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Beautiful!! 800 anticipated hours sounds like a long time but for some reason 80 hours a year sounds very reasonable!

The gunwales look like mahogany so a match would look good. I think sapele would work there also. Ply could be used if sealed properly. If using solid wood make the breasthook out of two pieces so...

Thanks for the heads up. Some of the demos and the speaker series will be must attend for me.

What type of craft are you building? I'd check with the designer before substituting dimension lumber for plywood. The designer may be relying on the more or less isotropic properties of ply to give...

Jordan Boats has a cradle boat that might serve your purposes. It may be overbuilt for what you need because it is designed to be strong enough to cradle a baby.
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CLC has a round Spartan model on sale. 10 bux less than the Spartan website

https://www.clcboats.com/shop/products/new/bronze-round-padeye.html

No affiliation, etc.

For sure. The miniscule gains in efficiencly are not worth the risk of breaking the bond. Check the residual epoxy in the bottom of the mixing container for clues about curing.

Same here, I've got two Harken lifts. Two 100 pound boats hang from the rafters and the 3-to-1 ratio gets them up there very quickly. A nice turn-key system if you don't want to fiddle with a home...

Lots of great advice above. Let me add one more bit. Save up the spondulicks and get NAME BRAND marine ply. Lots of shady third world plywood mills slap a BS1088 sticker on their inferior product and...

Always, always fair the wood before FG. Don't worry about fairing compound sticking to TB III, it's non-issue with regard to the seams. Here is a fairing schedule that has worked very well fo me.
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For what it's worth my suit is a older Kokatat. I'm wondering if different manufacturers and designs have different seal parameters. (i.e. different angle of cone, parabolic shape, etc.)

Yes, that's sound tight. Take off a little (>1/8") at a time. You"ll get there. My suit seals above the adam's apple. You shouldn't be red in the face or have veins bulging. You're looking for the...

Getting a proper fit is tedious but you only have to do it once every few years. Trim and try. But wait before judging. Hang out in it for a few minutes and see if you adapt. It's very personal. If...

Trim the neck back very judicously. Upon donning the suit a proper fitting neck gasket feels restrictive and uncomfortable but gets comfortable fairly quickly. Trimming a small strip makes a big...

Perfect. Ordered.

Lots of great suggestions above but if you're looking for one that will be a quick build and checks off all your boxes, take a look at Jimmy Skiff II from CLC. Available in a kit or plans. I bet you...

I've got a corded Makita (can't remember the model #) and it is a very precise tool. But no matter how much I plan, that #$% cord somehow gets in the way. It's also not great on chip collection.
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Thanks for all the good replies, very helpful. I do have a bearing separator as pictured but for some reason DeWalt recessed the bearing into the fan preventing access to the back.

I'm going to...

Sorry for the non-boat content but I do use this tool to build boats. I've got an old USA-made DeWalt miter saw, DW 705 type 3, that's about 28 years old. The main bearing on the armature seems to...

Graci!

Nice. Tutorial?

The most dangerous aspect about these activities is videoing. I've been involved in risk sports my whole life. I can tell you that the most foolhardy behavior I've observed over the years is when...

Here you go.

https://angusrowboats.com/pages/sliding-seat

I'm not sure if the $250 is the price or the amount he'll pay to have it hauled away.
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Here's something to try. Surfboard wax on the grip zone. My whitewater kayak paddle is finished with gloss varnish including the shaft. A couple of licks with the wax and you're good to go.

Good one!


I hope Chang has taken a bath and serves as a warning for all other venal corporations.

Sorry for the thread drift but I clicked on the Delta link and.......OH-MY-GAWD!!, What has happened to Delta?! I have several American-made Delta machines, bought new 30-40years ago and still going...

Are you using a "raking" light source? If not, get a long skinny light and mount it verticallly on a lightweight adjustabe stand, preferably one that has gimballed attachment point. Place it right...

What happens if you put it unladen in dead calm water and give it a small push. Repeat this a few times to see if it consistently goes to starboard. If not then figure out the trim. If so then figure...

Some amazing examples there! Can you post the link to the original site?

Just an FYI, US Composites has epoxy colorants in liquid form. I've used them and had no problems at all. I'm sure Wox's recommendations are fine but for chemically ignorant builders like myself,...

Keep the casters but get retractable ones. My bench weighs about 300# and stays in place when retracted. I can easily move it when they are deployed. After installing these I'd never not have a...

Yeah, what everyone else has said. You'd be building a boat on blind spec and the chances of finding a buyer who wants this exact boat and is willing to pony up some serious cash is highly unlikely....

Would you care to disclose the name and location of these NJ cedar sources?

PM sent.

Lots of great advice in the above posts. One thing that has been mentioned but should be emphasized concerns the sealed compartments. Do not create fully sealed compartments. Water has a way of...

There's something wrong here, I'm trying to put my finger on it..... hmmm, aha!, that shop is waayy too clean!

Thank God this is on the wrong coast, cuz I'm waaay too impulsive.

I've done some cloth-under-FG on some paddleboards. I learned a lot from the first one.

Test for colorfastness in the presence of prolonged sunlight exposure. The first paddleboard cloth faded...

Would that were true. The snowmobile is the winter equivalent. Instead of frothing up the water like the execrable jet skis, they chew up the ice and make it almost un-sailable, at least here NJ...

You steer by hardening the main sheet, then manipulating the jib and then praying. These craft are very fast and can negotiate small stretches of open water. Originally developed to aid waterfowl...

Indeed, but the important aspect is to make sure that the wind-stream does not move or flex the front of the ply. You don't want the wind to get any kind of purchase or bad things will start to...

As far as hauling plywood goes, you shouldn't have a problem on the top of the RAV. The key is stability in the airflow. I've carried several loads of 3MM and 4MM ply on a Jeep Cherokee with no...

I would go out in light conditions on your first forays. I hate to be a wet blanket but the combo of the sail position and the springboard will likely result in very sketchy steering. You will need...

This definitely has the telltale characteristics of amine blush contamination. Shame on these epoxy companies who market "non-blushing" epoxy. As you have just experienced ALL epoxies will blush...

Very enjoyable video, the gentleman has a light and engaging style.

As a side note, does anyone know what he was spraying on the jointer at 1:45?

Impressive boats and even more impressive photo skills. Thanks for posting. One of these years....

Can I ask what sort of boat and construction you're building? That sounds really heavy duty.

Don't not take steps to mitigate blush. Removal is simple and quick. ALL epoxies will blush under the...

I get my seat foam from Sailrite. They have a broad selection. They also have some great tutorials on the various characteristics of different foam pertaining to usage.

What color is the hull and, if a dark color, did this hull ever see any serious heat via baking in the Texas sun? That failed joint looks a lot like epoxy that that has been subject to a heat gun. I...