Messing About In The Boat

This is a video blog about the work I have done and the fun I'm having on my Beneteau First 235, named Jackdaw. She is kept on Lake Harriet, in urban Minneapolis, Minnesota. Unlike the blog I keep for sailing there, This blog will be mostly be done via HD video. Be sure to watch the videos in HD if you have the CPU power and the bandwidth. Also, any image on the blog can be clicked on to view in hi-resolution. Let's see how it turns out.

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Jackdaw is on the the water!!

Here is two videos I shot this weekend, one inside with my canon HD camera, and one outside with the new GoPro HD Hero:

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Home - Blog
Latest News
About This Blog (how it works)
About the Beneteau First 235
Jackdaw Videos
First 235 Map

Project Pages

Headliner Replacement
Adding a Roller Furler
AC / DC Systems Upgrade
GPS & Instruments
Adding Ports to the 235
Transom Joint
Projects In The Head

External Links

Cruising Lake Harriet
First 235 site

Sources Mentioned

West Marine
Sailrite
Hoopers

About the Author

Hi all, my name is Clay Babcock, and I am the author of this little blog. I sail a Beneteau First 235 on Lake Harriet in Minneapolis, which is equipped with a shameful number of electronic do-dads for such a small lake.

Read about sailing here at
Cruising Lake Harriet

More of my details at my site claybabcock.com

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