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I see that your old boat is for sale on CL, Charlotte NC.
https://charlotte.craigslist.org/boa/d/pineville-14-greenwood-sharpie-skiff/7388259905.html

Another vote for Ultrasonic cleaning. Carbs have lots of very small passages that sometimes wind around though the carb body, chances of cleaning them out are usually slim. The ultrasonic action...

For 2021 there are only 2 pickup trucks that can even be equipped with a manual transmission, the Toyota Tacoma and the Jeep Gladiator. Automatic transmissions are standard on almost every vehicle...

I think that the biggest difference is the Trial Lawyers Association.

I haven't tried a soft shackle eye splice on a halyard but I have used soft shackles in other places with great success. I use one to attach the boom vang to the boom on my 24' Farr 740 Sport. It has...

How can anyone overlook the classic simplicity of the Atkin Retreat?
http://www.atkinboatplans.com/Misc/Retreat.html

Found it, the design was called Evolution, 28' loa. It was in the January 1976 issue of Rudder magazine. The May 1975 issue of Rudder had an article on Sonny Levi and his designs through the 1950's...

Sonny Levi designed some fascinating boats. Sometime back in the late 60's-early 70's IIRC, Rudder magazine had one of his boats chronicled in their DIY home boat building series. It was about 25'...

That boat has been on CL for a year or 2. It looks to be a very nice example but not much of a market here in the US.

I was first introduced to sailing in 1959 or 1960 on my Dad's bosses Thistle. His number was 1319, only a few away from this one. A beautiful dark blue hull, white waterline and copper bottom with...

I noticed the Paper Tiger in the photos then went back and read the first post, a PT indeed. I bought PT plans from Canadian Multihulls back the the mid 1970's, built the jig and one hull before life...

Personally I would not use electric brakes (as on a camper or utility trailer) because dunking them often will led to corrosion (maintenance) problems. They are cheap enough that you can replace them...

I have a Delta Contractors 10" table saw (model 34-444) and I ended up making my own mobile base out of 1"x2" rectangular tubing on edge. I basically copied a DELTA 50-278 Mobile Machine Base that...

Not a Snipe, they have a daggerboard, not a centerboard.

All my small boat trailer tongues have been thin wall square or rectangular tubing, available at any metal supply business. When I got my MC scow (have owned 25+ years) the PO had cut the tongue...

I also agree with Tom.
Don't Supersize your fries during the building period and the total weight, you and boat, will come out the same as Okoume and lots of fries.

I too would go with a different boat closer to your needs.
From what I read you want to change design virtues and add faults to a design that doesn't even match your needs in the first place. Not...

Nice to see an old Sailfish back on the water. A friend's father built one when we were youngsters back in the early 1960's. I don't remember if it was from plans or a kit. He also rebuilt a Piper...

I lost a boat trailer plate once when the plastic tag bracket broke. It was there when I left my brother's house in Florida but was gone when I got home 900 miles later. To get a replacement I had to...

Although it isn't a flat bottom, another Atkin design, Sergeant Faunce.
http://www.atkinboatplans.com/Utilities/SergeantFaunce.html

My experience:

Built an Enterprise dinghy from a kit. African Mahogany that finished out beautiful. Painted outside, varnished inside, no glass. With the exception of a couple of dry rot spots...

I think that if one needs longer benches I would be inclined to move the cabin bulkhead forward some, something like to the forward end of the centerboard case. There isn't much "cabin" there anyway.

There use to be a Florence Oakland at Rocky Fork Lake east of Cincinnati circa 2005. The boat's name was "Charlene" built by a gentleman in Michigan from whom the local owner bought it. I don't think...

12. A tiller that can be quickly and easily removed (NOT the bolt & nut through tiller and rudder cheeks that I am using now).

Back in the 1960's my brothers, Dad and I built a Jack Holt designed...

My first sail, circa 1960, was on a Thistle owned by my Dad's boss (#1317 or 1319), they are very popular around here. Not the best for single handing. I have a MC scow which is a great single hander...

