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looking sharp!

https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/short-sliding-seat/ is Ben's article.

Tom, I will probably be starting my build shortly and will attempt to document it in reasonable detail.

Thanks, Overland. I think that you all have sold me on the whitehall. I had seen your build before, and your bike transport setup was what sold me on SOF boats, since I wanted to take mine down to...

Thanks for the PM, I tried to reply, but I am far from expert at working this particular forum software. You may have 0 replies or maybe 4?

Yes, I had mostly intended to work along the coast, I...

I'm wondering if anyone here has opinions between these two designs. I know that the stretch whitehall is pretty proven, but I suspect at 15' it's a heavier boat than the peapod version. Boat is...

Now that I live close to the bay, I think about rowing a lot, so I've been looking through some old threads (hence the reopen). Probably going to build a butler pacific trolling dory, but wanted to...

Did you ever find a design you liked for this, Rick?

yeah, not me, also reported to the admin.

Thanks for putting this together, Tom! I've definitely not seen a bunch of these before.

I will note, though, that when I need to search for things, I usually have better luck going to google and...

luomanen, have you taken your Scout out on the bay, or do you consider it a boat mostly for more protected waters?

This is not me, but a series I stumbled on the other day while looking at youtube videos of the 70-48, where the builder has been a participant a few times. Thought that it might be of interest to...

so glad to catch up on this (apparently at some point gmail started eating my forum emails) and see that there's been so much progress. the boat is looking great. I finally made my move back to the...

I'm a pretty big person, but I do count the well against them, mostly for space reasons, but the inconvenience is also a factor.

Maybe what I actually want is a smaller boat and a Pen Hir, which...

I wouldn't worry overmuch about thread drift; it's at least 2-3 years and 1 or more practice boats before I would start working on any of these. I've found the whole thread extremely educational...

I've definitely spent some time thinking about that design series, or going with something more modern-looking (and likely simpler to build) like the Didi 23 or 26. It's quite a time to have so many...

I have! I've also read your Stir Ven consideration thread where you went with the Seil (just for context).

Being based out of, say Berkeley Marina would make most delta sailing either a...

Thanks so much for all your responses, I have a lot to think about.

As for tolerance, it's definitely hard to tell the future. The kids are 5 and 9 now, in a year or three they will be in very...

Hi all.

In the next few years I want to start a substantial building project, and like many others, I'm quite taken by Vivier's designs, aesthetically. However, there are four of them clustered...

Thanks for all the replies. I'll give a few of these some serious thought. The Heron and Mirror seem a bit heavy, though. Hard to find the details on the duck punt (amazing example, though, Rob!)...

Hi all,

I've recently purchased plans for the Storer Viola: https://www.storerboatplans.com/boatplans/viola-sailing-canoe-plan-cartop-sailing-dinghy/

While it's probably what I'll end up...