Bruce Roberts I am fully aware of your residence. I believe at the time you were living in the U.K. but were headed for vacation in Spain. You...
Reply to Bruce Roberts Lament The incident quoted happened about 10 years ago and obviously Mr. Roberts memory is not as good as he professes. I...
I would also recommend Dudley Dix. I have two of his designs in build for sons. Dix has visited my home in Maryland and was a quite personable...
Years ago I purchased the Tom Thumb blueprints but never built the boat. Then I purchased the Offshore 38 plans, built it (actually by a yard in...
Perhaps I am misreading things or have missed some simple instructions......but how do I contact Mr. Mertens about a new design, or a modification...
Thanks for your input Tad......Riva did a good job at what they did.....and their construction methodolgy was actually on the light side if one...
Thanks...still kicking...... Riva used similar techniques, much of the boats were done with 12-18 mm plywood, and doubled and triple layered as...
Riva thread While on assignment to Saudi Arabia I was stationed near Dammam. On the beach slowly rotting was an Aquarama, all the...
Monel staples are fine...but why..... if you are using bead and cove or tongue and groove speed strip metal fasteners aren't needed, are extra...
Bead and cove works better, I have found. My 45 foot Channel cutter was built this way, although I added two layers of veneer over the strips at...
boat design ya gotta change the name of the heading from BD-1 to something else...James Bede (BD-1) is a sometimes airplane designer promoter...
