Last year we bought "Sylphe", a 40 yr old wooden boat. One of John Spencer's few round bilge designs. She is double diagonal kauri, resourcinol...
Update on fix to dory Hi Folks In 2006 I asked about the practicality of using polystyrene foam and glass to fix a stability problem. This...
I won't go any further with the dory I've got. It does everything I set out to do (10-15nm offshore and confident of being able to come home if it...
Thanks for your comments Safewalrus. There will be no more changes to the Dory! I'll live with what I've got, and keep reminding myself that my...
Hi Guys Many adventures over the past eighteen months, so I thought I'd post and update anyone who is interested on progress. First...
Hi I have recently acquired a 3.4m Mac boat, a rotationally moulded polyethlylene dinghy. It is 3m on the waterline with 5 degree V at the...
Thanks Samsam, there isn't actually anywhere to put ballast in the midline. The bottom is flat and there is a cockpit sole over it forming a...
Stability test Hi Safewalrus I don't think I 'm a fool in relation to drowning. I hope to die in my bed (or perhaps someone elses) as a very...
Nope - I'm checking the thread most days. I have no way of posting pictures at present and other committments got in the way of more sea trials...
Thanks guys. The idea of outriggers doesn't appeal much in view of considerations around trailering and launching, but ballast will be trialled...
Hi Folks, I recently spent lotsa hours and $s on a trailerable power dory which I hoped would be capable of going 10-15 nm offshore and still...
Foam Planks? Hi Folks, I recently spent lotsa hours and $s on a trailerable power dory which I hoped would be capable of going 10-15 nm...
