55 feet squared. you do realize that there are literally millions of boats out there doing just fine and dandy on what you would call unsafe and...
I mucked around with it a bit yesterday, took the boom off the 55 ft2 balanced lug on my dingy, put a short rope on the front end of the yard, and...
lol, I've watched that video about 8 times and I'm still not sure that some law of physics isn't being at least bent if not broken :) I'll have...
I'm working on a small proa, well, actually, I'm wishing I had time to work on it :rolleyes: and I got to wondering if a shunting proa might not...
Hi I glued the end sections together last night, one came out pretty dang good, but the other is off about 2 mm at the bulkhead where they bolt...
sounds like a good idea actually, the screw would also be completely enclosed in epoxy so never get wet, and the epoxy fill is probably stronger...
nice little boat, bit heavier than you were looking for but it should be a good sail boat for 1 or 2 although it might be a tad crowded for 2. No...
Hi Just starting a Wa'apa from Gary Dierkings book "Building Outrigger Sailing Canoes" [ATTACH] The Wa'apa can be built as a 16' or 24'...
My pleasure, folks here were very patient and helpful to me when I started out here :) that's about what I'd pay for polyester based epoxy, you...
I don't know much about boat design but within a minuet into the first video I was thinking that these are tri guys. the proa evolved to get the...
the v-bottom 12 looks like a decent boat, simple, fairly stable, flotation fore and aft, 2 less panels so easier and quicker to build, looks like...
It sounds like you're off to a great start. Stitch and glue is pretty simple, but will be MUCH harder and much more work on a six panel boat than...
sounds like you're building for the right reasons :) The puddle duck is just about getting a boat on the water, I'd never build one now but I can...
