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So I am thinking about a pontoon/barge to transport building materials like wood and concrete to an island. It won't be used in heavy seas, if it's too windy it won't be used. Distance from shore is 8km, in an archipelago. I'm thinking about a couple pontoons about 500mm in diameter, square...

Hi all! I purchased a 1950's 25 foot Raven class sailboat last fall. After a winter of interior work I have flipped the boat and moved on to doing repairs to the hull. The hull is 5 ply of mahogany strips cold molded and of course has 70 years of aging repairs and issues to deal with. I have a...

I'm a US national living in India at the moment. I want to design and make a rowboat, preferably out of wood, and row from India to America sometime next year. I have a very good working knowledge of math and physics because of my education and I am also excellent with tools and...

Greetings. My past boat was fiberglass, it was pretty maintenance free-- I just cleaned it, replaced zincs and bottom paint and that was about it. But I just saw a boat that is cold molded and in every other way it seems like a fantastic boat. But I'm concerned about it being a "wood boat"...

I'm itching to build another skiff. Ointment doesn't help. This time the design will be for a more robust hull that can handle rougher water. It will be a little beamier with 7 feet wide at the gunwales stitch and glue design if I get to build it. I may build a canoe too. If so this is where...

Hi! I'm (very, very) new to boatbuilding. Meaning I've only bought a book about it that I didn't receive yet. The closer I got to boatbuilding is making searches on internet about it. I had this idea to build a Viking faering with a sail/a big canoe with a sail. I'd like it to be between 5 and...

My 2020 project was begun in January and here is my progress report as of Saturday 14th March 2020. Still upside down on the jig having spray rails fixed to the bottom panels and chine. The aft section of the keel band is glued and pegged in place with dowels.

Just got a hand built boat from my grandfather and come to find out it needs much mite repair then I intended. I work construction and consider by self very handy but boat repair is pretty new to me! The hull has some rot and transom needs replacing...my main question is how should I go about...

Hi Im looking to build a quick and cheep sole for my aluminium boat. Im planing to just use untreated wood painted with some linseed oil to give some more years. I have had some corrosion problem with treated wood, can untreated wood and linseed oil have bad effect on aluminium?

Hey All, First post here. Looking for some educated advice and insight. Liking to build a cedar strip kayak. Easily loadable (14ft +\-). I’m a novice paddler but avid woodworker. I am about 225lbs. It would be ideal if there were a spot for me dog. I would use it to fish/paddle on inland lakes...

So am planning a SOF roing boat; design not finalized but along the lines of a Gentry Ruth, Wherry, Whitehall style about 15-18 feet long. I'd like it to be as stout and seaworthy as possible as I plan to use it on big lakes (Lake Superior near shore, Rainy Lake on the Canadian border, etc) as...

I am in Satun for a refit - Wharram Tiki 38 and I am looking for wood to replace my decks. Anyone can point me to a place to get this there? Thanks! Patrick

Can you vacuum infuse wood? Could you CNC pieces out of lumber that fit the mold perfectly and has flow channels? Hi, I'm new here and I've been dreaming of living on a big ship for a while now. Ideally a large powered cat. But the more I read I realize the enormity and cost of a build. I'm...

Good Afternoon, Starting with a 55'x10.5' wooden New York Commuter, she's framed roughly every 14" and double planked. Having not yet gotten into her, I had some ideas and was looking for opinions. She's old, like 1928 old, and therefore definitely not as strong as she used to be. She's also...

I am restoring a 1976 Islander 28 and the inside wood is sort of sticky. I have no idea what is on the wood. Here is what I do know, it is a little sticky and the finish leaves marks (light brownish yellow) on anything that rubs against it. There are drip marks in some places. I have sprayed a...

This is a liso barca. A new italian wooden runabout.

This is a liso barca. A new italian wooden runabout.

My last boat

My last boat

My last boat