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We are building these at the Family Boatbuilding Event at the Mystic, CT Wooden Boat show, at the end of June - 2.5 days . . . .
There are still a few spots open.

You might try google's advanced search, with woodenboat.com as the site to search.
As for an extendable tiller, I have never encountered or even read about one. However I have used numerous...

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Been there, done that, became very cross. But, yes, it's easy to patch and no one will see it there, mostly. If you don't trust the epoxy, you can always use a curved needle and sew the patch...

Frame looks just like it's supposed to, good job!
I've got to say that these boards are a whole lot of fun to paddle - and you get an entirely different perspective than when sitting in a kayak.
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Concavities are typically hard to produce with skin-on-frame, as you are usually trying hard to stretch the fabric quite tightly. Before stretching, you'd (at least) have to fasten the fabric...

Looks great! Sewing the bow isn't as hard as it looks - it gets pretty tedious, though. Good luck!

I have lived aboard in that marina . . . .
No eagle stories (there), but one morning I had two large ravens follow me for a hundred yards along that boardwalk - one strolling along 3' behind me,...

Hmm, hadn't seen this one before. You could always go with RUTH's near identical hull (3" narrower), instead . . . and she'll be much lighter, and far less expensive and quicker to build.
Prettier,...

From what little info you have given us, I'd tentatively suggest trying to save it by doing the sanding and re-coating thing. It typically takes several coats to fill the weave in any case. BUT,...

Typically, the cheapest places to get epoxy and fiberglass cloth are from Duckworks: http://www.duckworksbbs.com/supplies.htm or Raka: raka.com
It won't be inexpensive, however, as strip built...

Thorne is correct that it is really unnecessary to modify older designs for lighter weight materials. I have built a number of replicas of historic designs, but in SOF, and they perform just dandy as...

My lovely wife, Anna, being rowed around the anchorage at the Eggemoggin Reach Regatta (Brooklin, ME) last year.
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/alias1719/AnnaM2_zpsfd7c32cd.jpg

Dare I mention skin-on-frame? They'll take less time to build, for far less money, and just 40-60lbs for a fine rowboat is worth considering . . . .
Platt Monfort had a number of designs, and I'm...

Email George Dyson - GDyson@gmail.com - and he'll send you a fairly informative pdf of all the SOF fabrics he sells. He can answer specific fabric questions, too.

Compared to traditional boat...

Regardless . . . best wheel cover, ever
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Cathy, there are some short articles here that address your questions and tell you exactly what to do.
http://www.clcboats.com/shoptips/finishing-tips/

Good luck!

Sounds like what you are describing is Class II water ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitewater#Classification_of_whitewater ), which shouldn't be beyond the reach of most any canoe, for most any...

Longmont! I lived in Boulder for 10 years or so. Here's a link ( http://gentrycustomboats.com/Messabout%20Pics.html ) to a messabout or two we had in Longmont, a few years ago - there are a...

A friend of mine sailed his large Bruce Kirby designed sharpie (a precursor to the Norwalk Island Sharpies) across the Gulf of Mexico a few times . . . .
These, like some of the Bolger sharpies,...

The way I am reading this is that you are looking for a coating for your plywood boat. The only coating you need is paint - and perhaps primer, if you really want to go for a fine finish for your...

If you want to be building this summer, do yourself a favor and get this book. It will answer a lot of your very basic questions. Then build the Nutshell Pram that Mr. Welsford recommends!...

Thanks for the nod! Yes, at 45lbs, she is pretty darn easy to carry. 100lbs would truly suck.
I have re-boarded RUTH over the transom, no problem, and no ladder necessary. The transom is low. It's...

Finest kind - congrats!

Plenty to look at here:
http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/r/plansindex.htm

I would say, just from the pic, that your boat will be flexible and liable to twist. Perhaps not a big deal, depending on how you plan to use it. I can make some suggestions if you'd like - not...

Hi John
I cut that sail with both luff and foot round, plus extra to (try to) deal with spar flex. The sailcloth I had laying around was quite wide, and I could make a high aspect ratio sail from a...

An iron will work fine. Set it to medium high and run it over the entire skin, supporting the iron as you go. Don't hold it in one spot for more than a second, and move it away instantly if you...

Pics would help a lot.
Typically, in a simple pram, knees in the corners, and gunwales and sometimes inwales, all work together to add rigidity and lessen twisting. It's hard to say what is needed...

The big box stores all seem to carry Western Red Cedar, which is usually what people strip plank kayaks with. You'll have to cull through all the boards and cut around knots . . ..
Plywood boards...

Looking good!

Today I had the great pleasure of visiting George Luzier's shop and meeting both George and John. A wonderful shop, filled with a lot of history from a boat building operation that has been around...

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Not to sound too pompous, but I did find that to be rather astounding - it was 25, gusting to 30, in a glorified dinghy . . . .

Glad you all made out OK! Sorry you lost all that stuff.

My good friends and neighbors Paul and Sharon Helbert participated in the aforementioned Loire River Raid. Good times and good company, apparently. The Morbihan cruise looks like even more fun!

The real key is just practice. Sounds trite, yes, but any successful dinghy racer will tell you that "time in the boat" is where you learn to master it. Running ddw can be just another way to sail,...

Really, you just can't go wrong with a Tom Yost Sea Flea or Kidarka. They are actually designed for little kids. Plans are free. It costs next to nothing to build one and it takes just a few days....

Very roughly speaking, a boat with an immersed transom is typically going to have a lot more drag than a double ender. So it might be more work to row the Classic 14 with your wife in the back. But,...

You can get that curve - and keep it - if you laminate the boom from two or more pieces. It's fairly easy if you don't mind running some long screws into your deck to act as a form . . . .
Anyway,...

I put one on my recent outrigger canoe. It's fun to play around with. I think you'll find that - in gusty conditions - all that SA up high will work hard to pitchpole you on a run . . . .
But, of...

There are few issues with skinning a transom - a number of my boats have them, and there's more than one way to do it (see Morris' book, for instance).

A double ender works fine, too - but I fine...

Congrats, Mickey. Did you find the owner or did you buy it from the club?
As for the NA's, there will be half a dozen guys there who have a chance to win it, and the rest are just there to have...

I wanted one, too! So I built one . . . .
SOF makes it easy.
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/alias1719/Splinter3_zps342d251a.jpg

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I'm all for them! Mike John went through a lot of designs (and we exchanged a number of emails) before he chose the Tuckahoe 10. I'm glad to see it, and it looks like he did a nice job, with a nice...

Hey - Happy birthday, Wox! Hoping to see you around again this summer.

Organize it and they will come out of the woodwork, so to speak. Advertise on different forums, with CLC, etc, and email as many individuals as you can find. I did all this for a couple of Colorado...

I've raced MC's and I like em a lot. You can race them with crew if you like, they have plenty of strings to pull, there are a growing number of fleets, and the athleticism required is not anywhere...

No need to use any heat bonded adhesive tape. Your 2 piece skin plan will work just dandy if you simply use monel or stainless staples to fasten the fabric along the gunwales. Cover the seams with...

Nice ideas everyone, for traditional boat building, but . . . for a skin-on-frame boat of that size, all you need for a building frame is a couple of saw horses with a 2x6 clamped to them for a...

Does he live near Knoxville? There's a nice sailing club in the Concord area, with classes. And, how old is he? If he's youngish, then a Sunfish is the perfect boat to learn on - quick and easy to...

I'm going to assume you are interested in racing . . . .
Do yourself a favor and just get an Albacore - or join one of the community sailing clubs there, which use them (or did, when I was there)....