Wow - She looks like a monster keith! Welldone and a memory that will have burnt in your brain I am sure building and sailing. I am thinking...
[IMG] Dear Boat designers. Following on from a previous post, which was about building a side rigger lateen rig canoe (from oil barrels),...
How would you plug small plug holes in the oil barrels? Any ideas on the posted picture would be welcome. I have access to the island tip where...
[IMG] So any help in how to join the barrels other than welding as I dont know any welders over here. How could I give it lateral...
Thankyou the 5% figure is very useful!
It is pretty much anything goes I think so should be OK. Due to the abundance of oil drums on the island, I was wondering about setting up a 'one...
Dear Forum I am trying to construct an oil drum canoe by welding/lashing 4 drums together length ways for the main body of the canoe. This is...
Thankyou - What skin would you use, sure.y the skin would be expensive to import? Also in waters which contain jagged skin tearing lava not sure...
Thank you everybody for all the feedback and ideas on this. Amazing to be able to share ideas from an isolated island like this with like minded...
No I am afraid I wasn't here then although I have heard some stories of hoards of American tourists wandering around quite bewildered for a few...
Thank you - I am yet to build a boat so will be purchasing a few books recommended from the Boat Building Academy and getting a few basic...
Thankyou so much everybody for the diverse and interesting replies. A special boat sounds like the ticket, a special place and a special person...
Dear boatdesign users, I live on an island in the middle of the South Atlantic ocean called Ascension Island which anyone traveling to and from...
