Thank You Windships for your kind words. First of all I should make a correction, Wanderer was built by my GGGG Grandfather. Going back in time...
I realize this thread is some 2 months old but based on back yard boat building and repairs actual work on the boat hasn't progressed to the point...
Fair winds to a good friend Paul. Due to a battle with "man cancer" i have not been on the forum for over a year but every since our meeting on...
Post 7531 reminds me of my youth. Campsite, Earnest Harmon Air Force Base Late 40's early 50's, Stephenville Newfoundland. Uncle Sam has arrived.
It would be interesting to compare the sea keeping capabilities of a traditional dory and a lifeboat style double ender of similar displacements...
The typical grand banks dory came on the scene as depletion in the fish (cod) stocks around the coasts of NFLD. made it inefficient to fish...
Ditto --from one who actually used one in the North Atlantic to earn a living
Richard go to "boat building" on this forum scroll to "Nancy G" lifeboat/surfboat to motorsailer conversion (might be a couple of pages back,)...
Need approx. displacement plus do you want an air or liquid cooled engine.
And that my friend is the process of evolution at work.
Hello all, just a short post to wish everyone the best of the Season. Been extremely busy renovating the B&B and will continue to do so for...
You guys make it hard not to continue the "labour of love" which i'm hoping will be softened somewhat by finding the right person to pass it on to...
First of all Thank You Hoyt for all your past support on the project and while time and tide wait for no man what they don't tell you is the...
Thank You West I'll give it a go and buy you a beer on my trip out your way next year :D Geo.
I am presently in the early stages of purchasing a 1976 Hullmaster 27 but have run into a problem on it's hull construction. First a little...
As many of you probably suspected i've been slowing down on my build. For the past 6 months i personally have been slowing down and reality has...
Displacement hull speed plus a little :D
Uniformity was important for each areas fleet of schooners otherwise replacements would not stack. I.E Lunenburg's dories were no doubt clones but...
They evolved to do a job. Historically as far as I can gather the earliest forms were built in the beginning of the 1500's by the the English West...
Ok thats about all I can take, I'm packing up and going back to the land of my youth :D
