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Thanks a lot, I'm considering this boat as my next/last boat and it really helps the decision process to see one under construction.
It looks like you are doing a great job.:ycool:
How long have...

Thanks, It looks great!

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Hey colo.sail, I would love to see some pictures of your build if you have them.

I look forward to following your progress. Mist was one of the boats on my list when I was trying to decide what to build. My memory is too poor to remember why I went with the Wee Seal in the end. I...

I have a 8hp. honda four stroke in a well on my Wee Seal. (port side). It is quite noisy because the enclosure amplifies the sound. Prop doesn't come out of the water. Reversing I have no...

Thanks for the kind comments.|:)

This past weekend I went out for a two night trip to an island 15 miles away. The sailing wasn't great but on the way home the wind suddenly kicked up. It was...

These aren't really great shots. I wasn't aware there was the big wrinkle in the sail. It starts out nice and flat but after a couple of hours the wrinkle starts to form as the halyards stretch or...

There are some interior pictures on the construction thread but I don't think I have any since I launched.

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As you might know, I built and am sailing a Wee Seal so I can give you my two cents. The cockpit is certainly smaller than the Beniguet's would be. OK for two but more would be crowded, I think. The...

As you might know, I built and am sailing a Wee Seal so I can give you my two cents. The cockpit is certainly smaller than the Beniguet's would be. OK for two but more would be crowded, I think. The...

I built this recently using free plans from this gentleman ;http://koti.kapsi.fi/hvartial/ossauray/auray_u.htm
Then I installed the bulkheads and (the best part|;)) I sawed it up into three...

congratulations! Looks great.

Penetanguishene.



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I'm trying to get a map from google to display but it's not happening. Oh well.

Saturday was a perfect sailing day.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLmHO7wlGdI


A short movie of where I anchored for the night. This is what I was dreaming about during all those years of...

It would be prettier without the wrinkle but I was excited to have the dock to myself so I could take the picture an didn't peak the peak enough.
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Here is a link to the building thread;
http://forum.woodenboat.com/showthread.php?120660-Building-a-Wee-Seal-%28very-slowly%29
or if you don't feel like scrolling thru the pages, here is a video...

. Probably the latter,;)
I was imagining having to adjust the centreboard and playing with the sails and I didn't have to do a thing. It may be a different story with real waves or stronger winds...

Kairos, I didn't take it as negative at all, more that I was embarrassed at how unseamanlike it look and wanted to make an excuse. BY:D

Thanks to Keyhaven potterrer who pointed out that I would...

Thanks for watching and the comments.
Re: the blocks on the traveler, I think in the one of the videos, they are capsized and a real mess. Part of the reason is because things were way out of...

I should have mentioned just what boat I'm talking about:D right?

Oughtred Wee Seal mk. 11


Anyway I wanted to give a little performance write-up for anybody who might be interested in...

Last thurs, I went for my first sail. I've had quite a hard time getting the main sail to set right and for the yard to work properly. There was very little wind, which was good so I played around...

Thanks again for all the comments, I'm still floating around on a cloud somewhere but back to work tomorrow, that should bring me back down to earth.|;)

Thanks, all. I don't contribute much to other people's thread (and when I do I usually put my foot in my mouth:o) but I don't think I could have gotten it done without the advice and info on this...

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The next day, sat, I rigged up the spars.It took quite a while to figure it all out.

http://i1000.photobucket.com/albums/af127/johnbold/launching%20day/Picture129.jpg?t=1304866701

I was very...

I started a launch thread over in misc. http://forum.woodenboat.com/showthread.php?130752-Wee-Seal-Launch.........&p=2981994&posted=1#post2981994

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The marina staff gave took the lines and I back in...
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I'm still getting used to the idea that it finally happened, after 8 years and 11 months of effort. Everything went well apart from getting it out of the driveway which I knew would be a struggle. I...

Thanks for the advice and the pictures. I'm sure there will be many things like that given my level of ignorance. I read about Kelpie being a mythical water horse which makes it quite approprate for...

Where are my manners?:d I should of first off said thanks for showing the interest and the nice things you said!
Next, a small confession to make; I have had a terrible time thinking of a suitable...

The launch is scheduled for this weekend.|;) The wet cold spring has made things difficult but I'm more or less ready.
It's outside the garage at last but there's still no room to take a decent...

It will be nine years for me this June but it will be in the water barring some kind of unnatural disaster. And this is just a 18' 1500lb. displacement boat.
As I'm sure you know, it's not the...

Good to see that he is back at it. I remember reading his website "Nautical follies" back in '03. I realize his choices of construction materials and techniques are sometimes questionable but none...

Making the spars was the most enjoyable part of building my boat. A 16' mast, 10' boom and 12' yard. I used the power planer to true and clean up the stock after the glue up. Once it was a nice...

I need a week to do some gluing and painting before moving it out to set up the rigging. And it's just too damn cold. It barely gets above freezing in the afternoons outside the garage never mind...

OK, looks like a piece of 2x10 fir, q.sawn no doubt then there's something weird going on with the piece of 1x6 mahogany next to it. If you follow the left most edge it strangely morphs into a shaft...

Dylan, I have finally got around to joining up. My prospects of surviving another Canadian winter have just improved considerably.|:) Thanks!

Well, it's disappointing to learn that Bud McIntosh and Greg Rossel don't know what they are doing, since they both recommend this device.
Have any of you naysyers actually tried this? I have and...

I've been day dreaming about the same sort of questions too lately. Way back when I started down the boatbuilding road I really wanted to build a "real" wooden boat the traditional way. I didn't...

Thanks for the compliments Lew. The paint and varnish looks much better in pictures than real life so the plan is to keep onlookers at a distance, with a pointed stick, if necessary.|;)

I'm just...

Thanks for the comments Al, I will have to try and figure out how to make a Turks head knot.|;)

Hi' Peter, I didn't take your comment as criticism at all. My attempt at humor just didn't work, that's all. As far as whats left to do; I bought the sails from Sailrite so I could drag it out into...

Hi Peter, thanks for the comments.
Agreed regarding the location of the jib block but "I'm just following orders, sir." namely thats how they are on the plan. I think its because the cut of the jib...

I think the V is to hold the blades of the oars. (There was two but the other one fell through a hole in the bottom while you were trailering it home.) The metal part slides into a bracket on the aft...

Hmmmm, you're on to something there, I think....BY:D

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I had a similar experience as Eddiebou, started with a slight bend, ripped it glued it together and ended up with a slight bend. Then when I began tapering it I tried to take the bend out again but,...

Yes, it's brass. My idea, it's to protect the paint from the blocks. I bought the brass sheet to make something for the window trim but couldn't make anything that looked right so I found another...

I haven't posted for a while but I have kept plugging away.

Most of the deck fittings are dry fitted. And something that has been bothering for a long time is finally settled. Namely the...

It's been eight long years since I did this however. if I am understanding you correctly, I kept the face of the inner stem the same width for it's entire length( new keyboard, why did the text...

Just to clarify, you do realize there isn't a proper rabbit as in traditional construction? There is an inner stem which must be trimmed to the correct angle for the planks to land on which is easily...