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"Call me" With the phone set to vibrate.

Cal me old fashioned, but I'd have thought 20 tonnes of lead was more than cosmetic. Did the mast float and keep her from rolling right over or what?

Doesn't oughtred have a 17' one?

Sold for $33333.00

Steve, see the silver one that leon posted a photo of above? Like that, but instead of being a van, its a cab/chassis arrangement, the cab is like apickup truck, except its a twin cab insted of...

Steve, see the silver one that leon posted a photo of above? Like that, but instead of being a van, its a cab/chassis arrangement, the cab is like apickup truck, except its a twin cab insted of...

Steve, see the silver one that leon posted a photo of above? Like that, but instead of being a van, its a cab/chassis arrangement, the cab is like apickup truck, except its a twin cab insted of...

I reckon you ought to be able to kill your kid in the first year.

Sometimes.

Probably lucky we can't though.
;)

I once read in a marine safety test, the question-what is the most important safety device on your boat? The answer was "your radio"

That's from the perspective of a shore based rescue service,...

Interestning stuff about autism. I have a good friend who's children have recently been diagnosed with some syndrome close to autism. I worry though about the "political correctness police" who from...

Was watching a show on the ABC called "Inventions from the shed" a week or two ago, and they had a fan, with in effect winglets on the outer edge of the fan blades. Apparently much more effective....

I don't think those particular ones are designed for through bulkhead mounting. Some others are, with a nice sort of plate that sits more or less flush on the bulkhead with a hole for the handle. The...

The Hartley TS 16 is a nice little boat that I think meets all of those requirements. 16' long, and 8' wide. Simple sloop rig, around 15 mins to set up at the ramp and get sailing. Think about...

Sorry goaty, but I'd suggest you do a bit of sailing before pursuing this any further. You don't like multihulls because they don't look comfortable. But you want to go 20+knts. In a traditional...

I've built 2 smaller ones. Iain's Acorn Skiff, and a glued lap canoe that I just kind of knocked together after reading Tom Hill's book. I found Iain's plans very detailed, his full sized patters...

I just knew ACB would have one. Goes nicely with a Seagull Outboard "best outboard motor for the world", a baby blake dunny, and probably a slow revving, one pot engine (if any). Plus canvas sails...

I just knew ACB would have one. Goes nicely with a Seagull Outboard "best outboard motor for the world", a baby blake dunny, and probably a slow revving, one pot engine (if any). Plus canvas sails...

I just knew ACB would have one. Goes nicely with a Seagull Outboard "best outboard motor for the world", a baby blake dunny, and probably a slow revving, one pot engine (if any). Plus canvas sails...

I have 4 kids, a a VW T4 twin cab tray top. Fantastic unit. Seats 6 (or 7 at a squeeze, we put an extra seatbelt in the back) Masses of space on the back for trips to the beach, bike park, rubish...

I have 4 kids, a a VW T4 twin cab tray top. Fantastic unit. Seats 6 (or 7 at a squeeze, we put an extra seatbelt in the back) Masses of space on the back for trips to the beach, bike park, rubish...

I have 4 kids, a a VW T4 twin cab tray top. Fantastic unit. Seats 6 (or 7 at a squeeze, we put an extra seatbelt in the back) Masses of space on the back for trips to the beach, bike park, rubish...

From the pics above, the yawl looks good, simply because the mast is further forward, probably good in terms of interior space. On the sloop I don't like the roachy main with battens-its not...

So did you get it yet? Looks like a fine litle boat to me. Spend a few hours on it, very little money, keep it on a trailer in a yard near a launch ramp and its all good.

I dunno, in PNG, unsupported, unhidden, and used for what they were designed for, 5 or 6 times over, they just look like ugly bags of skin. Natural, sure but not nice.

Bob speaks good sense. Should be no problem leaving the runners tensioned at the mooring. Certainly no more tension on them than on the shrouds. And if they are taught you won't have chafe problems...

Try some CPES, fantastic stuff.

So true. What's the point of confiscating nail clippers when a nicely sharpened hardwood stake will go right through a man. And a metal detector.

Reminds me of a friend who was doing some work on his boat. Taking the bowsprit off in particular. He needed to get in the dinghy to undo the bobstay and whisker stays. Tied the dinghy to the...

A similar thing happened to a bunch of trailer sailers here a number of years ago. The car park was subsequently festooned with concrete tie down blocks, and the parking bays realigned to face the...

That has to be fun!!

be unlikely for the plank to pop right off. Damn near impossible. At most you might get a crack between 2 planks. An dthey are still held against each other pretty tight by the whole structure. if...

That's smart thinking setting the nuts into the bearers. A bit like the difference between japanese cars and english. The japanese are easy to service, the english look like they were designed by...

I don't like the look of that rope at the end of the handle. Good way to end up swimming, or worse, imagine a foot stuck in something on deck, the hook firmly hooked on a mooring, the rope firly...

Yeah hey, with cell phones and epirbs it don't matter any more if you can't get home, just call and some bugger will come out and tow you home. Sheesh!My own opinion is its irresponsible to go out...

Byron. Im thinking that the bit of wood that sits on top of the join and spans the joint gives you your answer. You want a nice clean (flattish)V shape there for that bit to sit in. Which means it...

From some experience of my dad's boat, built in 1972. Deck is marine ply, covered with canvas. The ply was painted with plenty of read lead. The canvas was laid wet, so it then shrank and pulled...

Note to Paul, we usually don't advertise on here, there are some rules about that. And if you do choose to breach those rules, at least read the question. Go back now and read the first post, unless...

A tiller pilot, driving a trim tab rather than direct to the rudder is a solution that I've heard works well. Low electrical drain as the trim tab does the work. Kinda simpler than a lot of wind...

Will you self important idiots shut up for just one minute? A whole lot of people just got blown up, dead, and you really think your stupid fixed narrow ill informed opinions actually matter, or that...

An outboard sounds like a great idea!

I'm pretty clueless about rotarys, and speedboats for that matter, but I think rotary's produce all their power at high revs, where'a V8's come in with plenty of torque down low to get you up out of...

We sail every day except Grand Final day. Well we would if weren't at work. Summer is good, hot, plenty of SPF 30+(and beer) spring is good, if a little unpredictable, winter is good, with a sweater,...

For tootling around local waters I'd go electronic. For offshore or extended cruising I'd go with the windvane, unless you're an electronics whizz, and have a full workshop and parts on board. Too...

For a little weather helm you need to rake the mast back a little, not forward. Or maybe just kick the rudder blade back a little. Or sit a little bit further forward. Or attach the halyard a little...

igatenby (Spelling) is from round there too, and seems to know a bit about boats, maybe get in touch with im if you can. There'd have to be a lot to be said for trailering though, if you have...

Plenty of people still go cruising without all that stuff. 'Cept 'lectric lights maybe. Its just what you get used to. We have so many gadgets now that if you go more than 10 miles from a...

I think its always best to do things in the order suggested by the wife. Other than that I'm not sure it matters.

If I can wangle a trip to Cairns for work in the near future I'd be more than happy to help with crewing, just try to keep me away!!!! More falls on the lazy jacks, and runners led to the quarters...

I would have to defer to Todd. I've sailed for some time on my 11' Oughtred Acorn Skiff without lacing to the boom and the yard. Seems to work OK, but I bet if I did lace them the sail shape would be...

Oh, and take the sail off the spars and store it in a bag. You have to loosen it anyway so as not to leave it stretched all the time. If its bundled around the spars in or out of a sock/bag you are...