for some reason I always assumed confucius was built outta plywood does anybody have the benford book "pocket cruisers and tabloid yachts" and...
oh sorry yeah I meant sail, I assumed since it was boat design section I was talking about plans to build a boat. outboard would be best because I...
are there any of these around? I'd prefer around 14-16 ft
it's quite a lot when you can hardly afford the nails required to build a boat, you gotta take what you can get
I think I read about someone building a pocket cruiser outta this before? what kind of ply do they use to build shipping crates?
I found em, it's called confucius if any of you are interested http://www.polysail.com/Confucius.htm
I don't think it was in a specific boat magazine, just one of those "popular whatever" ones I can't remember the name of the boat specifically,...
I remember reading about this heavy displacement (if I remember correctly) pocket cruiser in some magazine scans I had found online. I had saved...
oh, what about jay benford's happy? that's my other favourite. the plans are available in a book, and the original was coldmolded I've seen a few...
so I'm thinking of going with the fafnir design, it's the one I keep coming back to and comparing all other small boat designs to. plywood can be...
right on, so why exactly is plywood considered the cheapest method of construction then? I don't know if it's just where I live, but there's a ton...
so there's relatively cheap/free white pine available around my area, is this usable in planked/lapstrake boat construction?
has anyone ever built one of these? what was the design intended for? would it be able to make a passage to the bahamas? across the atlantic? it...
I was reading some of the older pages in this thread, and I found this [IMG] where is this design from?
how would I go about rounding off the chines?
partly the price, partly the challenge, partly just because I dig the nontraditional look I plan to just use it as a tiny little cruiser, but I...
what do you guys think of the triloboat B'Tugly? is it capable of an ocean crossing?
I'm not a big fan of cockpits on small boats, it feels like a waste of space
I am just not a fan of the maintenance a wood boat requires. they rot while a fiberglass boat has a near indefinite lifespan
seriously though are there any plans available that are similar to this? I really dig the almost pilot house looking top part and the windows...