Short Version: Working on a design, for my own amusement and possible building, of a "Swallows and Amazons" style sailing dinghy, and was hoping...
Just looking for some opinions - and I know there more opinions here than there are contributors :eek: Looking at small Trailer Sailers,...
A moment of frivolity. I know everyone here has a good imagination, let it run wild. Saw this on e-bay. OK, so it's a million bucks, but...
Has anyone built one of these? Does anyone know anyone who has? Has anyone even seen one? Just been trawling the web for a small catboat and this...
Just wondering if someone can explain to the uninitiated why Bilge Keels/Fins/Boards aren't popular. From what I have read there seems to be...
Looking around, trying to decide what I really want, and I find a variety of catboats that look appealing. I was looking at the Charles...
Hi, I'm a newbie, just building a little skiff to learn to sail in. Thinking ahead. I'm planning on a small trailer sailer - take the family...
Couple (more) dumb newbie questions, if someone doesn't mind answering them. I'm building a 'Summer Breeze' - 12ft sailing skiff. Mine has...
I'm building a 12ft flat bottom (boat that is) for calm waters and it requires a 10ft mast to carry the sprit sail. Can't find aluminimum poles...
Before I start to glue my boat together . . . I was reading (spec sheet for a glue I think) that if you clamp it too tightly while the glue is...
Hi, Im new to boating (haven't actually been in one yet!) but I'm going to build a small (10'~14') dingy and have a go at it. Just want to ask...
Hi. Having just read Swallows & Amazons for the 2nd time (1st time was 40 years ago!), and because I now live on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, I've...
