well ive just been able to get down to my boat and im very happy to report that she has suffered no damage at all. Thankfully(for us) the cyclone...
i have added some water to the hull. Hard to know exactly how much weight i put in but its got some. Storm surge will be another issue....
Hi everyone. Over the course of the next 24-36 hours my little buc is going to experience some weather conditions it has never seen before....
My buc will have to take a back seat for a while. We had the early arrival yesterday of my newest little crew member! His name is Gary and he is...
cutaway stern I'm a big fan of that cut away stern Bruce. If i can bring myself to cut more of the boat up that's a mod is be keen on. I would...
Hi Tom, Yeah it's a b24. I'm going back out to work today (i work away for a week at a time) but i can get some info for you next week when I'm...
Hi everyone, A bit of an update on the Buc. I've been slowly adding things to make it easier to go single handed and to stop a few of the...
outboard motor attachment Hi everyone. I finally got out in my Buc again on Tuesday and had an awesome afternoon sailing and motoring around Cape...
That's a very good point OS7. Its difficult to see in the photos but there is actually a forward trampoline for that reason. There was a timber...
finally went sailing! [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Here is a few photos from the Easter weekend. We left the boat...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Couple of photos finally. One was taken this morning with the boat on the trailer and the other was taken on Monday morning...
Well yesterday was a fairly epic day. We got the buc down to the water on Sunday afternoon Annas then stood the rig and motored the 14 nm or so to...
Am interesting subject for sure. My limited experience with t foils on rudders (sailed skiff moths) has me of the belief that a negative foil has...
OTB I wouldn't have a clue who designed those beams. The boat was definitely built with them originally though. From the work I've done its pretty...
Its a bit annoying really. Hopefully I can at least get third party just in case I have a bingle.
Yeah it'll have waterways. Those beams wouldn't be strong enough by themselves. It'll be setup exactly the same way as it was 7 years ago. I can't...
fruit bat rebuild Hi everyone. Thought I'd let you I was getting on with the rebuild of my buc. Its getting very close now to being ready to...
timber beams hi all, i finally got around to taking a couple of pics of the internal of my beams. There doesnt appear to be any consistency with...
Hi Bruce. I don't have a clue what timber was used in making if the beams. Basically inside the beam is 2 rows of laminated timber. Each row...
thats what happened with the beam Bruce. This is my first timber i have owned and didnt really look into it much when i bought her but the rot...
