Hook's boat was the Jolly Roger wasn't it? Reputation? Devastating, I think!
Manie You gave us a fright with those big letters! Rick
This boat you're thinking of building doesn't look very seaworthy to me! `Metre' class boats were never (or rarely anyway) built for their...
Not a Knarr is it? I've never actually seen a Knarr but I imagine one looks a bit like this.
Here's a solution that, personally, I'd never use! Modern Folkboats have a track that runs across the cockpit in front of the helmsman. The sail...
AK You might be interested to pick up a thread on the WoodenBoat forum about `Building Beth'. Beth is basically a sailing canoe/kayak style of...
CT 249 Yes, prompted by your reply, I went back through a few records etc. Close to 50 on a sailboard hasn't been achieved in 20 knot breeze,...
Sailboards can reach speeds of close to 50 knots (I'm not quite sure if the 50 knot mark's actually been reached by a sailboard yet) in winds...
Very nice, techy boat! I like the twin daggerboards and other measures to clear out the interior - maximum living space for little, if any, loss...
Absolutely! How could anyone not love the Mirror?! I had no idea there was a Mirror 16 until I found this thread. My wife will have a fit if she...
I guess endgrain blocks of balsa won't compress the way foam would, soo, over time, there'd be a lower risk of delamination from the foam...
Sounds fair enough to me (pun intended)! Just another question - and please forgive the ignorance! - would you need to use expensive foam to fill...
Hmm. somehow in Chandler's world anyone interested in exploring alternative approaches is doing so because their woordworking skills are not up...
Unfortunately not readily available in Australia though. I was surprised to find this difficult to find when I went looking, as so many boats have...
The rub rails that Eric (above) referred to look like what I'm after rather than folded sheet (sort of!) which I'm guessing is what Steve is...
Hey Jeff Are we talking about a strip of D section stainless? I tried quite hard to find some (1/2" I think) in the Newcastle area, in SS or...
Petros You're absolutely right that I have no experience with skin on frame construction. All I've tried to do is raise was seem to be to be...
This looks like a great little boat to use as a second tender for a yacht. What are they like in quite rough water really? I also think your...
Except that the stringers can't really be integral - there has to be an edge where the glass stops and the timber begins, and this is where the...
I think there'd be three problems with a `skin on frame' approach to building a cruising yacht as opposed to a skiff or kayak. Firstly, the design...
