Thank you both for your responses! @PAR The "Murphy" looks like a classic sailing boat, with lots of closed spaces. As for ease of build... not...
Hi all! It has been a long time since I have posted here. I hope everyone is well. I am in search of a sail-motor dinghy for diy construction,...
Name? I was thinking (not very hard, I admit) to name it "Wildflower II"
some pics Here are some pics
It floats!!! Well, it has been finished for a couple of weeks now. It even got wet. Even the spinnaker is sewn. I think it is more like a...
More progress over this week... Almost there. The Friday test wetting never happened. It will happen during this next week though.:) Any help on...
I am hoping for a test sail on Friday. Just the basic rig. I am wondering about the spinnaker. I am set on building it myself. I am pretty...
Progress over the weekend was good! Here are some picks from the progress of the last couple of days:
Progressing...
All stitched, and stitches out!
Building the bowsprit glove out of two pieces of 45mm alu tube, and stitching the panels...
... and some more
So, it has begun After making a few minor changes to the original design, I started building with 6mm okume. Here are some pics:
Great work!
This is what I was hoping for... This is kinda what I had in mind, but I don't really know how to dimension this. For the time being I am drawing...
This is what I was thinking... This is an idea of what I was thinking... I was playing around with the SailCut cad program and... it doesn't turn...
mice Also, here are some pictures of what mice can do to a boat. Look for the holes in the hull and the missing corners of the plywood...:mad:...
I went ahead and "surveyed" the hull on Sunday, with the help of a laser level. After I leveled the hull, I took measurements of its difference to...
moving...? should I move this thread to the "sail boats" forum, so it would be more relative to the subject? If so, how would I do that?
That did cross my mind, only it would be too easy!!! I was hoping to make an accurate 3d model of it, so I can see what it will become :)