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Softwoods don't bend particularly well, in my opinion.

Nice, thanks folks. Good comments.

I'm scrounging wood for ribs of an umiak. Today I went out near Sacramento, California and found a couple of fallen trees that could be suitable: a valley oak and a black locust. I am wondering if...

�� Wow thanks for sharing. A very well-made video, just like the joint.

Ah, I see that the shipping charge is just AU$15, not bad. Thanks, all!

Thanks! The site appears to be for an Australian outfit - am I seeing the right place? Seems like it'd tack on a significant amount of cost and time for shipping.

They're not in the Woodenboat store.

Yep, it's a PDR, stretched to 12 feet and with some of the details improved.

Here's a photo from a friend who spotted me off that bridge from post #10. These are more typical late summer...

Luckily, I can borrow my dad's cargo van.
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Thank you! Here are a few more photos from our uncharacteristic spell of late summer nice weather. The storms of autumn have already begun, but at least there is a breeze today...
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BY:D You're more right than you could know...

I've got a few boats behind me by now. Mostly Michael Storer designs, as he seems to optimize for light weight and fast sailing. I've got a Goat...

Maybe my problem is that I've spent too much time in cold water, and killed all the brain cells in my feet ��.

This past week, I fulfilled a long-time ambition by sailing a homebuilt boat around the harbor of Juneau, Alaska, my home town.

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Due to the pandemic, my job (in California) has me working...

I'm trying to conjure @jsjpd, not sure if there is a way to do that on this forum. Anyway, during the July 4 celebration, I spotted this umiak half-buried in the sand at Sandy Beach in Douglas, AK...

The "earth" of the inverter might mean one of two things:

1. The third wire on the AC side. This would go to the ground of any AC equipment, probably by running through the equipment's plug. You...

1. You can't count on an electrical connection between the engine block and the prop - they aren't mechanically connected (one spins while the other does not) and are insulated from each other by a...

Thanks, the Gougeon Brothers book is just what I was looking for!

Hi folks,
Can any of our experienced and esteemed forumites please recommend me a reference book for designing and/or building a multi-chine plywood yacht? That is, 30-35 feet, ply and epoxy over...

You love to see it.

I know it's been two years since your message, but I wonder whether you're still trying to unload that kit?

Mahi Mahi are very odd fish. They'll congregate around any floating object and stay there, so New South Wales has put several buoys into the water about five miles offshore near Sydney. Several times...

Oh, I am quite familiar with those. One thing I am thinking about here is how to push rigging setup/takedown time to its minimum, and I find the metal pin plates slow, fiddly, and painful.

I'll report back but it will be a while. Right now, I am in the design phase.

With a forestay. Pelican hooks seems another reasonable option, thanks.

I think I'll try Tom's idea. Nick, thanks for the reminder that the rolling hitch can be tensioned up after tying. That might be feasible. This is intended for setting up standing rigging on a gaff...

Hi forumites,
Is there something available to buy or build that works as an inline cleat? I have a line I want to secure to another line. If I were securing this line to the deck, I would use a...

I believe fiberglass sheathing can be effective, based on the example of Speedwell of Hong Kong (http://speedwelladventures.com/speedwell.html). Glass sheathed a Vertue, with 17+ years of live-aboard...

Yes, they are beautiful boats and really show off their form.

It's all beautiful. Are you living aboard now?

Fits and starts. The frame is oiled up and ready to skin. Skin on frame is a ton of fun, with no difficult carpentry. I have begun to think of this as a warm-up toward building a sailing umiak in the...

Woot!

What a good-looking boat, and there is no better time and place to be on the water than May and June in Southeast. Is the king salmon fishery closed again this spring?

Y'done good.

Looks good, congratulations!

I had one of these on the boat, it works great. You'd install it at the barn, pointed toward the house, and no worries. Ubiquiti Nanostation M2

Whoops, looks like I'm too late and didn't read...

I would add that building a boat ALWAYS takes longer and costs more than you think. So if your goal is to sail then buy second-hand boat. If you really enjoy carpentry, then building may be a great...

Thorne's Qs are good. Here are a couple more:

- What is your carpentry/woodworking experience?
- What tools/facilities/shop space do you have access to?

This is supposed to be a video of the rib bending. I'm not sure it will ever show up. It's on Vimeo at https://vimeo.com/407327638.
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Here are some pics of the ribs.

This is meant to be a quick and budget build, not an excuse to buy new tools. Since I have no table saw or band saw, I used kiln-dried red oak "hobby boards" from...

I'm spinning this off from another thread because it began as a discussion about a duck punt.

I decided to build a Greenland-style kayak, and have come along pretty well in the past three weeks....

The quarantine kayak project continues apace! For those without a steam box who might like to follow along: for rib stock, I bought some so-called 3" x 1/4" kiln-dried "hobby boards" from the House...

Makes sense to me. I love self-steering devices and can't wait to see how yours works out! Will it have to sit way out aft of the transom-hung rudder? How will you adjust the course setting? We...

Hey this looks great! For your transom-hung rudder, I would have opted for a trim-tab self-steering device, but you do you!

One caution: since you're building your pendulum oar from wood, be very...

A question for Dave Gentry: are you still fond of PL Premium to seal polyester skins for SOF kayaks? My plan is to use a can of Rustoleum exterior enamel for the final coat. I'm not sure whether...

After some consideration, I have decided to build a Greenland-style kayak rather than a duck punt for now. As much as I love sailing, I am sometimes willing to do the work of propelling myself. The...

There, yes. Also, during winter when the rice fields are flooded, I would love to sail across the whole wide plain. Plus, there are canals along the levee in West Sac, and lots of other cool...

You folks are amazing! I have some thinking to do now...

Rob, this is awesome. I'm in Sacramento and looking specifically at the Yolo Bypass wildlife area, but also the Delta more generally. I am socially distancing at the moment, so not able to borrow...

I am looking at building a quarantine boat, and want something for cruising around the delta wetlands and marshes in central CA. I also have a small backyard and a very narrow walkway around the side...

Heh. I'd already decided that I'd have chosen the John Dory but for its weight. Since I can carry either boat that'll fit in my space, the decision was easy. And thanks for the tip - I'll look up...

OK, I bought the Amberjack plans and Oughtred's book. Check this space in six months to see how it's coming!

Well, I just measured my basement/workshop and determined that unless the boat will be sailed exclusively on basement floodwaters, it can't be longer than sixteen feet. So I'm going to look at the...