 22nd to 25th, 2013.
- The Urban Oarsman, The First Row of 2015.
- The Urban Oarsman. Grey Day Row to False Creek, Circumnavigation Siwash Rock and a Wrecked Sailboat on the Last Row of the Year to False Creek. December 28th, 2013
- The Urban Oarsman. Return to Widgeon Creek, The Right Fork Taken. November 25th, 2013
- The Urban Oarsman. The Dog Days of Summer Row.
- The Urban Oarsman. The Fog Row, October 18th, 2013
- The Urban Oarsman. The Last Row of 2013 with Porpoises and the First Row of 2014 with the Hollyburn Sailing Club.
- The Urban Oarsman. The Siwash Island Circumnavigation.
- The Widgeon Creek High Tide Row. January 4th, 2014
- The Widgeon Creek Ice Row, Both Forks. In the Oarstrokes of Shackleton. December 7th, 2013
- Urban Oarsman sails, rows and tows on the 2022 Barefoot Raid
- Widgeon Creek. The High Water Row. April 1st, 2014.
- Widgeon Creek…High Fraser Flow Row. June 23rd, 2014.
Category Archives: Under the Keel….
The Urban Oarsman & Son build a Canoe part eight.
Another rainy day in North Vancouver. Paul is home so we decide to put on a couple of strips. Since the last post, I put on two strips without Paul…Do not want the project to “stall” The way we put … Continue reading
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The Urban Oarsman & Son build a Canoe part seven.
It is a Rainy day today, so Paul and I decide to put a few more strips on the canoe. Where we ended last time: We take off all of the clamps and the blue painter’s tape and the strips … Continue reading
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The Urban Oarsman & Son build a Canoe part six.
Today’s project…get a few strips on! For Christmas I got a radiant heater from Lee Valley. First Paul finishes beveling the stemposts. Paul uses my 5″ random orbital sander to put the bevel onto the stempost. Using 80 grit paper, … Continue reading
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The Urban Oarsman & Son build a Canoe part five.
Well, it is after Christmas and Paul and I have gone to Windsor Plywood to buy an accent strip for the canoe. They happen to have some 2¼ by 5/16” by 16′ long oak casing. Paul finds a piece with a … Continue reading
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The Urban Oarsman rows from Hollyburn Sailing Club to Sandy Cove
The Urban Oarsman goes on the December 16th, 2017 Hot Mulled Row to Sandy Cove with the Hollyburn Sailing Club and SKABC. 10am, Saturday, December 16th, 2017. Winds are calm. Cloudy and grey but no rain. A good day to … Continue reading
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The Dundarave Forest of Miracles bonfire row.
Every year the Hollyburn Sailing Club has an evening row to the Dundarave Festival of Lights where the Forest of Miracles Christmas Trees are and the Bonfire. The Sailing Club sponsors a tree, decorating it in the Club’s colours. This year … Continue reading
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The Urban Oarsman rows the Mamquam Blind Channel in Squamish, B.C.
I have finished Gwragedd Annwn’s 2017 Refit and Refurbishment. Time to take her out for a test row… She has new adjustable thwarts, air tight foredeck, stern and side buoyancy tanks, new foot braces and a new foredeck storage … Continue reading
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Gwragedd Annwn 2017 re-fit
It has been Five years since I launched Gwragedd Annwn and she is starting to look a little “experienced”. After five years and hundreds of rowing trips, I have found that there are a few things that she could do … Continue reading
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The Urban Oarsman & Son build a Canoe part four.
Weekend four of the Canoe Build: Paul comes up to put the cove on the bead and cove strips. I have set up the router jig and after a few test strips, we are ready to go. I have … Continue reading
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Making a Sculling Notch for Gwragedd Annwn
As I have been rowing Gwragedd Annwn, I have found that one of her flaws (if she really has any) with the spread of her oars is that she needs an 18′ wide channel to row in. I have taken … Continue reading
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