I am not a know it all so I will kind of follow success rather than reinventing the wheelbarrow. The soulution for your desire for a durable safe...
Paint on the inside of a wooden boat has not proves real successful but using a stain that allows for water absorbsation/evaporation has a very...
I always try and imagine a one week trip or passage with at least two days of miserable weather. It changes the whole design conciept. I worked in...
On the boats that I saw the ribs appeared to be glassed in plywood so the rib was entirely encased with cloth and resin
Boat fan the boats I saw uslng the fiberglass panels looked like plywood panels except they were fiberglass panels and they had stood up well to...
As a commercial fisherman I have seen many ideas tried and some worked good others not so good and others good but expensive. One of the best in...
As a commercial fisherman for many years I have seen many different ideas tried out, many produced only fair results but some were quite good in...
I think your idea af a light boat making faster passage is valid only in fair seas . I am going through my recollections of sailing yachts I saw...
The Flying Dutchman is a 22 foot design that was in Mechanics Illistrated many years ago it is a Westlawn design based on Dutch fishing vessels...
In the wake of the Spray Kenneth Slack, an Australian, wrote a follow up book called "In the wake of the Spray" it is an awsome read if you can...
I honestly thought the perfect boat would be my next boat but with the perfect boat soon to be invented I recognised you are correct so I will...
Designs of vessels change, the ocean remains constant. After over 22 years as a commercial fisherman I can identify with Captian Slocum and the...
Most of the places I desire to go are in areas where open ocean is the only route available and calm water for high speed is the exception not the...
The Press at Toad Hall has some excellent sailing scow designs it would be well worth your time just to look.
After over 21 years commercial fishing on large and small boats I have some points to make. The first consideration is safty, the second is...
