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Anyone building a sailboat in the St. Louis Missouri area need a piece of 3/8" plate steel? For a rudder maybe? Will need rust ground off.
I cut out a piece for my rudder, have this left over...very...

Couple of thoughts:
- Measure once, buy twice. Measure twice - still a crap shoot.
- Nobody's going to see both sides of your boat at the same time.
- Everything I've ever built has in it what I...

Thanks for the response Chuck, I thought it would be a costly repair, not for me. I have joined to post over at WCHA - a great site such as this one, thanks...

-sparkg

A friend of mine has this boat, found it in a barn on a farm he bought or someone gave it to him. He was wondering what it was, what it might be worth, has some guy wants to maybe buy it.
Looks like...

Jim, I don't like the planned coaming either, I will be going more traditional as you describe, I've also added the curved raked transom and crown to the deck picked up from the TomCat plans.

Thanks Rich...the hull dimensions are a Selway-Fisher WoodLark...
http://www.selway-fisher.com/Other1013.htm

I actually also bought the plans to a Selway Petrel catboat, a Bolger TinyCat and a...

Thanks all...what I'm seeing is what I thought...12oz biax would be a bit much.
Pipefitter...two layers of 6oz woven with 4oz on interior really appeals to me - especially with one set on a bias on...

Need some opinions on fiberglassing this strip plank catboat. the original plans called for 3/4" by 1/2" thick strips with 8oz woven rove fiberglass cloth on the outside.
I've built it over moulds...

Here's an alternate method for hollow mast - just popped up yesterday from a Selway-Fisher group:

http://waderweb.com/plans/fauxbm/fbm_0.htm

Interesting...seems like a viable way to go for a...

Hey brad9798...I just run over to Creve Coeur Lake, Chesterfield, MO. once in a while, a couple of times over to Carlyle Lake in Illinois...had a Precision 165 for a bit, then a Bateau sailing dinghy...

Hey fellas...I'm a catboat builder and sailor, but a friend of mine pointed this out to me and thought you may be interested:

http://stlouis.craigslist.org/boa/202647148.html

Seems like a great...

A couple of points to remember when making or reading comments about paint...
Are you talking about house paint on raw wood - or on epoxy covered wood/epoxyFiberglass covered wood or plywood hulls? ...

Try here:
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?sts=t&an=cunliffe&y=14&tn=Hand+Reef+and+Steer&x=62

I can't believe that people with that much supposed education and intelligence would waste their time, money and wood on such a stupid endeavor.

I've been going here for epoxy for boats...
http://boatbuildercentral.com/
first used System3, now they have MarinePoxy, cheaper...seems the same to me, there is lot's of info in the bbs from when...

Where'd you get plans for that DanO?
ThanksS!

Don't like the cardboard cover at all...tore mine up thinking it would come right off and expose the spine with the issue information.
Bad choice WB - this is a pretty expensive magazine for 6...

A Google search for "1954 hathaway 35 boat" turned up this link:

http://www.nantucketsailing.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=124&Itemid=112

Down a ways on the page is a builder...

Here's the Matsu****a number:

MS71436CB - stands for Matshu****a 7 1/4" 36 tooth combination blade - has a 5/8" hole

Look it up in Google...here's one:
...

Gunnar...I have the original 2 Mechanix Illustrated magazines with the Crosby article Snipe plans...also have a Acrobat pdf of the original Rudder mag plans - drop me an email, been trying to get a...

This one's good:
http://members.shaw.ca/bawalker/roar2.htm

Or try these...

http://gaboats.com/tutorials/slidingseat_nonav.html

http://www.glen-l.com/designs/canu-row/slidingseat.html

Will...what thickness did you use for a boat that size? 3/4" wide x 1/4" or 1/2" thick?
Thanks!

It's on order from Amazon as we speak ;)

Right Bob...think I'll stick (pun intended) with the thickened epoxy. I'm not sure how tight fitting I can get those strips to get even pressure on them for PL Premium. Thanks for the quick reply.
...

