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that thing is going to stop some traffic on the ramp!

It's an interesting idea. In a mast of this size, I doubt if there was any real internal pressure. It's about 18x3.5 at the base, tapered. Most likely I clamped my exquisite, super-accurate...

Rob, where is your Coquina now?

The inside was painted with pox. Bruce, I could have glue-starved it when I clamped it. I am thinking I might, as you say, go heavy demolition and force the splits, reglue, and go on my way. I...

Hi Jake: Would you use epoxy? I have 3m filler. I was thinking Gflex rather than straight pox...and yes I could put a bee hole in or remove a screw and put a shop vac on it.

The above shows the split with the scarf running toward the face of the mast. I am prepared to take any step--open them up or brush on neat followed by slurry. I can get a sharp knife just a bit...

This is the worst one. ...

For the past three years I have been sailing either a Dutchman or a Wayfarer--and our Coquina has mostly been in a garage, unused. We live in the Sierra foothills and it gets very hot in the summer,...

I think this is an interesting craft. It is lacking some of Sjogin's drop dead perfection, such as the doghouse, but still...cool boat.
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CStevens: That's pretty close. Very nice hull by the way. I LOVE the structure. My boat weighs 69 lbs without the sliding seat, which it has. I am using Carbon Fiber because I have some laying...

A pen and paper rendition of the ACTUAL OUTRIGGER. This is why I was once invited to a party by Ron Wood. We both draw stuff, and play the guitar. ...

BEHOLD. Here is my amazing Master Drawing. All those years of drafting classes paid off.
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This shows the inboard foot position of the outrigger The titanium version had about a 6" foot. I can increase or decrease--I have some carbon fiber laying around. The Cassette, which will form a...

This shows the angle and location of the outrigger.
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Well, gentlemen, and hello Tom--if I recall you have a Walkabout and we met and talked once at the South End Club--hopefully not misremembering you--I have a sketch. And damn, it sure is AMAZING...

I have a beautiful Annapolis Wherry. The original builder was an engineer who died soon after it was completed--the boat was never painted or launched (I don't think this is a haunted ship or...

Great photos!

Bump. I love sailing skiffs. Anything new on this?

Great repair. Congrats.

I am making no conclusions whatsoever that I didn't already have. I don't trust an end grain glue up.

The guy calls himself a professor of mythology. Hmmmm.

If this is true, it's not going to change boatbuilding, but it is a fascinating thing to ponder. I would never trust an end joint over a...

Jake: Yes as to physics. I will challenge her to show some load calculations. In the summer she trades options and there are difficulties getting her to focus away from her gambling obsession with...

that leaves the issue of that unusual spreader system....any commentary? Is that common on some craft? I have not seen that before.

Jake, you have always given me good advice. That is a very simple solution. I also have some scrap spruce that could be used to fill. THANKS.

The grey rough areas are where the "builder" routed the two blanks for the bolt rope track--then left them unfinished, unprotected. Not saying you are wrong. This might be a vote towards building a...

Odd spreader setup; might work well, but makes for an obstacle if we decide to cringle the sail and use it with a lace up luff. We could simply raise it and add the jib tackle on a sheet....The...

Sharp edges in bolt rope channel. YIKES.
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My wife bought a little 14 ft. planing boat to sail this summer while I work (she is a physics teacher and gets summers off, sort of). It has a wooden boom and mast, remainder plastic. The hull and...

I looked over my wife's should a month or two ago, and she was writing an email entitled, Husband Agonizes Over Painting Boat, then Paints It Green. She then attached several photos of boats I have...

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very nice. i have always liked that design. I bought plans but then built something else--a Wisp I think. ANyway, great to see a good skiff being born.

Cold weather can cause some interpretive difficulty on whether epoxy is mixed correctly. I have had it take DAYS to cure in a garage that was below freezing at night, and maybe 40s in the daytime....

Now that sure is interesting. WHAT IF...someone were to build a model like that of a Wayfarer...using lines of course...a boat notorious because no plans are available...hmmmm.

The internet, and boat nuts, collide to make a unique experiment in the time/space continuum. A couple of months ago someone on Facebook had written a couple of posts about building a skiff--and...

I would have freaked out. But wooden boats can be fixed. I looked for my favorite boat in all of France, if not the world, and did not see one. See below for the Cormoran. If you know where to...

ARE YOU KIDDING ME? http://forum.woodenboat.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=65625&d=1596717817&thumb=1

I have an annapolis wherry that weighs 68 lbs unrigged. Not decked though...

Stunning.

Is this Dave's old boat?
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Your build choice looks very good in stripped planking; I looked at the link and build photos. Boatbuilding wisdom says, Use best materials you can afford. I have never built a stripper but it...

it's a wonderful design. Looks great. Can you build sails? It is a very big savings to build your own sails. I can't, my wife has built six however. She has done a couple of kits and the remainder...

I have always thought they were drop dead gorgeous.

Maybe waterline and below is not quite as wide as a Wayfarer. I have a CL16 which is a Canadian version. By eyeball, the CL16 might have a wider, flatter bottom plank at the stern. The CL16 will...

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From Facebook: We gathered a few small boats for the first sea trials of "Bluto", the first RoG 15 in Europe (and second in the world). Bluto had already been tried in fresh water on a lake, but it...

It has a muscular, function over form look. Reminds me of a Land Rover from the 60s.
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I find this boat very appealing I don't like the black sails but that is subjective cosmetic choice. This reminds me of a Wayfarer with a small top. The below waterline dimensions look very much...

The lug will be docile, and jibing with a lug is a very calm affair, relatively. I converted my Coquina to lug--altering a Herreshoff requires either hubris or ignorance--and I hvae never missed the...

that is not the photo from WB. THat is just a random image of those boats. It looks very small compared to the WB article.

WOW! THat is some real artistry. I wish my son would throw his damn screen away and get interested in this. We have a wonderful, unrigged pond yacht on our piano. Someone had put it out for trash...