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A quick google search suggests there are a couple of proper lumber yards in your neck of the woods. I’d bet they can supply you with some proper Doug fir. It glued well, is reasonably rot resistant,...

That seems like too much sail area for a hull that size. What's her beam? And the mast seems very slender for a rig that size to boot.

Agree white oak is not the right stuff for the repair, between poor gluing properties and weight. Also it's quite different in strength and other properties from what's already there, I wonder if...

James, my boat hasn't been around long enough to stand the test of time, but I am coming around to the idea that in our climate, a trailer-stored boat with a good cover over it probably doesn't need...

I agree with John. No need to try to get epoxy in there where it will be hard to control and hard to prep the surface.

Is the boat going to live in the water or spend most of its time dry?

Look like an Alerion of some sort.

By the time you cut back a couple of inches from the planks, the hole the transom needs to fill will be a bit bigger than the existing transom. Maybe enough to be a problem.

I have an "Alps Mountaineering" 4-6 person tent for family car camping. It was cheap but the quality isn't great. It looked a lot better in the photos than it does in real life. If I had to do it...

Great to see all the progress you are making, it brings back fond memories for when I was in the home stretch of my build. The boat looks great!

It looks like the plan is suggesting that the shrouds be parcelled and served in the way of the spreaders. You can find a detailed description of the process in this thread:
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What is the condition of the existing varnish? Perhaps you just need to put on a couple of refresher coats rather than 6 additional coats?

Another rec for the simple brother laser printers. We have a 2340

Sounds like you had some symptoms of mild hypothermia. I'm grateful you are sharing the story-- it's good to think over these sorts of experiences afterwards.

Looks fantastic!

The floorboards in my Biscayne 14 are Alaska Yellow Cedar, which, if I recall correctly, is a type of cypress. I originally put Deks D1 on them and they got rather blotchy and did not wear...

My friend’s family had a Pulsifer Hampton for
many years. To the best of my recollection the entire interior including the floor boards was treated with some sort of pine tar and linseed oil boat...

Need to get back to Tomales Bay. Had a great time a few years ago drifting from Dillon beach to nicks cove with my son in his woody El Toro.

Norfolk broads?

El toro rig is a good idea. Leave some play fore and aft and make little T shaped shims out of 1/4” ply so you can adjust the rake to work for the hull.

This is Aubrey. Named after the famous captain of fiction, he loves a good blow, but is a considerably more ludicrous character.

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The double braid J Madison mentions is called Sta Set Vintage.

Marsh cat has a bowsprit and the mast is not right
forward. I am guessing the Goeller design a more of a Cape Cod type with the mast way up in the bow. I doubt you can just drop the Goeller rig into...

Halyards are 1/4” and the stretch is acceptable. Since I am not hoisting a yard I don’t need something bigger for the hand. A bigger line will stretch less. At some point it might add enough windage...

I originally rigged my Biscayne Bay 14 with NER polyester 3 strand for all the running rigging. I have changed the halyards over to Sta Set, I found the 3 strand too stretchy especially for the...

Meranti would be better than okume. Cheaper too most likely.

Watched it this weekend, a good story well told.

There is a lot of information in the archives here on sourcing Doug fir and what to look for. It may answer some of your questions although maybe not where to find the particular stick you are...

Thanks for the tip. It appears to be in print in paperback and available as an e-book.

Robert, an interesting project, I look forward to following it.

Maybe you can put your sketches in a dropbox and post a link.

A lot of others have chimed in, but my gut reaction is that you...

I bought some Holt bags from Trident, shipping to the US was economical and fast. I had trouble finding them for sale in North America.

No such thing as too many clamps for a boatbuilder!

I've got quite a few and am not actually building anything ATM, I'd be happy to lend you some.

More than decent chance it will swell up when you put it in the water. If you put something hard in the crack (for instance epoxy) and the boat swells you may cause more damage.
Will you be able to...

I got an EZ loader that, IIRC, was 800 lb capacity. But it might be a little small for a boat 18' in length.

On my Bolger Gypsy, I think the snotter was held in place on the mast with bee blocks on either side. I laced the sail with forth and back lacing. When hoisting or lowering the sail there was plenty...

Y> good one!

Fantastic! Well done.

What about a light tan or buff color?

Thanks for posting these, I am enjoying them!

It will depend on the terms of the coverage, many policies have exclusions for acts of war. Also, is the place you are going likely to be in the line of fire, or are
you thinking you would not want...

Also visible on the west coast in the eastern sky, rising around the time of sunset

This rule can be stated in different ways; I find it impractical to always be holding the sheet and have a jam cleat for use in moderate conditions. A different way the rule has been stated is to...

I weighted my CB using your method. I don't recall the exact size of the pour but it was 7-8 lbs if I recall correctly. It went fine and as far as I could see the plywood (3/4" Hydrotek meranti)...

There is a mention of a “guard, which fishermen call a cheeserind” in a description of a Muscongus Bay sloop at page 20
of this newsletter of the Friendship Sloop Society:...

I wonder if it’s the reinforcement commonly put over planking on the part of the hull where lobster traps are hauled up.

Incredible book. I'd like to read the other two in the series.

I can't comment on the rigging question, but in the past I have found lots of old bronze spinnaker pole fittings on eBay.

Seems like a pretty solid structure that’s well
tied together to take the forces. I’m no engineer but it seems like the only thing the screws would add is some additional fastening in the event of...

It appears there is something in the nature of a bulkhead in the way of the thwart/cleat, is that right? Unstayed rig?

I used letter punch stamps I borrowed from my FIL, who
was in metalwork trades.

I recall figuring out that I needed to put the HIN in two places, one on the transom and one hidden from view....