Frameless steel yachts to Brent Swain designs.
Frameless Brent Swain design motoring.
Frameless steel yachts to Brent Swain's design, ready to attach to other half shell to form hull.
The 36 foot steel yacht design I am building to uses no transverse frames, and does not require a strongback to build. With the right design you...
I found a litte more on the Collins tandem keel at the website page for the Sadler 34 at...
I can't offer much information, but I can offer a lead in terms of some keywords that might help your search for information. Warwick Collins is...
This is an inside shot of a Swain 36 before painting. The green colour is the zinc-rich epoxy primer that the steel comes with in Canada. This...
Here is an example of how nicely the twin keel version of Swain's yachts take to the ground in a stable fashion. On the BC coast, where there are...
article on Origamiboats Jeff, I think its a great idea for an article on the origami steel boatbuilding system. I'll try and put something...
This is a 3-D rendering done by Doug Barnard of a steel Brent Swain 40 footer. There are now two of these hulls built to the new design, and I...
I find this shot very romantic, and partly ironic, in a manner of speaking; the boat's owner lives aboard in this gorgeous Comox, BC harbour with...
Here is a very swish version of one of Brent Swain's steel 31 foot designs. More information about these designs available at...
bulkheads and seacocks A member of the Origamiboast forum is currently building a 36 footer in Nanaimo, BC with a watertight forward bulkhead, so...
aluminum origami hull bow Here is a bow-shot of the same aluminum 36 foot hull. Note the very clean surface of the bow without cuts and...
aluminum origami hull aft portion For your interest, here is an aft shot of an aluminum origami 36 footer currently residing in Nanaimo, BC...
Origami method of Sail-Tech Stephen asked me earlier if the method of metal boat construction as used by Sail-Tech seen at...
fairness of origami hulls, etc Hi all, Thanks for alerting me to the responses here, Stephen, as I had not looked here for awhile, and had no...
I am preparing to build a 40 foot steel yacht to a design by Canadian designer Brent Swain. The hull is built using an unusual "folded steel"...
If anyone is interested in an unusual steel boatbuilding method, please have a look at my yahoo group site called "origamiboats". I'd like to know...
