Goat Island Skiff (Guatemala)
Hello from the Guatemalan Highlands. We currently live on a crater lake here in the highlands, Lake Atitlan, which is sadly devoid of sailing boats. With a lull in work (hopefully) coming up this seems the perfect opportunity to build a small sailing skiff (and to perhaps find out first hand why there is no one out there sailing on the lake). After looking at all the "Goat P0rn" on the internet the Goat Island Skiff quickly made it to the top of the list.
The plywood and epoxy are currently on a container ship travelling down from the USA and I have been buying a few tools here while I look around locally to try and find the other timber that is needed. I have very little woodworking experience so I'm sure I'll have some questions for the forum shortly.
It's been a long time since I have done any sailing (as a young boy sailing Manly Jrs on the Georges River in Sydney) and I'm really looking forward to both building the skiff and getting out on the lake and sailing it.
Below are some pictures of the lake; the first taken from our dock and the second of the lake from space. It's a beautiful part of the world. The lake is about 20km end-to-end and you should be able to spot the volcanoes in the bottom left corner of the aerial photo. They are 1,500m to 2,000m above lake level.
Cheers
Matt
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