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That's it. I'm building another boat.

Jim, I like hearing more about Damfino, and I really like seeing pics (hint, hint). How about a new thread explaining your experiences with the Ljungstrom?
Cheers, Jack

Hi Sodbuster, I think Mike Monies (the red Scamp guy) is building one now. I've seen him around the forum here, but he's also involved in Duckworks and Small Craft Advisor forums. He might have a...

He'll find himself in treble fishing for bass in that.

That's seriously funky.

The forestay seems to continue up past the hounds/wing assembly to the masthead...

I'd guess the strut wouldn't help much as a pull point for mast bend - it might behave...

Gulf cart.

Boatbuilders get to play with the best toys! I remember seeing Richard Remsen's article about bronze casting in WB 130, and wanting to try it then, too. Great vid, thanks AJZimm.
Jack.

Don't see what the fuss is about - looks just like my roof rack tie-down technique.

Wish I'd used a scale - sometimes full pumps were more than I needed for repair or minor jobs, and I've thrown a fair bit of epoxy away.

I use Boat-Cote, an Aus brand, and have had good results...

What was it - about 11-12 minutes from start to Zulu buoy? Pretty impressive.

Coverage was pretty cursory as usual - a grudging tv 'tradition', between the pretentious whiskey ads and current...

There was a great article some years ago about the Sano family boatyard in Japan, with an update earlier this year. It's great to see articles about individuals from very different boatbuilding...

Here's Pete/Epoxyboy's yawl-rig pathfinder with cabin from this thread. Looks pretty nice.

http://users.actrix.co.nz/pete.sue/Pathfinder%20Kaiarahi/email%20mar%2008%20201.jpg

Jack

An outboard motor in a well/slot, I think.

Jack

Of course, if you've got 10,000 corks kicking around the shop around you could make a nifty little model of the colosseum:
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My FIL cuts them in half and mounts them in a ply-backed frame for pinboards. One or two corks are removeable (held in by friction) to conceal screws for fixing to the wall. Looks great.

Alex, you've just about hit my ideal-imaginary-boat-sweet-spot too, so I'll be watching this thread with some interest.

From one outnumbered member of an estrogen-rich family to another - Is your...

St Benedict's Chapel in Sumvitg, Switzerland, by Peter Zumthor.
http://www.bustler.net/images/uploads/peter_zumthor_pi_prize_02.jpg

Malthouse apartments in Richmond, Victoria AUS by Nonda Katsalidis. Rust stains for added versimilitude. Looks a bit like that Steve Jobs boat.
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And it's not only fear or unalthleticism...

I took a friend for an afternoon spin on a 17' cat some years ago. It was the perfect autumn afternoon; cool and cloudy, but a steady breeze and...

All of Oughtred's double-enders look (and it sounds like they sail) great, but when I look at the study plans in the catalogue I wonder how comfortable they'd be to sleep aboard - either wedged...

Australian forumites of a certain age might remember the movie "Blue Fin", based on a Colin Thiele novel.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6c/Blue_Fin_1978DVD.png

The tuna boat used for...

Hi rgbarr, I think Maynard Bray wrote an article called "Painting for Decoration" in issue 93, page 42.

It had pictures of an O-Boat, a Biscayne Bay 15, an Acorn 15, Egret, Catboat, Amphibi-Con &...

WB issue 72 had a great article by a Wayland Comberight about a tar-and-paper catamaran he and his wife built to cross the Atlantic with.

They experimented with the sort of junk rig 2-skin...

I used to launch my Sabre through surf on race days... We'd occasionally get some pretty good air-time.

There were a couple of things that made it a good boat for surf launches. It was light,...

Love the sound of those plank laps.

$1800?! She looks a million bucks. I'm sure the ghost of Commodore Munroe would approve.

Jack

Larks, I had a look at the "Australasian Kit Boats" book a while ago. I thought that it was more of a catalogue of kit manufacturers than a catalogue of kits. Each manufacturer got a couple of...

Hi Larks,

These might be a bit obvious (all are online), but the kits suppliers I know of in Aus (besides Duck Flat), are:

Boatcraft Pacific www.boatcraft.com.au
Cape Boatworks...

JBs are pretty nifty boats. Port Melbourne Sailing Club in Victoria, Australia still race a fleet, and have good fun with them. They're said to be fast and exciting, but not too exhausting for...

I like these kayak/canoe outrigger systems, but understand that there some some compromises involved in using a paddle-optimised kayak as the vaka (eg. insufficient volume & freeboard at bow).
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Ray Kendrick has designed some nice little tris (9'10" up to 32').

http://www.teamscarab.com.au/index.html

Some of the boats are ply/epoxy composite hard chine, some are strip built and some...

Tad Roberts has some nice little launches, 11' to 16', lapstrake or carvel.
http://www.tadroberts.ca/services/small-boats/files/images/seka-04-S.jpg
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Just for fun (not a suggestion...), here's the link to Atkin's Florence Oakland - a 22'5" V-bottom schooner.

http://www.atkinboatplans.com/Sail/images/FlorenceOakland-4.gif

Isn't she lovely?
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Nice to see the decks are well sealed.

You've probably seen these, but some of Flo-Mo's 2-sheet boats look like fun.

http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz156/coucal1/Rotationof2011-04-04010.jpg
Michael Storer Eureka Canoe - sadly, no kids in the shot.

Here's an english language version of the same song, sung by the Highwaymen...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nW58m3reS4

You wouldn't try Ross' sailing mods for Flint?

http://www.baysidewoodenboats.com.au/Flint%20Sailplan%20Knockabout.JPG

On Alec Morgan's blog there are also images of a Flint with lateen sail...

Back in 1988 Ian Johnston let me aboard 'Verbatim' (nee 'Balena', nee 'Bullfrog Sunblock') for a look around when he & Cathy Hawkins stopped off in Darwin during the 2-handed 'round Australia race.
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Dylan, why not go the whole hog and put some ice skates on it:

That'll give the traditionalists something to think about. Given your recent video posting, the weather's just about right!

Jack

Mack, that looks like a WBA sticker on the trailer next to Nebari - is she located in Melbourne too? Where is she normally launched? - I paddle a little upriver of Dight's Falls, but would be keen...

Hi Robin, I cruised through the Moluccas (Ambon, Banda, Ceram, Babar) in my teens on a ply Piver Nimble tri. Our home port was Darwin, in the Northern Territory (Aus).

I can't imagine a better...

I like quick-and-dirty as much as the next person, but one of the things I like about WBM is it's focus on wooden boats made (and used) with care, insight, creativity and craftsmanship. That applies...

Two clouds, two branches;
Through warp and weft on the loom,
A pointed shuttle.

I really like 'Small Boats', and I get plenty of mileage out of each copy. It's great daydreaming material.

I'd say that the length of text is about right as is; I certainly wouldn't want to see...

Hi Gopez,

On transom sterned boats like the Tammie Norrie, Penny Fee, Fulmar etc the mizzen mast can be offset into the quarters, keeping it out of the way of the tiller.

I'd imagine that...

I have occasionally been asked about my canoe:

1/ How long did that take to build?
2/ How much did it cost?
3/ How much does a plastic one cost?

The answers take some thought. They are:
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What do you think of the high-almost-counter-transom-with-transom-rudder detail on the Island Trail? Is that a drag / ventilation risk? To my eye there's an awful lot of rudder hanging in space in...

Redesigned to the box rule...

Peter, could you explain a little further what you have in mind...?

Do these battens reverse their camber when the sail is tacked (non-symmetrical sails themselves on a shunter usually have to...