Thanks!
Howdy! First off, I just put my very first boat in the water this weekend thanks in many parts to the great advice I've been getting here. Here...
I really like the idea of just slicing it off and gluing back on, however, I didn't check my email last night, so I just blazed ahead with my...
I was wondering if anyone has any experience epoxy-tipping their oars I'm making a pair right now, I've got to wood glued up and I'm thinking...
The little boat that I'm building is getting ready for launching (pictures coming soon) and I'm wondering about building the mast for it. It's...
Howdy, I was wondering if anyone has any experience with pl premium over epoxy. I ask because I've got some little bits (tips of a gunnel,...
I've got another problem: ALL I CAN THINK ABOUT IS BOATS ALL DAY LONG. I suppose that happens when you make a boat
So, I just did the fiberglassing last night and on the whole it came out pretty well. I painted a thin coat of epoxy on, waited until it was...
I think I'm going to try the roped leeboard first, it'll give me good opportunity to experiment with position/size/rake angle, since it should be...
of course!
I'm going to be installing a leeboard on a small skiff. The sides of the skiff are raked out (at about a 105 deg. angle), so if I bolt the...
Thanks! That's just what I was looking for.
I'm working on my first boat right now (whoooooooo!) and I've just finished gluing all the seams and am getting ready to glass the entire hull....
Thanks for the reply! I have seen some birdsmouth masts, and I haven't ruled that out yet, but at least in comparison to a birdsmouth (or...
I was doing some more research last night, and I'm thinking about using chromoly (4130) tubing (the same as is used in bicycles and roll cages) as...
Hello I'm planning on building a small mast for myself, and I'm wondering about the possibility of making a short fiberglass mast (and a spar, I...
I started on this thread: http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/sailboats/hull-shape-simple-sailing-scow-37499.html but my current train of though is...
I just last night got a hold of an instant boats book from my library, and the "Pointy Skiff" looks appealing. It looks like a shorter, less...
Well, I do love beer... I plan on sticking to the PD Racer hull shape regulations (which permit a 1" radius on the chine, and I plan on using 1"...
A big part of the reason is that I don't have a lot of experience fiberglassing, and a simple, low-risk design like a PDR boat seems like a good...