I have about a gallon of WEST hardener that I bought in the late 1970's. It is as Denise030 said, 'gone dark like old mahogany". I don't use it for anything structural but it still works fine for...

Link works for me. Looks like a great project for someone.

specs:
http://sailboatdata.com/viewrecord.asp?class_ID=4480

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Bob Linton's build site

https://boblinton.wordpress.com/

Here is another Titmouse for sale, unfortunately far away from Vancouver.
https://annapolis.craigslist.org/boa/d/15-sam-rabls-titmouse-tabloid/6696626138.html

Personally I wouldn't feel bad about building a boat for myself, stretched, shrunk or original dimensions from 60 year old plans with all original parties long deceased, but that is just me.

A...

Great find, looking forward to updates.

My first sail was on a Thistle in the very late 1959s. My Dad's boss, with his kids (crew) off to college, needed someone to go sailing with him and invited...

I built a set of Shopdog saw horses, they are incredibly stable and can handle a lot of weight. They can be pretty versatile as well as shown on his website. They fold up to a small package and are...

The Miami U Sailing Team uses 420's now although there doesn't seem to be all that much activity. What has really taken off is rowing. There is now a large building that houses their boats. They hold...

A bit OT but I figure where else is there a better group of sailboat enthusiasts from down under.

A few months ago I picked up a Farr 740 Sport trailer sailer for a very cheap price. Over the...

Back in the 1960's my Dad, brothers and I built an 13' Enterprise in the basement, a "daylight" basement. My Dad made sure it would fit out the door before ordering the kit. We built a cradle to hold...

Rod Mincher, whose blog is Earwegoagin, use to post on here as "pamincher". I haven't noticed him posting in a while.

Many years ago when I first looked at his blog I noticed that we both sailed...

You might try a search for "low tunnel greenhouse". There are tons of DIY greenhouse web sites out there. Many are big enough for a ducker and they are often made from PVC pipe.

This topic is often repeated as the small boat trailer industry is geared for outboard motor boats in this size range. Not surprising as there are no doubt thousands of them sold for every sailboat....

I built a Searunner 37 back in the early 1970's and have looked at a few Searunner 25s over the years. As with almost any 25' trimaran (at least the ones that sail well) the interior is tight. Jim...

Back in the 1960's there were a lot of Windmills on our local lake. Mostly home built as were the Y-flyers and Rhodes Bantams in the sailing club. About 20 years ago a friend ended up with a ply...

I had a friend back in the 1970's that owned one. He let my sail it and I liked it a lot. A good performance boat for the money. There are still a few of them around here and often they can be picked...

Notice that he said a "large percentage" not LARGER percentage. The perception here in the midwest is that almost EVERYONE in California is far left or at least very liberal.
The point being is...

Just yesterday I e-mailed back and forth with a friend that lives in CA. I offered to help him smuggle his soon to be illegal internal combustion vehicles (he has several old Brit cars) out of the...

A couple of other places to look.

http://www.glen-l.com/boat-plans-catalog-300-boats-you-can-build/
http://www.classicwoodenboatplans.com/about-the-plans/

Very nice canoe build, I expect that...

Rod Serling was our next door neighbor back in the early 1950's when he worked as a staff writer at a couple of different radio stations here in Cincinnati. Of course I don't remember him as I was...

I have to take exception to the first line of the original post. Not because I agree or disagree with the OP but because the WB forum is pretty well stacked with left leaning (often about as far left...

After looking at the book again I want to build one too.
It is a basic book with plans made to the level of a 7 th grade industrial arts student during the great depression. Fortunately the price is...

Found it!
BOATS, AIRPLANES and KITES
by Armand J. LaBerge
copyright 1935, 1950

Mr. LaBerge was Instructor of Industrial Arts at the U. of Minnesota and Bryant Jr. High school in Minneapolis. He...

Somewhere packed away I have a book that my Dad bought for me back about 1960 that has several designs built such as the link in post #2. IIRC, it was a school book for high school industrial arts...

Grandkids are great, as David said "Grandchildren, the dessert of life". I am waiting for great grandkid #4 to arrive, they are even better than regular grandkids.

Sometimes these offspring have...