Capt'n Pauley's Virtual Boat Yard -- Projects Galore!!!

Wishing you all the best this holiday season!

I'd like to wish all the Virtual Boatyard visitors a Happy Holidays! Thanks for stopping by this year and keep coming back in 2010. I'll be traveling for the holidays so won't be posting again until the first of the year.

Best wishes!

Capt'n Pauley

A "LuLu" of a Deal!

Been very busy the last couple of days. I've just finished converting nine of my Guides and CDs to e-book format. In the past, I've done all the CD copying, including case labels and shrink-wrapping, here in the office. 

Converting them to a downloadable e-book format via LuLu.com, I can eliminate the cost, in time and supplies, spent CD copying. As a result, i wasm able to cut the cost almost in half. CDs that used to sell for $12.95 have been cut to $7.50, Best of all, they are instantly available, no waiting by the mailbox needed.

The nine titles currently on line are:

Capt'n Pauley's Columns for Small Craft Advisor

Capt'n Pauley's Guide to Columbia Sailing Yachts

How to Cure Deck Leaks

How to Install Fixed Windows

Tools & Techniques

Making Patterns & Templates

Using Epoxies, Additives and Reinforcements

Lines Led Aft-Rigging Enhancemenst for the Pocket Cruiser

Materials: Wood, StarBoard, Laminates and Vinyl Tiles

You can see samples from most of these on my website, www.captnpauley.com, under e-books in the Ships Store area.You can also go directly to LuLu at www.lulu.com/captnpauley

I'll be posting more details about these guides in the near future...

Capt'n Pauley

Truth in Blogging

You may not know this, but the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) has released new regulations concerning “truth in blogging’. It seems that bloggers have been receiving free merchandise or other “inducements” to give favorable reviews of products or services. The new rules require disclosure of any such occurrences.

As much as I might like free stuff, it doesn’t happen much around the Virtual Boatyard. I end up buying the stuff I need to do my projects. I do take every opportunity to get the best prices I can. I have a West Marine Port Supply card. I regularly shop Defender, Ebay and stop in every boat consignment store I come across. In rare cases, I have to buy directly from the manufacturer. Trust me, I’ll ask for a trade discount and some times get it.

Much of my stock-in-trade are Do-It-Yourself articles. If I can’t find the stuff for the projects in places retail customer shop, then it isn’t much of a project, is it? I tend not to cite prices in most articles because they change so often. But, rest assured, I had to buy it somewhere.

If I do get a “freebie”, I’ll let you know that it was free. But I also promise to give it a fair and honest trial if I do actually use it.

Capt’n Pauley