Thanks Peter. Finished up the planking, will do the keelplank then start to weld up on outside before i flip her. She looks fair sofar. Lots...
I dont follow this argument. A guy making a porche in fiberglass body instead of metal with exactly same dimention form and put in a porche...
Looks like you are member of the colin archer club :-) Any owner can be member as long as its made in any kind of wood and look slightly like a...
This is the same case with RS1 Colin Archer. She has shifted so much of the wood so its hard to say its the original RS1 Colin Archer. Another...
The problem with Mr colin archer, he trusted his foremen (or yard) so he only provided the drawings. detailed buildingconstruction does not exist....
Colin archer could also offer lapstrake if customer was willing to pay more. His first ones was in lapstrake before he started to use carvel....
very nice model you have there :-) Why not build in 1:1, then you can sail it to the end of the world :p
ca-108/109. same but only this is in lapstrake. zeyang
A good book. here is a real colin archer. 1/3 finished. zeyang
happily finish my second strake, take me 4 days to fit and weld. hopefully speed up when i get to a more flat areas. zeyang
todays work :-) Its a little slow and messy moving the plank up and align it. If i work fast i manage to put on a plank every second day.
hi list. For those interested in aluminium wineglass hull sailboat building! There is thread in weldingweb about building a 40 feet...
Yes, almost :-) eric/ingrid is a little little modfied to suit the american market and reflect the time Atkin draw them it seems. (actually i was...
Ni hao. Im making a fullscale copy of a double ender/rescue boat/colin archer (one of his very last drawing) You can find drawings and pics...