Ahoy All You may be aware of Woodenwidget who sell dinghy plans for the spatially challenged. Using the most popular design, the Fliptail,...
Ahoy all, As far as I can work out Copper in its pure form does not leech into the environment but at high enough levels can cause trout to lose...
Ahoy All, Yes, I am the forum member unhappy with the Coppercoat. I agree though that the reason it's not particularly efficient is because there...
Blue water boat, small versus large Just to make it clear, I never said bad weather could be avoided entirely. I said that the worst of the...
your first boat Ahoy David, Might I suggest a Fliptail (http://www.woodenwidget.com/fliptail.htm) I am chronically biased here but if you are...
Small boat for cruising Ahoy All, Some interesting opinions here about cruising in small boats but a couple of points have been forgotten. I...
Ahoy Bertho, My mate Angus has a Darglow on his Flicka. I believe he is happy with it although he would like to adjust the pitch but for that the...
Ahoy Lloyd, Yes, I too have email alerts on this site. Do drop us a line when you're about! To be honest, I think I am just Anal. I suspect...
Ahoy Joakim, Original 2 blader had fairly fine blades and caused a surprising amount of drag. yes it could have been stowed aft of the deadwood...
Ahoy Lloyd, Satisfied with it just being a boat! Never! I agree that $4k is a huge amount to spend but it's less than a new engine, a set...
Ahoy Joakim, The original two blader was fixed, caused drag and could not stop the boat which is heavy. Sailing and stopping performance was...
Oh yeah. I carry a roll of duct tape aboard at all times for a quick repair if needed but that Dacron cloth is incredibly tough and I haven't...
The Stasha was born of a need for a very light dinghy. Even adding the thin 4mm ply floors adds a whole 2 kilos, or 20% of the weight of the hull!...
When I first got the Kiwiprop pitch was preset to 21 degrees and the engine could reach 3600 rpm (max) and it was noisy right from the start. I...
