Only about halfway done... still have to fiberglass and paint and add some pieces.
I won't be sailing for a couple of years anyway - I'll be going to college and grad school for the next eight years. I'll keep in mind what you...
bruceb, could you suggest a design? I'm looking for a small wooden sailboat that's buildable within a budget of 10,000 that could be taken solo...
Haha, yeah. I'm thinking it would probably be around $10,000... I'll figure out the exact prices later... do you think I could still get the full...
Hi, I was looking at some old boat plans now free online, and I came across this: http://www.svensons.com/boat/?p=SailBoats/Gypsy This looks...
Yes, I am working with epoxy - I'm at my lab now so I can't post pics until later, I got it all from a kit though (couldn't find it all anywhere...
Thanks for the advice. What do you mean by a "strong back" and braces? What should I use for braces and where should I put them?
OK, thanks for the advice. Hopefully I have a piece of ply big enough to cut a new piece.
Been a while... [img] This is my boat as of right now. [img] Boat with the seat panels placed inside [img] Did I do the epoxy fillets...
I do... as I said in an earlier post, if I build a small boat first, my parents will give me all the money I need to build a Minuet (15' pocket...
You're probably right... so the fiberglass will add about 100-150$ to my bill?
I've decided that I'm going to build this boat: https://www.boatdesigns.com/products.asp?dept=183 without fiberglassing the entire exterior. It...
I'm not talking about a kit for the Minuet... my mother said that if I proved I could build a smaller/easier to build boat first that she would...
Hey guys, Thank you again for all of the advice. I got an offer this morning from my mother, she said if I built a boat from a kit (...
Just as an estimate, how much total money would you expect me to spend building the Gypsy?
marshmat, thank you for your advice. I was worried that the boats I mentioned in my last post would be a lot more expensive to build and it seems...
Thank you both for your input. I will be bringing a maximum of 3-4 people along in the boat. Conditions will be everything from a small lake to...
Greetings, I'm 16 years old and new to boat building, boats, and woodworking in general, but I do have experience crabbing on a large work boat...
