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Its for sale, PM me if anyone wants the owners details, needs some lovin' but its all there.

These figures are miles away from club racing, over and above the usual running costs, my boat might cost a new dacron No 2 this year. As for my paid crew and second campaign boat, that would be the...

You could start your own blog, which you could control in every way,including sharing with friends etc. I would enjoy it as it would be building and sailing specific without all the other forum...

Unless youre absolutely commited to woodworking, the easiest way to solve your problem is to purchase the molding. I am sure there are specialist joiners who can supply trim in your area. Moreover if...

Seems we are discussing many different things, a meadowlark with a curved bottom is not a really a sharpie in my mind, shallow draft and hard chined yes. Size also has a lot to do with performance,...

Did you chat about the reason Riada is a bit skinnier than designed was because the shed wasnt quite wide enough!

The story in Classic NZ Yachts doesnt do it justice, to see this and have a vision of what could be done!

Welll said, we dont have sharpies sailing here for those reasons. They are unsuitable in exposed conditions, end of story. and as for the NIS that sailed Bass straight, skilful sailors, picking...

I'm with wiz on this one, 6mm ply? most of the time I dont even pre-drill and the screw will wind all the way through the ply if I am not mindful. Solid timber or heavier ply, sure drill it but you...

Around here its a non sequitor, its well known generally trying to glass carvel is a waste of time unless they are skinned with 6mm veneer and then glassed or the seams are splined and a heavy biax...

Ive never been over a west coast bar in a boat, but I have surfed a few. The west coast is unpredictable, you just dont know when that big one is going to come through. We have tragedies with...

The SP is a big boat in the shed but small on the water, so dont be fazed but the building outline. The one Ive been aboard had plenty of space and sailed well. My only advice is to buld it light,...

Unless you purchased the wifi only ipad which does not have a gps chip

cpes IS just thinned epoxy, in fact its 67% thinners that will mostly evaporate leaving behind 33% epoxy with microcopic holes in it unless you layer it on repeatedly. If youre lookng for a clear...

http://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd48/Waione_photos/misc%20sailing%2012%20and%2013%20season/2013-02-24132703_2.jpg

Is it just me or does that look like the undercarriage of some fat inflatable...

Too right! quite a thread drift to reed canoes. Seems to me that we need a thread entitled "one builders opinion on sawn timber" and bring up page after page of opinionated drivel.

I think its well worth re reading the title of the thread, opinion is the key word. Clearly Jay is experienced and definitely has a preference towards sawn timber, and indeed many of his practical...

He would have to move here of course.

How about this?

http://images.trademe.co.nz/photoserver/full/253951048.jpg

http://www.seapainter.com/Rip.html
Perfect!

I think you need to strip the coating back to bare timber and assess the problem. If you are applying an incompatible system it will never work. Remember under the waterline you can use any old...

The biggest problem with strip planking is how it just confounds the luddites by creating long lived, good looking boats that don't leak.

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Note to Cleek; its NOT possible to build a compound curved hull in plywood

Speaks for itself!

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Not so flattering but;

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8368/8464631664_fc73d6885f_b.jpg

I was on my mooring the other day but who should cruise past with the hammer down at 14 kts but Maroro. I...

Plywood is simply a building material that has to be understood for the application. It isn't good or bad, panels may vary in quality but that isnt the plywood's fault just as inferior sawn timber...

Tom, thanks for your comments however I think what you are referring to as an ocean race and what we here in NZ call an ocean race are two different things. I would take neither craft offshore. I...

Look I could be wrong, and it may be how this CS was setup.

Heres some nice footage of the CS in ideal conditions, it was fast and fun!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmwldaYaqF8

But notice how tippy it is compared to the Nav and Pathfinder

Tom, I'm not sure what info you're saying is faulty, perhaps Im out a few kts but we regularly sail in 30 (especially this summer) and often gusting more but even allowing for misjudging the wind...

One problem with the CS is that reefing is rolling sails around 2 masts, and this was a line squall which was definitely 40. I had a mizzen up and I had to lift the board as well to stop the boat...

Never sailed it but chatted with an owner a lot. The awol is not as seaworthy a cruiser as the navigator if youre sailing in a windy area i.e. regular 20-30 kts but much better than a CS 17, you have...

I swear that has never happened on my boat.

If you don't mind the dust the best scarphing tool is a grinder.

There is another option, which is to patch it and go fishing. Get the use out of it then scrap it. Sorry and sad but if the purchase price was peanuts and a restoration is several hundred k then its...

You could get away with a mixture of clamps, panel pins bent over on ply patches in most places and a few nails where the curvature is greatest (around the deck edges). You could finish it bright and...

Regarding the fasteners, less is best and perhaps even ringbarb silicon bronze nails. But theres no need for a ton of expensive heavy bronze or brass screws when epoxy is used. Unless you have a real...

Laid decks add weight, cost and complexity. They look fake on small boats and are an expensive pain in the backside. With your ply deck, I would try to avoid fasteners or use drywall screws and back...

The first thing I would do is determine how many amps are required per day and the proposed usage of the craft. Perhaps the simplest answer is to install a larger battery with perhaps a solar panel...

I had the opportunity to view Endeavour during her refit a few years ago. These are truly massive yachts that I don't think most people realise the scale of, without seeing one out of the water. The...

For us down south, a yacht with a single mast and one headsail is a sloop. A yacht with two permanently fixed headstays which can fly 2 headsails at the same time is a cutter(usually the foresail is...

Really? I guess you Tom and Cleek can meet up and go play with your HO trainset. Ive never heard such a load of insulting mindless babble trying to justify the unjustifiable. Your God omniscient and...

Peter, If I may ask- why did you design this boat? Are you able to take it further?

For the purposes of comparing rigs the vid is irrelevant apart from aesthetics! The yawl is a handy rig and gives a lot of options with regard to manouverability, reefing etc plus there is no better...

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If she were bigger, I would still have her!

I think someone "nailed" it earlier, this boat will not be going to sea. It will be a lake/river/harbour liveaboard. Its built like a house because it is a house.

This was a great "first weekend" was a bit windy so they started with a reef in the kite Y>


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIQQ4wQqHgs&feature=youtu.be

Positive flop, shhh its a secret tuning tip.

Saturday the harbour was empty (apart from mad classic yotties) and nice sailing though it did get windy, Sunday looked like hard work so probably a good call, although you would have been hotrodding...

Jase the boat looks fabulous, flashing varnish with acres of rag driving and into it with style and speed, youve made a real contribution to the classics, wish I had a camera!

I ended up doing a...

Totally agree, he's a fool or hes not telling the whole truth. I probably sound moralising but these threads can go from a bit of humour and education to a whole lot of cheap shots. But he is a man...