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Alot of nice designs out there..... I built a nice looking pram designed by Ed Monk and featured in his book. I'd like to make one suggestion however; why not go for a dingy thats designed to be...

Whoa there!!! You've just asked enough questions to keep a naval architect or yacht designer busy lecturing for several hours...... anyway, although I'm neither, I'll give you my take on your...

"...I've been doing a lot of rowing with my Shellback lately and everytime I'm out I'll try a little sculling. I haven't had much luck over the transom, ..."

Sculling over the transom (using the...

Ummm, I'm not an expert on powering runabouts, but are you sure you need all that much power? As I recall, the Rascal design is only some 14 feet long. I remember seeing a very similar design a...

Ummm, I'm not an expert on powering runabouts, but are you sure you need all that much power? As I recall, the Rascal design is only some 14 feet long. I remember seeing a very similar design a...

Ummm, I'm not an expert on powering runabouts, but are you sure you need all that much power? As I recall, the Rascal design is only some 14 feet long. I remember seeing a very similar design a...

Spent some time in the Mold Loft at Mare Island Naval Shipyard some years ago when I worked there. Imagine a hardwood floor - devoid of pillers or roof supports - large enough to loft a full size...

First of all, if the CAD program is equiped with the proper algorythm then, yes, the lines will print out fair. This, of course, assumes the designer (both the boat and the program designers) didn't...

From your description, it sounds like a tensile failure. I do not think that simply filling the crack with glue (or epoxy) is sufficient! Mabey if the crack was vertical, OK, but the horizontal...

Hold on there! Before you go around running up expensive lab bills just to find out whether or not the fasteners were the proper alloy; I think you need to back up and think about this. Besides, the...

I came across one sailboat owner (San Francisco Scow Schooner - in Eagle Harbor, Wa.) who just used two jelly jars with colored Christmas lights stuck thru the lids and then sealed with goop. ...

Ian,
Your story of the faulty computer provided plans is classic!!! Regardless of how the plans are produced, they are only as accurate as the diligence, care, and attention to detail practiced...

Why don't you just paint the bottom with a Teflon type antifouling paint?!! It's alot easier than reinventing the wheel. Besides, even copper plating isn't totally proof against fouling and it is...

Pure CLASS !!! The only suggestion I would make is that mabey you might consider doing the design on bow boards (with or without the boat's name added). That way, you could finish it whichever way...

I was thinking that if your boat wasn't too big, why not strip out the cushions and electronics and then take her out and sink her somewhere protected - like in a neighbor's swimming pool.

When it comes to building a steel hull, you do not want a monocoque design (way too heavy). In a steel hull, the longitudinals are the primary support for the steel plate and the frames are there to...

Sounds like the hinge was bedded in caulking to protect the wood. Otherwise water will get up behind the hinge plate and cause problems with rot. I would advise that you also bed the new hinge in...

That must be some boat you're working on!!! You sure you want tanks (plural?) that are 6 foot on a side? That comes to: 216 cubic feet = 1620 gallons of fuel = 11,340 lbs (diesel oil). One thing...

Strictly speaking, 3M-5200 is a marine adhesive. Bedding your chainplates in the stuff will probably work but you're right about it being PERMANENT. There won't be any future removal of those...

The thing to remember about yacht/boat designers (and Nav Archs) is that unless they are designing a boat specifically for a client (that is: designing the boat to the client's specifications) they...

Previous replies about the graphite being OK because it will be insulated by the epoxy is basically correct. What you want to understand about graphite, however, is that it's danger with regard to...

Toredo worms need salt water to survive. In the old days, a ships captain would sail up a fresh water river for a few days just to kill the little buggers. since I know you'll probably wind up...

Based in San Francisco (at least they used to be). Oh yea, and they don't do much with woodenboats. Otherwise, they are an engineering and design firm of some considerable size and reputation. ...

Coastie,
Seems to me that your problem is partly your wifes fault since she is obviously being so uncooperative as to allow you to build your boat in the one place which the army will allow: ...

