hello! I am interested in reading about construction of Viking ships. Does anyone know some good books about Viking ships? (it is ok, if they...
hi! I am interested in looking at designs of trailerable sail boats. Can you guys point me to designs and constructions of trailerable sail...
hello! I am curious about techniques for carvel planking thin planks (9mm or 3/8 inch) and wonder if there are any good techniques for this. I...
hello! I have been reading some texts on naval architecture, and there is reference to Velocity Prediction programs. But, I find very few...
hi! I am looking to buy a paring chisel and a slick of about 1 1/2" and 2" size and would like to get some suggestions for a good model. Does...
hello! I have a ballast keel (cast iron) that is heavily rusted and I want to have it cleaned and painted. My plan is to hire someone to...
hello! I am restoring a wooden sailing boat, that has a cast iron keel. The frames are fastened to the planking with copper rivets. I have to...
hi! I am curious to read about how Kayaks were built before the advent of the strip plank epoxy techniques. Does anyone have any references...
hello! Does anyone know of a comparision of Vectorworks and TouchCAD. The biggest difference seems that TouchCAD specifically has features for...
hello! I have original drawings of the type in the picture attached. Along with the drawings I have the dimensions of the boat as specified in...
hello! I am curious to know if there are any designers who design new boats but in the style of the old sailing pilot cutters, fishing trawlers...
hi! Does someone here recognize this type of boat? The name on the model says "Newfoundland Fisherman's Launch, circa 1890". Any idea where...
hi all! I am renovating a sail yacht from 1908 and it has an iron ballast keel. The keel is around 1.5tons and has 7 iron bolts size M26. The...
Hi! I am trying to find the cost of transporting a boat between USA and Europe, eventually to Sweden. The boat's displacement is 5800lbs and...
hi! I am trying to find a source for Butternut wood in Europe. Does anyone here know of some good importer? If it is going to be hard to find...
hi! I wonder if anyone here has experience with building good jigs for laminating frames. Mr. Pardey describes a professional one used at...
hi! I am looking for a poster published by the Mystic Seaport Museum maybe in the 70s or 80s. The poster is of a boat called "FOX" that is in...
hi! I am looking for recommendations for an electric outboard motor for an 18feet wooden sailboat with a long keel, that is sailed most of the...
hi! Does someone have info. on what the ballast ratio was for the original rescue boats desgined by Colin Archer? Thanks Mohan
hi! I have been building boats with traditional methods and use epoxy or resorcinol for gluing laminated frames etc. But am curious about the...