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When I was up visiting Mahone Bay there was a boatbuilding shop that hosted meetings of home builders one evening a week. I don't recall which shop, this was over a decade ago, things might have...

I may be visiting soon. Looking for the best classic boat museum or similar. I've already been to the Herreshof Museum and Mystic. Might have half a day on either end of other commitments. Thanks.

You might consider a large canoe. The lightest would be skin on frame, but strip plank or multichine ply aren't very heavy. An 18' can handle two, sleep one, and sail reasonably well.

Welcome aboard Steve. I would search Ebay, and save that search. Also look for a Classic Chris Craft group online or on Facebook that may have files. Good luck.

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I agree with the above, that design is too narrow, shallow and light. I'm sure there are plenty of good designs to fit your needs.

Maybe test a patch on a piece of scrap that can be left afloat?

Hi Grimmster, welcome aboard!
Search the internet, there is likely a Windmill association.

Nice looking boat. Reminds me of a Penguin too, though I'm not sure those are V-bottomed.
Sailboatstogo sells Snark parts, and Jim is responsive to emails. I suggest sending him pictures and...

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I would use well tested coatings, or none at all on a critical part like frames. I'm sure you'll get other opinions, we have lots of them here.

How much of the end? I've cut an inch off an oar handle without any problems. Even if it's more, you can shape the end of the loom to make the new handle. A few inches off the length won't matter...

Clever modification on the clamps.

Looks good to me. I generally use sawhorses and touch up after, or sometimes hang them.

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I've used generic covers on boats in my driveway and trailering. Making your own wouldn't be too hard.

Thanks for the links. I've only recently started watching youtube on my tv.

Both very interesting. The dinghy is a beauty.

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I've had a few mishaps, but plenty of great sailing and cruising. She's the type boat I always dreamed of, and I would buy her again in a minute.

I guess I'd better start cutting the tons of iron and lead off my ketch! :)

I use inflatable boats seats, the rectangular kind that go in a dinghy.

I routinely use trim ballast in my tenders. I like a 25# shot bag. I can trim her neutral, or by bow or stern for wind. I can still row from the middle thwart with my slim wife in the stern if I put...

When I changed Lodestar to Wandering Star, I opened a bottle of rum, each crewmember took a sip or shot, and I poured a shot into the water.

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There are several ways you can repair that. Search "clothespin scarf". I've repaired a rotten mast by scarfing on new wood one side at a time until it was new all the way around the...

I like it!
If you do pass through Long Island Sound, you can raft up with my boat in Mount Sinai Harbor. I can give you a ride or pick up supplies for Mount Sinai or Port Jefferson. And buy you a...

That looks to me like it may have been previously repaired, and it doesn't look very bad.
Marine epoxy, WEST, TotalBoat, there are others. The simplest thing would be to mix some epoxy with filler...

Nice! Makes me smile.

I keep a 12v air pump in my car, plugs into the cigarette lighter socket. There are extension cords for that too.
Good luck with the project, keep us posted.

Hi Geoff, welcome aboard!
You used cotton first, or the boat still has cotton in the seams? I've heard of many different materials for paying seams, even cement. I've used Slick Seam, which is oily...

Welcome aboard Alfredo. Nice looking boat.

Not as extreme an example, but I have rendered assistance by towing a motor boat with a sailboat, and a PWC with a rowboat.

Nice!

I've used Interlux nonskid compound in varnish, it works.

Hi llitvak, welcome aboard! JBRADYM hasn't posted in over a year. Perhaps you should start your own thread to renew the topic.

If I were looking for a boat that size, I would fly to Texas to see her.

I have a saltwater model that I pull out every few years. I just went down and looked at it, the paint is peeling as you describe. But it's over twenty years old, so I don't mind.

Sounds great! I dream of building a cedar canoe too.

I would bend the frames, and use more of them.

Glad to hear it. I once owned a boat trailer registered as HOMEM 1. When I registered it, the DMV guy told me I couldn't have VIN 1. But it was on the old registration, and when he looked it up, sure...

Great story Thad!
I once built a flatiron skiff for a friend in three days, no plans, no power. I was going to visit, they lived near a pond, her birthday was approaching. I told her my idea, she...

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Looks great!
No one but you will notice the flaws.

I don't think you can dye polyester after it's produced. Some kind of surface coating might do it. The sun may also have damaged that fabric.

It looks good. I like the sprit rig (I've sailed a few). I used to own a 20' v bottom sloop that performed quite well, though that had an iron keel. If this boat calls to you, build it.

I owned a 1961 Pennant Sloop for a few years. I think the only number it ever had was a NY State registration. Your boat must have been previously registered, that number should help.
Nice boat,...

Thanks Chris, that ought to satisfy my curiosity.

Welcome aboard Sandy! The originator of this thread never posted again, maybe the idea went nowhere. I'm sure the members of this forum can help you find a suitable plan or two. I suggest you start a...

Is there a book, article or blog account?

I would ask myself if it fit my needs and storage space. If that answer were yes, I would go look at it. If it wasn't rotten or broken, I would re-cover it with nylon or dacron.
Keep us posted.

I just bought the Davis Scrubbis tool, but haven't tried it much. When I had a boat that drew less than 5', I would anchor in shallow water and walk around it to clean. I just used a wood handled...

I have a small wooden belaying pin that props the main hatch open when I want it. But my forward and after hatches have built in vents, so I don't often prop the main.

Welcome aboard Bryan, thanks for the update.

Very cool!