So, just to wake up this thread. I want to make/have made a 6.2m mast for my inland waterways vessel. It is to replace a very heavy wood mast that...
Even my wife enjoys Nature of Boats and set about calculating the Hp of her Laser dinghy. I used the prop calcs to work out my prop size and my...
The new BMW Mini electric has a 150kw motor - which seems to be completely OTT on the basis that a 50kw elec is equiv to 150kw IC. Doesn't get...
80ft x 30ft - and with that spec - not much change out of $1m I reckon.
weiliang.chen@usb2china.com made an ugly barge and deliverd to europe Good quote in US$ for a 22m dutch style barge.
>Alright, I suppose it boils down to, is there any real reason why people build their own boats? Arthur Ransome hit the nail on the head in his...
Hi Zen man, Great to hear you live on the Danube. That is a trip I want to do one year - from France/BE/NL to the Balck Sea. A gaggle of Dutch...
We've just finished fitting out a 72 dutch barge. Barge took 2500 hours in yard to a sailaway standard, plus further 8500 hours by 2 of us. By...
Even better rig a hose and give it a good blast through the hawse pipe, clearing all the rubbish off before it even reaches the gypsy. My locker...
The other tip I heard was to place/fix a traffic cone of a suitable size in the bottom of a chain locker. The chain will then tumble off the cone...
Concur LM7812 2A plus 0.1uf and 0.47 uf capacitors across supply and feed legs. STM website has full manual. I'm using several for all sorts of...
12 x 2v 920Ah C10 (dry charged) cost me £20 each. 150 litres SG 1280 acid was another £100.
Yes - this: More at www.luxe-motor-kei.co.uk
It would float very well the other way up!!!!!
I like steel, but I am talking about bigger boats. As pointed out it is easily repairable and pretty durable. Good for one offs. As an amateur...
A "narrowboat" crossed the Atlantic - see http://iwn.iwai.ie/v29i2/ifrances.PDF and a dutch barge has also crossed the Atlantic - but I cannot...
Have look at some Professional Boatbuilder articles. The Maclear Thistle rudder in this article might be of interest....
......would wecome the ruggedness of steel construction. I misjudged a corner on the River Thames - basically was not paying attention - and we...
Brian, Here is mine. Somewhat smaller at 22m/72ft x 4.85m/15.5ft. [IMG] Colin Stone www.luxe-motor-kei.co.uk
A 76ft Sailing Tajlk in good shape for £50k. I've looked at a couple of these at a little more - say £80k - and superficially yes. But lots of...
