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It would worry me. I spent the better part of 3 years building a Tammie Norrie ( which is too heavy to handle in that manner). The work involved in an acorn skiff would be similar. The thought of...

Most of the folks who build plywood lapstrake boats use the mechanical fastenings (screws) to temporarily hold the planks in place while the epoxy cures. They remove them before the epoxy cures...

I bought Chebacco plans from Bolger a few months ago. I believe the set you are looking for is design #540-#575. These are sold as a set for $250. The set contains the "original" Chebacco 20 with the...

Flare the sides, bow and transom. You will need about 15 degrees of angle on the transom for an outboard. Flaring the sides will give you reserve stability. Now if you make the bow a little narrower...

My first thought was he wanted to make an alternative outboard motor. Something along the lines of rubbing a bar of soap on the back of a paper boat in the bathtub.:)

Karl Stambaugh's Trailer Sailer 24 would fit the bill if it was a hair narrower. I'll bet Karl would re-draw the lines for you to fit your maximum beam requirement....

SkiffAmerica 20 is similar, but I think it's a lot more boat.

Here are some photos of a floating pirate ship I made for the Fall Float Festival we have on our creek every year. The hull is about 7 1/2' long and it is about 10' overall length. Both sides of the...

How about a double kayak? You could either go with a stitch and glue kit or build a cedar strip kayak. A cedar strip kayak is really more like model making than carpentry. Once the molds are made (or...

I would think 700 hours and 950 hours are very optimistic for building either boat, especially if you are concerned about aesthetics. I would at least triple those figures. Now if you are more...

Iain's plans are more detailed than average. However, be aware that he is a very good draftsman and as such seldom double dimensions anything. So if you are not used to reading engineering drawings,...

Mike,

Sorry for the delay in responding. Here are some photos of my kickup rudder.



http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2388/1968365712_3b5975008f.jpg

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Mike,

I didn't take any photos when I built the kickup rudder, but I can probably take some of the finished rudder. It's pretty simple and should be easy enough to figure out from photos of the...

I just took a look at the write up for Summer Breeze on Duckworks. She is already lug rigged. The Duckworks site shows her with a loose footed lug, but if you follow the links to the designer's site...

John's Sharpie from Chesapeake Light Craft is similar but only 18' in length. It is available as plans or a kit.
http://www.clcboats.com/boats/sharpie.php

For small batches you can use plastic syringes. If the tip is cut wide enough you can use a nail to force the cured epoxy out of the syringe and get several uses out of it.

If you sail in salt water just rinse the bronze off then rub it with an oily rag. That will get most of the bright green off and leave the darker green underneath.

There are now a few more versions than in "Boats With An Open Mind". Going from memory, PCB has separate designs for the following versions:

20' sheet ply
20' lapstrake
25' sheet ply
25'...

I just had a look at the hardare list on Classic Marine's website. Wow! I didn't use all that stuff on my boat. I did source some of the hardware through Classic Marine, but that was mainly because I...

I am headed to Nova Scotia the week of September 14. Any must see or must do suggestions? Not necessarily limited to boats and boatbuilding. Thanks in advance for your suggestions.

I had the same decision to make and I opted for the Tammie Norrie. The main reason for my decision was that I liked Tammie Norrie's transom better. The boats are very similar in design and probably...

I'd consider the raised deck Chebacco. Bolger considers it a much better cruiser and considerably more seaworthy than the standard Chebacco but he still does not consider it a bluewater boat. It is...

This is a Tammie Norrie designed by Iain Oughtred.
13'-6" Length x 4' 6" beam. It is considerably more burdensome than the acorn dinghy, designed for sailing or rowing, but IMHO it sails better...

Kraft paper, the brown stuff used in corrugated cardboard would make a much better boat building material than newsprint paper. Newsprint is made from ground up wood chips, so the fibers are very...

It is close to Michalak's Jukebox 3, but the pilot house is extended and a tabernacle added. It looks like the bow is pointed instead of the walk-thru bow. I have been toying with the idea of adding...

You will for sure need to set up the stem, transom and at least one temporary frame at the widest part of the boat. If there are any bulkheads in the boat, add them in too. Now if you take battens...

Look under News and Updates. Scroll down until you get to Just Launched.

Fiberglass on the outside is not going to do much for impact resistance. The fiberglass needs to be on the inside to strengthen the panel from an outside impact. The fiberglass on the outside will...

Whether or not to sheath the hull in fiberglass or other fabric, just coat with epoxy or just paint it is a long running debate here and elsewhere. Some designers say just sheath below the waterline....

Looks tippy. It looks like you will be sailing at about 20 degrees heel most of the time (asuming it's a sailboat).

Speaking of container ships rolling, does anyone know how many degrees of roll a container ship is designed for? I am designing some returnable crates to ship auto body panels from Japan to the USA...

Are the patterns being made so they will scale up to the full sized boat?

You may also want to make up a sample, thouroughly soak it in water and then try to break it to see if wet fibers or wood expansion have any effect on holding power.

If you are going to drag any wooden boat up on shore you need to be thinking about a sacrificial keel shoe and probably some sort of rollers if the boat is too heavy to carry.

Best I can do is a partial profile and plan view. No dimensions.

http://web.archive.org/web/20010720080543/http://brightwoodboat.com/

Looks like the site went down around 2/11/04.

You can...

The difference between 6556 and 1088 is the thickness of the outer veneers. 1088 tends to have all plies the same thickness or nearly so. 6566 will have thinner outer veneers. It may be OK if there...

Think of it this way. If the epoxy were to fail, would you rather have a small crack or a sprung plank? A few screws is cheap insurance.

A lot could depend on the temperature of the wood and the epoxy. I laminated up a blank this weekend for a rudder and found that the unthinned epoxy layer I brushed on prior to the filled epoxy was...

The Tammie Norrie requires a minimum of 4 for the planking according to the plans. You can probably get by with 4 if you are very careful and scarf the full sheets at once. I cut the sheets in half...

The list of tools pretty much depends on what you already have. Most jobs can be done a number of ways using different tools. Some of the tools I used most often when building my Tammie Norrie are as...

I use mine for storing the bow line, anchor and rode. There is also enough room for a cushion type flotation device or a set of fenders


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You might take a look at a sneakbox. Also indigenous to the area. They build them all the time down at Tuckerton Seaport. I believe you can either take a class or volunteer down there if you want to...

Iain has been very helpful when I have spoken to him on the phone and corresponded through letters. He shows general layouts for a motor well on the plans for Caledonia Yawl and I thought also on...

You might try putting it in the microwave ... if the wife isn't around. :eek:

The decks Iain shows on his plans are actually below the sheer line, so they will do nothing about keeping out the sea. They will add some floatation assuming they are well sealed. You could modify...

A kayak, decked canoe or pirogue design generally works best. It has minimal wetted surface area, a narrow width, and a large amount of lateral support relative to the length. Cut your cockpits out...

Before you mess around with trying to move the center of effort, try shifting your position towards the stern. On a small boat you can control weather helm by shifting your weight fore or aft a foot...

I use 5 different water stones with the finest being 6000 grit. I skip the coarsest grit unless I am grinding a new edge. I rub 2 stones together to flatten them. I try to use grits that are close to...

How about launching perpendicular to the rails? You would have to build a saddle on the dolly to keep the boat parallel to the surface of the water, but that should be easy enough.

Well, for one thing, the dimensions don't add up. He shows an overall length of 10' 2" and a sum of the sections at 10' 7". It looks like the building board doesn't match either.