Journal
Notes from the drawing loft and the classroom
Practical writing on lines plans, stability booklets, study visits, and material choices for small craft—written for Ridgepath learners and applicants.
Reading a lines plan before you touch the computer
How to walk a body plan, buttocks, and waterlines with a pencil so digital modelling starts from understanding rather than guesswork.
Stability booklet basics for first-year designers
What an intact stability summary actually contains, and which figures matter when you are still learning hydrostatics.
Why we still take students to see historic craft
Yard and museum visits around the Midlands and further afield that ground arrangement decisions in real deck hardware and framing.
Choosing materials for a small craft study
How diploma students weigh timber, plywood, and simple composite assumptions when a study brief does not demand a full build specification.