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1. Devine Lu Linvega (neauoire@merveilles.town)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Apr-2022 17:19:30 UTC Devine Lu Linvega

   Best equipped workshop in Victoria is on our friend and neighbor's boat.

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   • Rostiger (rostiger@merveilles.town)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Apr-2022 17:19:28 UTC Rostiger

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     @neauoire It was a pretty dramatic afternoon.

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   • Rostiger (rostiger@merveilles.town)'s status on Wednesday, 20-Apr-2022 17:19:29 UTC Rostiger

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     @neauoire This place looks familiar!
     This was in 2013.

   • Rostiger (rostiger@merveilles.town)'s status on Friday, 22-Apr-2022 08:01:45 UTC Rostiger

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     @neauoire You have a sewing machine on board?! Maybe I can win over my partner for moving on a boat after all...

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   • Devine Lu Linvega (neauoire@merveilles.town)'s status on Friday, 22-Apr-2022 08:01:46 UTC Devine Lu Linvega

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     Felt a bit irritable this morning, took the day off the computer to catch up on sewing projects, it made me feel better.

     Also, it's this unending fucking downpour all the time that's getting on my nerves I think.

     https://100r.co/site/mini_dodger.html
     #theBoatyard

   • Devine Lu Linvega (neauoire@merveilles.town)'s status on Friday, 22-Apr-2022 08:01:47 UTC Devine Lu Linvega

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     And also, what a view.

     I'm so happy Peter was willing to spend the afternoon with us and help us out with our things.
     #theBoatyard

   • Devine Lu Linvega (neauoire@merveilles.town)'s status on Friday, 22-Apr-2022 08:01:47 UTC Devine Lu Linvega

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     We've been working on this crazy stainless steel project. We built a frame a bent a plate around it to make an arch.

     #theBoatyard

   • Devine Lu Linvega (neauoire@merveilles.town)'s status on Friday, 22-Apr-2022 08:01:53 UTC Devine Lu Linvega

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     @rostiger yes, living aboard is 90% sewing, and 10% actual sailing.

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   • Rostiger (rostiger@merveilles.town)'s status on Friday, 22-Apr-2022 08:28:17 UTC Rostiger

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     @neauoire Holy shit, wow. They've got 422 DIY projects online, that's awesome! Instant bookmark.
     I really admire how knowledgeable the sailing community is and how willing many sailors seem to be to share that wealth.

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   • Devine Lu Linvega (neauoire@merveilles.town)'s status on Friday, 22-Apr-2022 08:28:18 UTC Devine Lu Linvega

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     @rostiger yeah, almost every single sailing channel has a couple of videos dedicated to sewing.

     The company that makes the blue machine is one of my favourite brand in the world. They make hundreds of educational videos on how to repair anything, anything at all.

     https://www.sailrite.com/How-to-Make-a-Dodger

   • Devine Lu Linvega (neauoire@merveilles.town)'s status on Friday, 22-Apr-2022 08:28:19 UTC Devine Lu Linvega

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     @rostiger they're pretty common on sailboats. The typical machine that you'll find on sailboat is the sailrite:

     And people, LOVE THEM

   • Rostiger (rostiger@merveilles.town)'s status on Friday, 22-Apr-2022 08:28:19 UTC Rostiger

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     @neauoire Are those shots from videos found online? I gotta research some sailingxsewing channels...

   • Rostiger (rostiger@merveilles.town)'s status on Friday, 22-Apr-2022 08:28:20 UTC Rostiger

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     @neauoire That's what I've been telling her! I just have to find a way to accommodate this fella...

   • Devine Lu Linvega (neauoire@merveilles.town)'s status on Saturday, 23-Apr-2022 03:12:47 UTC Devine Lu Linvega

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     Fitting the dodger with the protective vinyl on top.
     #theBoatyard

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   • Devine Lu Linvega (neauoire@merveilles.town)'s status on Saturday, 23-Apr-2022 03:12:48 UTC Devine Lu Linvega

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     First test fit of our mini dodger. It's not attached yet, we're just trying to see if the shape works.
     #theBoatyard

   • Devine Lu Linvega (neauoire@merveilles.town)'s status on Saturday, 23-Apr-2022 03:12:48 UTC Devine Lu Linvega

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     Another day on the sewing machine, we're adding a layer of vynil around the arch to protect it from the boom rubbing against it.
     https://100r.co/site/mini_dodger.html
     #theBoatyard

   • Devine Lu Linvega (neauoire@merveilles.town)'s status on Saturday, 23-Apr-2022 03:12:49 UTC Devine Lu Linvega

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     For big projects like the canvasing work we're doing now, it often comes down to either:

     a) working for a month to gather the money to pay someone to do it.
     b) spending a month to do it by trial and error.

     At least whenever we choose b), we're left off with a handful of new skills.

     #theBoatyard

   • Devine Lu Linvega (neauoire@merveilles.town)'s status on Saturday, 23-Apr-2022 22:33:17 UTC Devine Lu Linvega

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     Added D-rings inside so we can tighten the dodger with ropes.
     #theBoatyard

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   • 💀 (dualhammers@merveilles.town)'s status on Sunday, 24-Apr-2022 16:52:22 UTC 💀

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     @neauoire beautiful! Also you're sewing machine looks really lovely. Can you use it out at sea on batteries?

     I didn't know that thing was called a dodger. I wonder why?

   • Devine Lu Linvega (neauoire@merveilles.town)'s status on Sunday, 24-Apr-2022 16:52:22 UTC Devine Lu Linvega

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     @dualhammers It's 120v, so we can't run it on the batteries, but we can use it manually, for some types of jobs, it's faster than using the awl, even without power.

     It lets you "dodge" the spray

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   • Devine Lu Linvega (neauoire@merveilles.town)'s status on Sunday, 24-Apr-2022 16:52:23 UTC Devine Lu Linvega

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     We're almost done! Just have to install tightening at the back so we can tension it properly.
     #theBoatyard

   • Devine Lu Linvega (neauoire@merveilles.town)'s status on Sunday, 24-Apr-2022 16:53:33 UTC Devine Lu Linvega

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     • Rostiger

     @rostiger In our travels we've borrowed our friend's sailrite a few times, they'll eat through thick industrial canvas.

     Most of the time we work with whatever we can find locally, here's a picture of the sail loft in NZ, and a household machine we borrowed in Japan.

     Most repairs we actually do by hand, with a stitching awl.

     </sewingporn>

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   • Devine Lu Linvega (neauoire@merveilles.town)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Apr-2022 00:18:20 UTC Devine Lu Linvega

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     Sown little grommets at the back and clamp the dodger down through them.
     #theBoatyard

   • Devine Lu Linvega (neauoire@merveilles.town)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Apr-2022 00:18:20 UTC Devine Lu Linvega

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     After about 3 weeks of sewing, and lots of help from our friends, we've built a dodger from scrap canvas and vinyl we had onboard.

     It will keep the rain and spray out of the companionway for the foreseeable future.

     Mission successful! 🥳

     #theBoatyard

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   • Devine Lu Linvega (neauoire@merveilles.town)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Apr-2022 00:18:21 UTC Devine Lu Linvega

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     We've decided to try to make little tracks to keep the canvas down on the sides, we'll glass it on the deck itself, we've added a little plastic tube inside the edge of the dodger so it stays inside the track.

     I hope it holds.

     #theBoatyard

   • Devine Lu Linvega (neauoire@merveilles.town)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Apr-2022 00:18:21 UTC Devine Lu Linvega

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     The tracks held well, and we are now using them to tension the dodger laterally.
     #theBoatyard