A quickie: Here ironwood is called Bissi used almost exclusively for the hull planking & stringers and is as expensive as it is heavy, an almost...
Hi, I'm looking for ideas/plans for a classic-style 'Tender' dingy/launch for my 31 meter schooner. Mainly she'll be used to ferry people back...
Hi all, I'm building an ironwood, teak and mahogany Pinisi schooner in Indonesia & thought some members might like to see progress on Face Book:...
Hi, we're building a 25 meter (+81ft) LOD 'Pinisi' (2masted gaff rigged) schooner in Sulawesi Indonesia using 3rd generation boatbuilding...
UPDATE: We just launched our FB page... so anyone who is interested can view progress:...
THanks... I think I have the 'picture'
@rasorinc, I had to convert that to metric, - yes I have space for an 84 x 33 Max height from cabin deck to beam is 82.67" Love to see what you...
Thanks all.... @ Woobs... actually you're not far off the mark, some oblique lateral thinking in a Google search did bring me to a store selling...
I've been googling my fingers to the bone trying to find some table of various comfortable standard bunk sizes for liveaboard cruising... I...
actually she's got a 250hp Mistubishi V8 engine .... being installed at the moment. But it is 'waving season' - height of monsoon and the seas...
Heading for the mill Monday Thanks guys.... I'll take my logs to the mill on Monday. I'll go with 20mm thick, 70mm width - not out of...
Hi, thanks ... we've already fiber-glassed the sub deck and it is already waterproof (or did you mean canvas and rubber sap between the planks?)...
@GDavis: sorry, for some reason, no monkeys - plenty of goats, chickens & baby chicks milling around the boat (I'll attach some pics) You're...
Yes but at hideous cost and long supply chain - though it might be a consideration, since I won't actually be laying the deck for about 4 months....
Hi all, I'm building a 25m (80ft) wooden Pinisi (7 sail schooner) in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. At the widest her beam is 6.1 meters. Her hull...
