Home built.

Some may and should take well earned pride in sailing a home built Morbic.

Alas my only achievement is to sail a home built bucket.

Fed up with the scruffy plastic item which held our fenders I ordered some heavy canvas and began learning new skills.

It is stitched with whipping twine, the base shaped round an odd end of rope and a marine ply base.
As mast hoops are too expensive the upper rim is stitched round an embroidery hoop, the two parts being glued together.

Each hole for the rope handle is reinforced with two fibre washers covered with buttonhole stitch.

It is not fully water tight but enough for baling by a frightened crew in an emergency.

Michael Curtis.

Fine looking bucket!
Embroidery Hoops - Yes.  Aren't they great?
We bonded two together for the mast "Traveller" on Proteus.  Lighter than bronze.
Edit 21/8/23 re-traveller.  We abandoned the wooden hoops in favour of the Michael Storer "megga-bleater" halyard system.  It is very simple and works well under most conditions, albeit there is some question whether the yard is correctly positioned when the sail is reefed.  
We are currently trying a conventional (expensive) bronze traveller.  It also works well, though the yard swings wildly during hoisting and lowering, and can jump off the hook when being lowered, especially if the sail is reefed.  
I'm a little tempted to return to the "Storer" system - Take your pick?