Ahoy All You may be aware of Woodenwidget who sell dinghy plans for the spatially challenged. Using the most popular design, the Fliptail,...
Ahoy all, As far as I can work out Copper in its pure form does not leech into the environment but at high enough levels can cause trout to lose...
Ahoy All, Yes, I am the forum member unhappy with the Coppercoat. I agree though that the reason it's not particularly efficient is because there...
Blue water boat, small versus large Just to make it clear, I never said bad weather could be avoided entirely. I said that the worst of the...
your first boat Ahoy David, Might I suggest a Fliptail (http://www.woodenwidget.com/fliptail.htm) I am chronically biased here but if you are...
Small boat for cruising Ahoy All, Some interesting opinions here about cruising in small boats but a couple of points have been forgotten. I...
Ahoy Bertho, My mate Angus has a Darglow on his Flicka. I believe he is happy with it although he would like to adjust the pitch but for that the...
Ahoy Lloyd, Yes, I too have email alerts on this site. Do drop us a line when you're about! To be honest, I think I am just Anal. I suspect...
Ahoy Joakim, Original 2 blader had fairly fine blades and caused a surprising amount of drag. yes it could have been stowed aft of the deadwood...
Ahoy Lloyd, Satisfied with it just being a boat! Never! I agree that $4k is a huge amount to spend but it's less than a new engine, a set...
Ahoy Joakim, The original two blader was fixed, caused drag and could not stop the boat which is heavy. Sailing and stopping performance was...
Oh yeah. I carry a roll of duct tape aboard at all times for a quick repair if needed but that Dacron cloth is incredibly tough and I haven't...
The Stasha was born of a need for a very light dinghy. Even adding the thin 4mm ply floors adds a whole 2 kilos, or 20% of the weight of the hull!...
When I first got the Kiwiprop pitch was preset to 21 degrees and the engine could reach 3600 rpm (max) and it was noisy right from the start. I...
Ahoy Baeckmo, More intelligent questions. There is some talent on this site! I have tried all sorts of pitch settings. Nothing makes any...
Ahoy Terry, Flare in the sides is out because a keel needs mounting on one side when sailing, that's one of the main reason the sides are...
Ahoy Michael, Some excellent questions here! My initial thoughts were that if I could reduce the overall diameter it might help things. The 4...
Well, as a liveaboard of 20 years, and as one who was 'chased' out of the UK because of lack of places to live or greedy developers charging...
Ahoy All, Does anyone have any experience with the 4 blade Variprop feathering prop? I have a dana 24 with a Kiwiprop fitted but it makes a...
Ahoy, I'm amazed no one has offered up Bruce Bingham's Flicka 20 as the perfect blue water 20 footer. I have sailed one of these many miles in...
