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In my maritime career we always had hydraulic starts installed on the lifeboat diesel. Do any of you run them on your auxiliary diesels on sailboats?

Do you have any pictures of that giant Pinky?

not to mention that you can often buy a large steel vessel for a dime on the dollar when you compare what a build today costs vs. buying one.

I think building a strong but lightweight dinghy is pretty simple. What I like about the OC is the large flat gunwale to sit on. It looks great for surfing, free diving, and fishing.

I was only asking because those prices seeemed a little higher than where I’m at in Texas. As far as the Coosa I just built a Prototype boat that made extensive use of Coosa and it was way over engineered for its intended use. Pound for pound Coosa is weaker and waaaaay more expensive than...

What country are you in?

I’m sure there’s an acoustic device you could put in the water that would send them scurrying away. Just need the frequency and volume. The nave kills whales all the time. You just need to irritate them. From what I understand they might possibly be doing this just for fun. Otters, dolphins...

once they appear and start fiddling with your vessel there’s no way you could sail/motor away from them. For what you’re asking to be possible you’d first have to be able to exceed 35mph.

Probably about 1000 years

Just read it and couldn’t disagree more. I just bought the materials for an upcoming 16’ rowming Dory build. It will be pound for pound a lighter build than the OC and likely more durable. I believe I bought 3 pieces of aquatec 4mm marine ply ($64 per), I already have the fiberglass, epoxy and...

I’m not sure. I’ll go back and do so if not

A couple comets to add. I’ve worked extensively as a composite fabricator and built many lightweights and some not so lightweight boats. somebody mentioned marine ply. I know for a fact you count meet or exceed the OC numbers with 1/4” marine ply and 6oz glass. If you don’t want to vac bag...

Do you have any photos of the stretched HB33? I’m interested in an HB 30/33.

What boat did you end up choosing. I’m really interested in the HB30 as well.