Articles
Flicka Improvements
Owner-built modifications, refits and upgrades — bowsprit rebuilds, canvas, joinery, plumbing.
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Companionway Box
Replacing the Flicka 20's factory companionway steps with a teak-faced ply storage box — including a louvred door for engine access.
By Angus Beare
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Cockpit and Companionway Canvas — Ben Main Jr
Tom Davison on the cockpit dodger and companionway canvas he had made for Flicka Ben Main Jr (Pacific Seacraft hull #315).
By Tom Davison
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An Improved Bowsprit for a Flicka
Replacing the original Pacific Seacraft Douglas-fir bowsprit on Caraway with a longer custom Oregon-pine sprit — including a Fortress anchor mount and the bigger headsail slot it created.
By Angus Beare
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Installing an Air Head Composting Toilet in a Flicka PDF
The Dawsons document an Air Head composting head retrofit aboard Flicka NINA. (PDF)
By Ellen and David Dawson
From Flicka Friends
Owner-written articles from the newsletter, 1995–2020.
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Flicka Friends · Summer 2001
One Way to Get A Flicka — Finishing it off
After completing the hull and deck, I started working on the interior. The first step was to begin fitting the bulkheads. The main bulkhead is at the…
Dave Kenyon
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Flicka Friends · Fall 2000
Installing Radar on s/v HOTSPUR, # 386
I sail s/v HOTSPUR (Flicka #386, formerly “SENIOR FROG”) on San Francisco Bay. I have done a fair amount of short-handed sailing (Single-handed…
Eric Jungemann
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Flicka Friends · Fall 2000
One Way to Get a Flicka, Start with the Hull
My dad built a small plywood sailboat when I was a toddler and I grew up on ever larger sailboats since then. At about the age of 17, I decided to…
Dave Kenyon
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