Hi: I'm in the midst of constructing a 28 foot epoxy wood trawler in Metro West Boston. The hull is turned, much of the interior work is...
I'm decking over my 19' sportboat with a 1/4" plywood layer and then another laminated layer of 1/4" meranti strips. With first ply subdeck down...
I came upon a minor hardwood windfall last evening. A friend of a friend who is moving gave me over 250 board feet of locally grown ( new england)...
Hi: I'm working out the rigging details of my K-19 sport boat and am looking at alternatives to a conventional aluminum extruded mast. The...
Hi All. I'm a cedar strip builder who has always used West Marine 105 epoxy. As my projects get larger and I start buying in the 'C' size I've...
My k-19 project is comming along nicely and now I have to start think about getting the standing/running rigging, sails, spars and deck hardware....
Hello: I've been think alot about electircal battery storage, modern 'canoe shaped hulls', deep keels with bulbs and have to ask a question...
But none with CAD or CNC. (I am a Unix/Linx/Oracle administrator by vocation sailor/boatbuild/wood hacker by avocation ) As I become more and...
hello: I'm reading "ALbert Einstein: Life and Times" and found many aspects of this man's life most interesting -- perhaps above all -- me...
I have had multiple recommendations to purchase the Gougeon Brothers Book on Cold Molded Constrution. Apparently this is something of a classic as...
Amigo design? Its a 22' heavy displacement curiser, gaff or bermudian rigged. Seems it's very much a "stretched" Flicka. At over 5500 lbs and 19...
Hi: I am currently trying to find the best value in 14 -16" bandsaws that can run on both 110 and 220 Volts. (I'll be resawing 5/4 x 4" meranti...
materials. I am wondering what kind of differences there are in using carbon fibre / aramid clothes versus regular e glass or dynel?. How much...
Hi All: I've uploaded some pix (with a bit of trepidation and embarressment) of my 19' sport sailboat I'm building. AS you can see it is 1/2" X...
Hi: I'm about to assemble my 20 foot long keelson made of biscuit joined strips of meranti mahag. It is a series of 2 x 3/4" strips so that it...
Hi: has anyone worked with the US east coast version of what is called 'poplar' -- it is a green to red/yellow 'semi hard wood' that is very...
Hi: I am about to start laying up a 19' sport sailboat using 1/2" thick x 3/4" wide bead and cove red cedar strips. The boat is a broad hulled...
Hi: I've been using the same 5" Port Cable RO sander for over 5 years now. I've built two 12' strip planked boats and refinished the brite...
Hi All: www.dixdesign I'm wondering if thre are folks out there who have actually seen any of Dudley Dix's designs that are part of his DIDI...
Hello: I have built 2 smaller boats ( 12' stripper dink and 14' sitch and glue skiff) and have restored a Tartan 34. Now I am looking to build...