blackburn Thanks for the congrats guys! Guess I better give a little "race report." This was about the best one ever, and deserves a book of...
"...was checking out the boats to see what I could convert to a faster rower." hmmm… Mungoman do tell us more please!!! "Ben Booth reckons his...
Bad news is your Firefly sounds like it is hitting hull speed at 6mph, which means there is nothing else you can do to modify, change, trim, etc...
paulownia Checking out this Paulownia wood more… found my wood for the next build! Great tip.
Great to hear from you Gerhard! Although you don't build boats, I'm sure you will have a lot to contribute to this because as you said, you sure...
correction The transom is 4" wide at the water. In my haste, I wrote down the half breadth. Apologies. All other comments and specs remain!
The Guideboat in question is indeed a Pat Brown. Its not kevlar though, just a nice light strip built layup. Its only about 37" wide and looks...
Thanks on the congrats. On the Blackburn: As known it was a calm day for a fast race. It was a blazing start with the Westport Racing Skiff...
Thanks for the vote of confidence Jon! Tallman and all - I'll post build, detailed specs, handling, etc after this weekend's race. Basic...
jumping in Greetings all. John Aborn told me about this forum about a month ago. Wow...many years of design discussion here! I designed and built...
