Just wondering if anyone knows how easy it is to find work as a shipwright in the Barcelona/Valencia area? I was there last year and would like to...
You might not be able to see it very well in that picture, but the chine is drawn on the half breadth view. It is hidden a bit by the shading of...
First lines done I have finished the first draft of the lines for the boat, I am thinking maybe it needs to a be a little beamier but it would be...
That's "experienced", by the way and I am a fully qualified shipwright. I did my apprenticeship at a traditional yard on Sydney harbour doing this...
Great, thanks again Eric. I started doing some proper lines drawings last night so I will try to put them up tonight for people to have a look at.
Brilliant stuff Eric, looking at your successful design makes me so much more confident in undertaking this project because you have shown me that...
Speaking as a builder not a designer, use as thick a timber as you can get to follow the curve and therefore as few laminations as possible. This...
Hi everyone, have a question to put to the experts here. I have already posted this in the wooden boatbuilding section but I thought I should move...
Thanks guys, I know I am fooling with it quite a bit. I have done some preliminary sketches which I will try to expand on and post up to show you...
The reason I want to go with a new mercruiser is because of the availability of the engine on ebay from the states cheaply due to the usd being...
If you are painting the boat, there is no need to make "invisible scarphs", just sand off the join in fairing. Although I am not familiar with the...
The garboards may be the no.1 plank for leaks but if all his frames (australian for ribs) aft on the turn of the bilge are stuffed it won't be too...
You will struggle to find Steve Johnson or Keith Lambert, or Sydney TECH for that matter. They have long since retired and boatbuilding is run out...
Hi everyone, have a question to put to the experts here... I am a boatbuilder from Sydney and will soon be building a 17-19ft Chris Craft style...
Hi, I am new here and a shipwright from Sydney. Soon I will be undertaking building a 17' Chris Craft barrelback replica - cold moulded in...
Hi, I am a shipwright with Sydney Harbour Boatbuilders so I will try to help you a bit here. Use Celery Top or Oregon for most framing members....
