Ancient kayaker, I love my kayaks, but I love my dory too. The dory is more seaworthy, has more cargo capacity and is better exercise. If I...
As for me, I had decided on Gig Harbor's 'forward facing rowing system' but they were difficult to deal with- they didn't answer emails, didn't...
I have a South Haven Dory, and I know what you mean about being tender. I don't have any experience with either of the boats you mention, but...
I have built 3 boats of plywood, a 15 foot stitch n glue dory, an 8 foot scow, and a 12 foot rowboat (square stern, pointy bow). The dory was...
The cloth part is easy- use 6 oz fiberglass cloth. You don't need biaxial, or anything fancy. I have only used West Marine resin, but for my...
If I understand you correctly, the deck is dished because the tops beams are too low? If this is so, you can use two beams, one atop the other to...
Could you stack two deck beams, then shave the ends so the middle is taller? Hope you feel better. Chip.
Bravo Earl! Troy, looks like you've got a little competition! Chip.
PAR, where can I get more info on your houseboat designs? I tried googling reccilli yacht designs to no avail. Thanks, Chip.
And there's a plastic pseudo sharpie on the market they're calling a Presto 30, but it seems like the freeboard is a little too high to be a real...
Here's a new 35 foot egret type boat from Ruel Parker with 5'6" headroom (if I can post the attachment)
Troy thanks for the progress reports. Looking forward to more photos. Chip.
Turns out "Mr Sharpie" himself, Ruel Parker has a design for a 28 footer: http://www.parker-marine.com/G28page.html
Thanks for the drawing, Tad. My total knowlege of garveys is Chapelle's American Small Sailing Craft. He has lines for a 26 footer, cat-ketch...
Yeah, I'd like to try it before I coughed up all that cash though. And as I look at the video more, it seems the oars they use are quite short....