"Good idea, Mike! I guess there's no reason the WOOD has to be heated. ..."

You have it wrong, Rocky. The primary reason for heating the garage in the first place is specifically to heat the...

Casem,
The extra support block which Ian suggests makes alot of sense, in some cases -if you do it right. What is being seen in the photos is pictures of oarlock "risers" (not the extra...

Randy, keep in mind that if those plans are blue-line plans (most likely) then making a couple of working copies (one half-size and one full size) might be a good idea simply because blue-line prints...

Check out the Svensons.com site but do yourself a favor and order the CD.... It is well worth it due to the time factor (they scanned the pages of the old magazines so you can have some slow...

Just for the heck of it, here is what is known as the Galvanic Series. The closer two different metals are, the more compatible. Please note that this chart is approximate and is subject to change...

Seems you've tried just about everything but what usually fails in a typical breaker-point ignition system: the condensor. Even if your distributor cap were cracked, you'd still get some kind of a...

Gert,
Increasing the scantlines of a design by 10% is one thing (generally it works out OK) but having the patterns increased by photo-reproduction is quite another. I think that it is a very...

Rick,
Regarding the use of masks when building with epoxy..... the reason the MSDS doesn't require the use of (activated carbon) filtration is because most epoxies aren't that much of a health...

Why tollerate inexpert opinion when you have access to an expert? Richard Jagels has written about oak several times (see his column in WB). The condensed version of the reputed rot resistance of...

I would say go ahead and make the new fittings using the same gross dimensions as the old bronze fittings. The bronze fittings may have been homemade which would explain the use of multiple sheets...

Seems to me that another advantage of those combination trailers is that you don't have to be one of those guys at the bottom of the ramp trying to pull your boat out and only spinning your wheels on...

Great looking boat but you have the picture all wrong . . . I can't see any pretty girls!! Aren't there supposed to be some pretty girls on boats like this? :D :cool:

Round off the appropriate edges so as to prevent fraying of the line . . . Naturally, larger radii will stress the line much less than smaller radii. The design of the cleat will pretty well govern...

Yea, Woodenboat Publishers also publish a number of books (listed elswhere on this website). The best for what you are looking for are three books entitled: "50 Woodenboat Plans", "40 Woodenboat...

The graphite additive in the epoxy on your hull may well do the same thing as Teflon additives; that is that the green stuff will attach but will come off as soon as you get underway. There is one...

Assuming you have something bigger than a dory since that can simply be turned over by a couple of guys..... the best way to turn over a large wood boat is to build a cradle specifically for that...

I would guess that originally the Sunfish and the Sailfish had abrasion protection in the form of a layer of glass. It only makes sense when you think of how the boats were intended to be used. My...

One such product is "CD-2" by Stewart-Warner. One pint will treat 160 gallons so it isn't at all expensive. Comes with a built-in measure....
If you want to know what product the classic car...

It would appear that the answer is UV-A:

(from an information sheet on UV radiation - http://katipo.niwa.cri.nz/lauder/uvinfo.htm)
UV radiation is subdivided into three wavelength bands; UVA...

Darcy,
Nowadays people get caught up in the modern ideal of having the best materials and doing the best job ect.... all very well and good but don't forget that for the better part of five...

Been there, done that, have the scar tissue to prove it. I've been wrestling with a bad back since the age of 22. I have learned to watch out for a few things along the way.

First off is...

The big difference between red lead and white lead is that it is easier to see what part of the boat frame you've treated if you paint it with red lead. Lead does have fungicidal properties although...

Zane, a thousand thankyou's for the heads-up. You have surely earned your pay for the day! I have always had trouble mentally translating a 2 dimensional picture into a vision of the real thing and...

Just another excellent reason why I'd rather tollerate having to deal with "problem" neighbors myself rather than surrendering my freedom to the whimsical dictatorship of a HOA!!! Besides, by...

Bill, nice photo -thanks. Of course I had to download it so I could play with it (adjust brightness, enlarge, sharpen ect.). It looks alot like the boat Humphrey Bogart used in the movie "Key...