Yes it will, you'll be surprised at how much power that little briggs puts out. Nice low down chugging with the right prop. I'm pretty sure you...
I think you'll find that a lot of the big boats with big power being built these days have soft mounts and flexible couplings with thrust...
That's good to know sand crab, sounds well tested to me. I wonder what the laminate layup was. It's also good to see that it can bent into...
On one of my more recent jobs I had to cut in an access panel into the engine room of a 85' swan. There was never much thought put into access to...
So over here we have tyvek and typar. the typar is probably equal to your soft and is not good for sails. There are also company's that make tyvek...
hello sh, are you gluing down the finish deck? If you are then it can be thinner 5/8 or so then the seams will need polysulfide or the like. If...
Try using Tyvek building paper instead of polytarp, it has nearly 0 stretch. 3M makes a spray contact cement called 77 spray, wicked good stuff....
Well there's some cool news. What is Annie Hill sailing these days? Still Badger? I thought I heard a while ago she and peter(?) were building a...
Their all making piles o money so I doubt their prices will drop. Sure would be nice if they did though the cost of epoxy sure is a high hurdle...
2 sheets of 3/8" fir ply, 2 sheets of 1/2", 6 1x3x14 pine, 1 2x4x12, two large tubes of PL premium, some ss deck screws can be turned into a skiff...
leeboards, think leeboards. Check out the book "Canoe Rig", there is all the info you need. I junk rigged a 17'6" canoe years ago, yep two masted,...
nasher, Well that's a cool project, what a great looking engine. Opposed cylinders! It does remind me of a b seagull. Where did you ever find...
hello shoggard, On the beach in Indonesia? Got monkey's? Can I come help? The sup deck should be sealed somehow, epoxy and glass would do well but...
Hello Nasher, well, I've tried that hose trick. I've built 4 of those Asian long shaft outboards, the first one was a 5 hp briggs. I thought the...
hello mjohnson, what do you mean you hate grinding? You must become one with the grinder and let your mind go to your happy place. If you do this...
qk, oh yes, I saw one of those at the maine boat builders show in Portland last year. shoestring is there every year with nice no frills, simple,...
hello unciv, I've worked with a fair amount of nida core. Pretty good stuff, light, stable, strong and mostly unaffected by moisture. We have used...
qkarl, you can have a straight stem with about the same angle and it will carry the flare forward which will give you a drier ride. Check out the...
say what,the non skid I just helped my friend with was done the way he wanted to do it. I tried to get him to do one coat first and then sprinkle...
now we're talking,i've been watching this thread, almost gone full circle. For about the last 20 yrs I have seen awlgrip griptex used over and...
