Rcardozo No the other way around. my 73' boat "Morgenster was in St Mary's Georgia and was taken North to Baltimore. There is a 60' Dutch...
Rcardozo Sorry I had missed this post. if you reply I should get it. To my knowledge there are maybe 5 sailing barges in the US I am one of them.
Rivetted iron vs. mild steel I am responding 6 years late. please expound on your comparison of rivetted iron vs mild steel.
I have line drawings for steel leeboards that were constructed for my 73' Tjalk. They are basically a wing. They are large and heavy. Also there...
trade offs All boats are a whole mess of variables and trade offs. You want everything and no one can have everything. You want a Bluewater...
I saw a scow in San Francisco martitime museum and thought it was built to do the exact same thing as a european sailing barge. Built out of wood...
Dutch barge The picture is of The Dutch Sailing Barge Neeltje. She was in Baltimore and relocated to Tampa. She is a pretty vessel. The...
There is a Authentic Dutch barge for sale in the Tampa area of Florida. She is the Neeltje and she is very handsome. A couple named Canwright own...
The real truth about a Dutch barge I have been reading these posts and there is a lot of confusion about these vessels. I own the "Morgenster"...
73' Dutch Barge Sorry I have been away and not paying attention. I have heard rumors of Dutch Sailing Barges making trans Ocean voyages. I would...
Seaworthiness of a Dutch barge If these barges are so unseaworthy how is it that both the english and the Dutch had them running all over the...
Picture of barge Attached, I Think. Soorry I am so late.
Seems like a lot of work Yes you can glass it. Use a light weight cloth and roll the glass on. Make sure you have disposable everything. Use...
Does their testingb past muster? It seemed to to me but thermodynamics is not my specialty.
Ceramic paints I have used a product called supertherm. Have you heard of it? website is www. supertherm.us
I bit the bullet and did it right. I cut out a 15' x 13' of the forward hold where the steel was corroded and cut back to good steel then put new...
Right. The hull was riveted iron. Luckily it can be welded. Some areas showed almost no rust. When water gets in its all over.
Post Surgery Report I ended up replacing a chunk of plating in my forward hold. It appears a past fiberglass patch exhibited cracking in the...
I dont think you would need a centerboard. Add a skeg to the pontoons and that should do the trick. There should be two rudders. one on each pontoon.
This is what I did For those of you who helped out this is what I ended up doing: First of all the material is wrought iron not cast iron. I can...