I've been looking at cradles and trailers to keep my sailboat on. The boat is an Alberg 30. The displacement is 9000lbs/4,082 kg. The boat is an...
I am about to start building a motor barge. The center section of the hull is somewhat flat. There is some shape with round chines. The ballast...
Here is my boat less cabin. I'm looking at ideas for a cabin for long-range cruising. I don't need much back deck. Enough for a couple chairs and...
I've been reading, a lot. In preparations for building my boat. In one of Buehler's books, he mentions using off the shelf industrial/commercial...
Will Selway-Fisher's 32x10 motor barge built in stip plank require ballast under the sole to keep her low and stable in the water? If not, could...
I recently went boat shopping. I looked at a few ERs. In one boat, the thru-hull had a standard every day, I think 2 inch, bronze ball valve, aka...
I couldn't find the answers through search. 1)Should I gear, and prop, my stern drive to keep the engine cruising at the beginning of the...
I have a 1980 Tecumseh 5hp Gamefisher with a broken cavitation plate.The boat I am planning to use this motor on is not designed to plane.So the...
All of the flat bottom boats that I have been looking at have a slight amount of rocker fore and aft.Why?I need a little more draft (10 to 14 inch...
I have a question about protecting my design and plans.Is it worth it to copyright my plans?I know some people do this and issue a license with...
I saw a pic of an old 1 cylinder diesel with an adjustable pitch prop.Anyone know of a manufacture of these?The engine appeared to be from the...
I am building a plywood Jon boat.Should I glass the bottom outside of the hull?It's going to be coated in a thick epoxy paint and the seams are...
I read that flat bottom boats experience yaw problems when hit off center by even the smallest wave or wake.How can this be avoided?My boat will...
The boat I'm designing to build is going to have a 30 to 60 hp out board.I have roughly 22 feet from helm to transom the way I would route...
I don't quite understand the difference between ply built pontoons and catamaran hulls.Both can be built to plane,they're very close in lines,so...
Please be kind.I am new to this.I have been researching homebuilt boating and plans.Our lakes are quickly drying up in upstate,SC.Many fishing and...
If this is in the wrong place, please move it,or let me know and I will. I found this and thought I would share it with large vessel...
