It's actually a Falmouth Quay Punt - I'm so used to saying Channel Cutter because hardly anyone ever knows what I'm talking about when I talk...
I have a small 2 cylinder SABB diesel which came along with an unfinished cold moulded Channel Cutter I purchased, which I'd like to design a...
Full-time or between other jobs/work? Is flat panel foam vac method where you glass on a large vacuum table, then take the glassed rigid panels to...
Very cool. How long have you been building? Outboards or inboards? Dashew has compelling arguments for power & sail being similarly priced. Are...
Yes, I'm in discussions with an architect. Chines are in vogue a bit, but I think they are coming out of the European Classe designs which are...
What is your construction method/material and what are you building? Are you being thrifty with a secondhand rig & sails, etc, or is it all new?...
Thanks - this was about what I had in mind, but it was not based on anything other than intuition.
$4k/ft as a complete build estimate or hull & deck estimation?
I'm not entertaining this idea purely out of an attempt to save money - I'm interested in it because I've been sailing for a long time, and I have...
Wanting to make a foam composite boat from these existing stations is not out of a love of foam boat building, it is merely a small practice...
I understand what you are saying now. In theory, given your preference for vertical strips, battens could run stem to stern and potentially smooth...
Are you able to explain to me why that is? This method of foam construction is very common. Perhaps vertically planked over slats may be better...
Why not horizontally arranged foam pieces like this? [img]
Hi all, I recently came across these station moulds on Craigslist for a Tammie Norrie by Iain Oughtred - designed for a wood build. I was wanting...
Hi all, Could someone school me or point to any relevant existing documentation on how modern bulb fin keels are constructed? Are the internals...
Thank you, very helpful. I think this video of Thierry Dubois building the most beautiful La Louise best illustrates the method I'm interested in....
Thanks everyone - perhaps I didn't describe what I was meaning, or rather, perhaps I am misunderstanding something fundamental in the process....
Hi all, I've researched to the ends of the earth when it comes to homebuilding, and cold moulding comes up again and again as the final solution,...
Hi all, New to boat building and just wondering what methods boatbuilders use to estimate material costs? In the construction industry there are...
