Where this beach is, there's no boat launches for many miles north and south. Literally an hour's drive either direction to a suitable proper boat...
She has to remain flat bottomed to slide up the beach and be loaded on the trailers, as well as being able to float shallow enough to be handled...
I've had this idea burbling around in my head for about a year that the Pacific City dory needs an update, and there's only a few people who want...
I see what you're saying Alan, that's a very interesting way to think about it. I'll be putting in a pair of fish boxes that will give...
I wish it were a radius issue, but it's an extremely uneven flat surface. E
I'm looking for plan B right now, so ignore the fiber tech panels. What would one do with a solid glass transom of about 3/8" thick hand laid...
The panels that I cut are 1/2" fir press laminated with 18oz roving and gelcoat on both sides. I ground the glued side down to glass for good...
Alright, I ran into a hiccup. Here's the existing transom on the Salty Pup: [img] I planned on building it out with 5/8" of ply cored...
Easy, I went traditional over contemporary. Glass, S3 water-reducible high build primer, and a coat of Kirby Grey Green oil based. It is cake to...
Speaking of outboards in wells, you hit on one of my personal boats, I built it in 2006: [img] She's great for a reasonably wide range of...
A question was raised early on about contemporary thinking in the semi-displacement hullform and how Atkin's boat is premier in efficiency for the...
Alan, I was out of town and wasn't able to access this, thanks for posting. So laminating 2 sheets of 1/4" okoume and sheathing it in 6oz woven...
So here I sit trying to figure out how I'm going to build out my cabin roof. Thought I'd come to the pros to see what ideas they might have....