An acquaintance, who restores boats for a living and has designed some of his own, tells me that in the design of a new runabout I should put some...
I will be buying a new 60-75 hp outboard in the next few months. Most brands seem fairly reliable these days. Price is an obvious discriminator...
I am buying ten sheets of okoume 6mm marine plywood from Noah's. I have purchased plywood, meranti and okoume, there in the past and was pleased....
Question: How important is it to have the chine well-imersed in a power runabout? Background: I just built a 18' variable deadrise hull with a...
Last weekend we had snow, but Spring has finally come. Been making slow but steady progress on a launch of my own design for two years. Having...
Just finished building a boat and, of course, am starting to think about a next one. I have an idea about sheathing/planking that I'd like some...
I am trying to make a decision on an outboard motor of 40-50 hp. In Colorado, boating sources are sparse; the nearest dealer of any sort is about...
Great milestone to finally turn over the hull. Now I start with epoxy and glass on the inside of the bottom, finish the transom, add decking, and...
A few months ago I posted on a hull design method I use with a sample hull design as an example. Now I am converting that design exercise into a...
I am a total amateur at boat design/building but have been using a mathematical technique to create developable hull shapes which I have not seen...
I realize that the world does not need another 20' launch/runabout design, but there is something appealing about developing an original vision....
When looking at posted photos of the construction sequence for Ken Basset's runabout design, RASCAL, I noticed the keep pad design which is...
What do you want to do when you grow up? Big question with many possible answers. I've always enjoyed math and science (as well as history,...