Off the subject a bit maybe - Bob Smalser - that was a great glue test you ran a while back, thanks for all your efforts. I'm getting ready to start a Selway-Fisher WoodLark catboat. I was going to...

Here's a couple:

http://www.chebacco.com/articles/017/3/article.htm

http://www.eclectica.ca/boatbuilding/blocks.php

I believe the name "port" was given by Captain Robert Fitzroy, captain of the HMS Beagle on Darwin's journey.
Do a google search for
"Captain FitzRoy of H.M.S. Beagle larboard".
I don't know if it...

Couple of questions there Tom if you don't mind...
What wood are you stripping with?
Did you scarph to get those long pieces?
Are the strips 1/4" x 3/4"?
What kind of glue you using?

Thanks!
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It's a curved raked transom Stephan...I'm still studying it...kind of jives up with the article this WoodenBoat issue - "Raked Curved Transom - Just Build it"...Gardner show the jig for making this...

I know Wild Dingo - I was just kiddin ya' ;) - glad you guys jumped in to help me out...sure I'll have more questions before this lofting is over.

I'm beginning to agree with that PVanderwaart...Wild Dingo - I see you smirking at me over in the corner there! LOL.

[ 08-30-2005, 08:43 PM: Message edited by: SparkG ]

Answering myself...I think I got it...I lofted out the sheer line of the plan view and got what I needed. Now I can see just where butts 12 and 24 cross the sheer...I think!

Thanks for the input guys...I'm still staring this over...I did loft out the body plan (just stations 0, 1 and 2 and it may give me what I need...not sure, had to break for bbq and beer 'til next...

I am lofting this out full size. Started this morning and for all the looking these over never noticed:
How to I get the points where butts 12" and 24" touch the sheer in the front half? Hope you...

Anybody building the Tom Cat from full set of plans? I'm using the plans from the book ( The Making of Tom Cat - by William Garder) and there seems to be 1 missing offset - for butt 24" at frame 1....

These are just great...
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/standard-item.jsp?id=0000484901194a&navCount=4&podId=0000484&parentI...

These are just great...
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/standard-item.jsp?id=0000484901194a&navCount=4&podId=0000484&parentI...

These are just great...
http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/standard-item.jsp?id=0000484901194a&navCount=4&podId=0000484&parentI...

Has anybody tried to use the search suggestion at the top of this forum linked "GREAT GOOGLY"? I can't get it to search this site entering data as described there. I know the regular search doesn't...

Better late then never...check out these links at West systems:

http://www.epoxyworks.com/21/epoxy_adhesion.html

and

http://www.epoxyworks.com/21/pigments.html

You can also download a...

I don't see how that keeps water out of the wood on the inside where the pivot goes through the case.

Studying it now Ray...I'm gonna build one. Currently looking at the feasibility of lofting it out full size, measuring off molds on 1 foot intervals and cedar stripping it.
To me these catboats are...

Thanks guys...appreciate your feedback...I thought it would work. I don't care if it's not the "same boat". When I buy plans (actually I just bought the book, about building the Tomcat, scanned the...

I've got the plans for 12.5' Tomcat...a traditional build with 5 stations, ribbands, steamed frames and planks over that.
Not that I'm going to do it but theoretically, I should be able to loft it...

Thanks John...that's what I'm going to do - steam bent frames on the ribbands, not beveled and layed up to the ribbands.
Speaking of that, I presume you have to induce a little twist to those frames...

I think I've got it thanks to you guys...
Bill - what cleared it for me was your line "The thickness through plank ,frame ,and ribands to be deducted from the mold is measured perpendicular to the...

Planning to build the Tomcat 12.5'catboat...been studying the plans, have a question on the moulds...what method are you guys using to deduct plank thickness, frames and ribbands? I've seen many...