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05-25-2023, 05:23 AM
I think I've learned a few by now. Always more to learn, though.
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05-25-2023, 05:18 AM
Thanks for the details of your painting method. Worth the effort of doing it again.
That 1880 dinghy is inspirational.
Ian
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05-24-2023, 04:16 PM
Thanks Thad. You're absolutely right.
Cheers,
Ian
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05-24-2023, 04:13 PM
Beautiful job of the dinghy, Mike. Great photos of the boatyard too. It must be a fascinating place.
Cheers,
Ian
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05-24-2023, 04:50 AM
Hi Mike. Yes, the wallpaper steamer works well. My wife Alison got the poly tubing when she had a retirement job in a home soft-furnishing shop,...
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05-22-2023, 04:52 AM
Hello Nick, Thanks for that good advice. Yes, water ballast would be easily adjustable, and would float if the container wasn't quite full
I...
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05-19-2023, 05:01 AM
Thanks, John. That's constructive.
Thanks, Steve. I thought it might fit on the roof of Kotik, which it sort of does but is too much in the...
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05-17-2023, 04:31 AM
Thanks, Andrew. I'm trying not to be too obsessed with them.
Ian
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05-17-2023, 04:30 AM
Hi Andrew. It's a little bit disappointing, really. When (if?) you launch yours, take some ballast for the stern, too.
Ian
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05-17-2023, 04:15 AM
Thanks Andrew. Yes, I think with that extra mould it will be alright now.
I spiled the next plank this afternoon.
Ian
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05-16-2023, 07:56 PM
Very nicely done, Jim.
Ian
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05-16-2023, 07:42 PM
Thanks for the comments, Jeff, Mike and Andrew.
So, I cut out the next pair of planks ("broadstrakes") and did a dry fit with no steaming. ...
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05-16-2023, 06:05 PM
Well, we finally got around to launching our Feather Pram dinghy, on Sunday 30th April 2023, a nice fine day with a very light wind. We were at the...
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05-16-2023, 04:10 PM
We have got Kotik all clean and dry and put to bed for the winter. When I can get my new Hvalsoe dinghy off the stocks I will put Kotik back in the...
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“Old Joke: ‘A bench fitter works to the nearest thousandth of an inch. A loco fitter (steam) works to the nearest inch. A shipwright works to the nearest ship’.”
Alan Byde, Canoe Design and Construction, Pelham Books, 1978
“...old maxim, 'A fair line supersedes any given measurement'.”
Allan H. Vaitses, Lofting, International Marine, 1980
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