I recently bought an old (1973 although the HIN suggests 1972 but they weren't made in 72 as far as I know tittle and reg both say 73 so we'll go...
Decided to open up a thread where we can share some of our mis-adventures ... while cruising the forum I came across the " minor delamination...
I'm thinking about starting a new build. I was wondering what ya'll thought of Arch Davis' Jiffy 22 or the Jiffy V22. I like her looks but and...
I've come across a lot of this stuff...to the tune of 60 3oz tubes or so.... Which got me to thinking..... is there anything against using it as a...
Questions on rigging for a 15' gaff sloop..... 1. Weight not being an issue is it okay (read workable but not perfect) to use something like...
I'm entertaining the idea of possibly bright finishing the transom of my current build (15' gaff sloop). The problem i'm facing is the transom as...
My workshop has electric heat but the wind the other day knocked it out in the middle of putting fiberglass on the hull. I know it needs a certain...
I finaly got my workshop in a usable state after it flooded out about a month ago.. So now i can go about turning wood into a boat...14' little...
So here is a candidate that I'm setting up in front of the firing squad LOA 20' Beam over all 6' Draft 8" Dspl 2,000lbs , 1,300 lbs light...
Just a thought I had this morning, seemed like a neat idea to try if I could make it work. A 16-20 foot boat made of all lexan, just don't know...
My personal preference is usually toward southern yellow pine for most purposes in the few boats I've built (in fact my last boat was built...
I served my entire time in submarines and i can tell you living that close to everyone you learn and see things you'd rather forget about the rest...
I have an old 100 lb mushroom style mooring anchor laying about taking up otherwise useful space, and a older as in not new year unknown 30'...
My son was bitten by the boat building bug a few months ago, he put together a rather nice looking little 8' cat rig. He how ever insisted that...
Just out of boredom I've been tinkering with freeship 2.9+at a little center console (21' or 6.4m for you metric types). Just figured I'd post it...
I'm trying to put delfship on my other computer in my work shop but it won't run on the ubuntu os on my computer down there, it says that there...
So just a random thought I felt like sharing..... Okay, so if a freighter was carrying nothing but coffins, and started to sink without...
Well after some messing with models of all the ideas I've had I came to a decision and I'm off for better or worse. I'll post pics as they become...
Ok i know it's a photo shop deal, but when I look around the yard where i work sometimes i think it's where we're going. Personally I don't see...
I'm just looking for any opinions you may have on this idea i had. basically it's a 24' modified v hull with a 8.75' beam designed to be built...
