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I just used (Epifanes) varnish on mine. Before everyone starts screaming about varnish being too slippery etc, a properly shaped handle (i.e. gently tapered from the hook about 3/4 the length, then...

Just a thought... it's much easier to do the interior clean-up, sanding etc before you do a lot of other interior stuff...
The build looks great!

A very interesting article I saw a few days ago said that the testimonies at the Dominion lawsuit thing showed many or most of Fox news' announcers and execs including Murdoch considered Trump's...

Two things...
There's no such thing as "perfect", it's a theoretical concept...
As my friend and boatbuilding mentor told me, there's only one person you have to please...

An old berlermaker from Brooklyn I used to know said one of the goils was using the terlet...
And fercrissakes everyone knows inwale is pronounced in'l...

1/8" ply is often called "door skin", maybe ask for that. Also, I found cheap 1/4" ply to be better than 1/8" which can be too "floppy"...

No, any reasonably good home sewing machine will work fine. But you need to use the proper size needles for the thread they supply with the kit. The instructions that come with the kit tells what...

If I'm not mistaken, the luff is the edge along the mast, the longest edge is the leech...

A few years ago a friend introduced me to a top pro Brazilian piano player telling him that I played Brazilian guitar. His reply was "wow, that's a lot of guitars!" BY:D

Thanks again for all the thoughtful replies.
So when I soak the palm in water, will the rawhide part also soften? Or is that the point, to temporarily soften the rawhide?
Thanks again...
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Thanks, gents; the one Santa brought is from Sailrite
https://www.sailrite.com/Palm-Adjustable-Right-Hand
The problem I'm having is the adjustment buckle on the back of the hand is pretty...

I got a sailmaker's palm for Christmas :)
Any suggestions on what to use to soften the leather for a "custom fit"?
Thanks, Merry Christmas to all
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Amen! BY:D

As the doctors always say about all the horrible stuff they prescribe every day, "the benefits outweigh the risks." :D

uhhh, the "ark of the covenant" isn't (wasn't) a boat... ;-)

There are "oriole feeders", similar to hummingbird feeders, available. A friend has one (or more) and fills it with grape jelly. Helps keep the orioles from taking over the hummingbird feeders... :-)...

I'm sure you're right; I'm going back 60+ years... but I'm pretty sure that where ever it was I saw it suggested it was PT Barnum... probably an apocryphal attribution...;-)

This reminds me of a quote attributed to P.T. Barnum; "You can never go broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public."

Yes, thanks Jeff. Titebond Company does not use the term "gap filling" as one of its properties...
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I believe the "gap filling" property of TB3 means it's an effective adhesive for open grained woods like mahogany, but still requires very good mating surfaces. Epoxy, on the other hand, will fill...

Here in Northern California we had a total eclipse of the sky! Rained all night... :-)

I did :)
Launched my just finished Oughtred Penny Fee last year a couple of months before my 76th. No sailing experience for 50+ years and never as skipper. I read several instruction books which...

Telltales go on the leech (on a balance lug for example) about 1/4, 1/2, and 3/4 the distance between peak and clew. I don't recall where I got that info, perhaps the Sailrite online video...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhX4liVtuCc

I think West says somewhere that it's cotton...

See the link in post #12 ;-)

What about...
http://www.clcboats.com/shop/products/boat-gear/rowing-gear-accessories/edson-oar-loc.html

Many contemporary science "journalists" report on subjects they know nothing about; this reminds me of articles I've seen numerous times through the (internet) years describing how we could see a...

Duckworks bbs also carries it; I bought a "leathering kit" from them several years ago which included the Oarsman tallow. I figure (at now 77 yrs old) that little tin of tallow will last me the rest...

And yet more people chose Epifanes than any other one, by a considerable margin... ;-)

You probably can't do your final rigging till you've seen how it looks underway; there are lots of modifications and adjustments you may want to make along the way...

Here's howI did mine; used strips screwed to the "frame" to clamp in the sandpaper. The screws don't contact the workpiece.
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"I'm thinking, though, that I might need about three or four of different radii to accommodate the taper."

Not really, the radius of the plane iron (or a radiused card scraper as I used) just has...

Epifanes "Turkish Blue" on an Oughtred designed PennyFee...
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Why not just a couple of half hitches? Easy to tie, secure, and easy to spill... ??

BTW, regarding terminology, many builders/designers use the term "hog" and "keelson" interchangeably; e.g. Ian Oughtred does both in the plans he draws and in his "Clinker Plywood Boatbuilding...

This thread reminds me of a piece in a Herb Caen column in the SF Chronicle 50+ years ago when "vanity" license plates were first becoming available. Of course the California DMV tried to screen...

Agreed...

Looks like a fun build and a beautiful boat. Oughtred's plans are a pleasure to work from.
Have fun!

Perhaps you already know this; West System epoxy has different recommended working temps depending on which hardener is used. I don't remember exactly, but I think 105 resin with 205 fast hardener is...

The proper term is "priest" ;)

An interesting book that was given to me recently called "The Nature of Boats (insights and esoterica for the nautically obsessed)" by Dave Gerr has at least one whole chapter on "stability." Lots of...

... and Epifanes yacht enamel...

I believe it's unavailable now lots of places like California due to voc regs...

Looks like sugar pine to me; I've used lots of it, but not on boats...

I've been using 2 of these- one for a 14" Delta bandsaw, and one for a 10" Powermatic open stand table saw- for 20+ years. They've been a godsend in my small shop. They're very stable set up this...

I assumed this was a tongue-in-cheek allusion to Ian Fleming's most famous character... ;-)

What's this stuff in my tool cabinet says "rubber cement?" Here's another says it's "Duco cement?"

The trouble with pedantry is that it contributes nothing to the discussion...

I believe this is exactly what Joel White did with an Asa Thompson skiff/tender to come up with the Yankee Tender, the plans for which are available from our host's Wooden Boat Store. I committed the...