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And with decks you can go forward without trapping your legs. I sailed an aluminium CY with decks and like them. Frank.
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Hugh, you would be most welcome. We set the maximum number of participants at 40 persons. About 20 have already said they want to come. And very satisfying that there are several youngsters amongst...

We will host another Punterweekend: On 5,6,and 7 may 2022. Same place, and most of what I have written in this thread applies again, so you could use the forms to enroll. Ofcourse you may not meet...

Like the Sopranos? Frank

Composting does nog work when you receive an antibioticum againstan infection shortly before you die. You become a mummy. Frank

Your funerals seem terribly boring. I expect something better when it is my time. Frank

It is close to the peak here and I don't feel at ease working at my sail loft under the roof; I can hear rooftiles moving and the roof trembles a bit. It will stay like this till after midnight and a...

Is this Jolie Brise? Frank

Heel goed, Ad.
Frank

Erik, I think I will do that,next winter. Have permission already, but will train first a couple of weeks indoor . A good way to fight the winter blues. Frank

Glad you're back boatbuilding.
It is such a good idea to start with building sails, rudder, spars etc. for when you start with the hull, like I do, and she is finished, the other parts seem to take...

Erik, I envy you. We had no ice this winter and it a long time ago we could skate. Last winter we skated one time and the ice was thin. In 1997 we had a great winter, the Boat we lived on was lifted...

Nice, I wonder, did they use the fullsize paper patterns that Woodenboat sells? Frank
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I made an Ulua sail some years ago and last year a sail for a Wa'apa. I used 4 oz dacron and followed Gary Dierkings plans and recommendations and found them easy to follow. Ofcourse I am a sailmaker...

Instant Boat has paper patterns of the parts, for Bobcat, which is very close to a kit. Frank

In 'Building Small Classic Craft' , John Gardner, you will find plans of several dories and I think the 'Modified Swampscott Dory might suit you. Built with a narrow flat bottom and rounded sides the...

Larch plywood perhaps?

Yes, in march we will take the TGV from Amsterdam to Paris. Frank
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😇thnks Rob

Thanks Dryfeet and Dave for liking my boat. I posted the video partly for vanity and also to show the differences between the Salmo boats and mine. I think the Salmo is primarely a sailing boat with...

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My son made this video of our oar-and-sailboat. Homebuilt to my design. Actually more of a rowing boat but sails well. Frank
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Moi?

I remember "The silent majority". Frank

I found his book on greek mythology disappointing

She looks just like a Bahama Dinghy. I think you should have a loosefooted main. Will she have a shallow keel? Or a leeboard? I like her a lot. Frank
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From a kit or from scratch?

Finally about coffee. I like coffee from I think Nicaragua. Every week I buy it at the local market from The Coffee Station, a local small firm. They buy beans from all over the world and roast it....

Very Nice,PP

That will work. Dont change mixing ratios resin and hardener

Jurassic Park

We read Lale Guls book about her youth in a strict muslim family in Amsterdam. Great book, often a bit rude about sex, a lot of anger about the Imams who forbade her to play soccer and to hide her...

The Shellback Dinghy is basically a double-ender on the waterline and putting an outboard there will immerse the transom too much. Perhaps if you attach a broomstick to the handle so you can sit far...

Congratulations. Frank

I teach canvaswork using Sailrite's Totebag. We found it is a good project for one day and people learn using a sewing machine, a Pfaff 130 with a handcrank, and use boat canvas, webbing, a zipper,...

The scientists who developed the theory come from Groningen, my home town. The Washington Post mentions this but the BBC does not. Disappointing. Frank

Dick,
I never built an Oughtred boat but I just finished an Elf spritsail, and I have a Tirriksail almost done on my table and also a kit for a CY mainsail. Bert van Baar, De...

I like it and you might have a stress test done at a technical college perhaps. Should be easy.

Hey guys, I wrote an article about a new Dutch Chebacco for Watercraft 149, and I would like to hear from you about it. www.watercraft-magazine.com
Frank
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Erika, Ultralight boatbuilding by Tom Hill is a great book on glued lapstrake. I think many boatplans can be adapted tot this construction. Frank
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Uffa Fox designed some fast planing dinghies in clinker construction
Frank

Nice, We were 2 days ago in Venice, on the Canal Grande. Frank

Happy birthday, Ted

Evecom bij Drachten heeft het vast op de plank liggen

Double enders with a short mast and a long antennalike yard with a big latin sail, imo that's a Gozzo.
But I see lots of fast motorboats here. I am looking at the Adriatic Sea right now.
Frank

Hornblower ofcourse. Frank

The French admire the farmer Bovee who destroyed with his tractor a Mcdonalds resto in his campaign against 'malbouffe', or bad food. The Italians have a slowfood academy. Historically speaking the...

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That was a pleasant surprise, Ted. We are all ok and the pictures here were just sent by my eldest son. He is skipper on this 'Klipper' on the Waddenzee. Sailing finally with guests...

A friend launched his Chebacco last year and she weighs 500 kg. He built her according to Bolgers spec's, i.e. 12 mm occoume for hull and deck. She is the sheet plywood version and he rigged her with...

What a nice story, thanks for posting

Thinking where we seem to go, bothers me since a teacher told us about 'Silent spring' from Rachel Carson, somewhere in the sixties, and that feeling never left me. I was quite sure for a long time I...