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Hey Mr. Bradshaw
Is there any reason your method wouldn't work with white dacron/polyester yacht braid ?

Looks great!
but as soon as dat boat hit de water it gonna open up like a coconut and de baby is swimmin'
Seen it a 1000 times!

Lovely, I would appreciate more pictures too

If you have a local sailing club, take a few lessons as you build your boat. You will gain knowledge about sailing which will inform your boat build, rigging and hardware choices. and you will be...

It was certainly a more edgy video. Any small sailboating in shared waters is going to fraught with those experiences.
THough it was cool to see all those boats and teh large small boat community,...

Tried to correct it, no dice, alas my ignorance will liv eon the internet FOREVER! I like your steam bending jibs. I did something similar, including the strap, to steam bend the tips of recurve...

Nice! No affiliation. Decent price
Looks smaller than 14' though...

Wow! Welcome to the wooden boat forum! ADonald...last name Trump by any chance?

That sure looks like it in those plans, which means you can get plans. Which will help. It will require woodwork to repair and finish it. Not just varnish etc.
A lovely boat, that could be even...

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Somehow I don't think that was the reason for the delay.

There are a bunch of ways. I imagine those things if fastened down would work. I'd be worried about the spar falling off them, Hanging...

Making them out of lumberyard SPF isn't that hard. I'd say look for used ones. I would've suggested Barkley Sound oars but they recently went out of business (retired)

Congratulations. Nice job!

John Wayne's real name was Marion and he wore lifts in his boots. He also ran around happily denouncing people as communists and ruining their careers. What a creep. Not sure why people like him. The...

Hilarious

Really?? It's not a critique. It looks like a type of wing a wing . My understanding of sailing wing a wing is that you don't attach the tack of the jib to the pole, you attach the clew of the jib....

Yes I know. I could've had a local sailmaker make one for about $2-300 more but there was a several month wait. I don't have that sort of patience.

Reviving this because I'm getting down to it.
I bought a 10x15 coated polyester hammock fly that I'm going to build a prototype tent out of for now.
I would like to build something slightly heavier...

Not so much more expensive in Canada, but rather the exchange rate ,plus international shipping, plus taxes add up to make a significant difference. 74 sq foot sail was $800 Can, however that has...

I've done a couple. I find them straightforward with satisfying results. The folks at sailrite are helpful too. Being in Canada building a kit from the States isn't huge savings over a made sail from...

It's wing a wing with the jib backwards. I was going to call it wing a wing right when this was posted then I noticed how the jib was set and was unsure if the backwards jib was on purpose and had a...

How's your fortress tattoo?

Received both the Mantus dinghy anchor and the Osculati folding admiralty (fisherman/kedge/yachtsman) anchor this week.

Both look well made though in different ways

The Mantus weighs in 3.5 lbs...

Arguably easier to make a new mast than alter the sail. Especially as you'll have to cut the right shape into the foot make and sew on all the corner patches before you install your grommets. You...

That looks a little like an Emeraude. Nice airplane.

Use their snack passions to motivate your rowing dreams

Ah yes of course they look like a Lee Valley item. . Available locally too. Excellent and thanks

Looks great. I agree with stromberg that having the nettles in the reef grommets is fine and far easier. Often when you want/need to reef having it be as easy as possible is the best course. If I...

Sexy

Like I said, my boat is 23 years old and spent most of it's life under a cover, upside down on a dock that only had water under it at high tide.

Your build looks lovely. Finish it up, get it in...

Crikey. $800 . This is almost a reason to wish I lived in Texas.

I wouldn't remove them. I imagine that would be a nightmare and the frames might straighten out some.

I would paint them and do my best to skoogy a brush in behind the frame (where the laps...

Nice boat. His designs always look so capable.

Gartside 130,,,all lhigh tech low stretch line except admittedly my added jib halyard which is some polyester 3 strand I had that was the right length. Might replace it with 1/4" yacht braid but I...

I have a Hennesey hammock. too It's asymeterical so you can actually lay quite flat. It has a built in mosquito net and a good fly that covers the whole thing. Easy to assemble and use. gets you off...

I fly various jibs off the little sprit I added to my Gartside 130. It balances great and will happily itself in moderate conditions.

I'm trying to understand something I'm experiencing with a...

It wasn't so much technology as things like smallpox. The natives felt sorry for the first contact Europeans. They were small, pasty and ill-nourished. The guns then were slow, clumsy and inaccurate....

This is good stuff! I admire the very sensible use of the shirt.

Mr Bradshaw has the right take on this. How does the sun damaged part stand up to a tear test? Fold a section and try to tear the...

It says they perform best in sandy muddy bottoms

You win!

Yes yes, your boat is in the tropics. I was just referring to the actual instructions

I think the 410, lightest micro-bubbles one shouldn't be used under dark paint as they're affected by heat. I used the next lightest ones. It's for filling/fairing

Ahhh makes a lot more sense now 1/8" in a 5/16" plank is a much larger percentage. Glue in wooden plugs, it works great as you likely already know, and is relatively easy

On my boat when I...

My planking is 3/8" red cedar. Yours looks thicker.
I take it you plan to finish your boat bright.
I think if I ever built a boat I would paint it as I don't want to spend my time maintaining...

Freedom variant???

"Freedom variant littoral combat ship"

That is a very beautiful build. You should be proud of it! Looks like a lot of hard and nice work.

Don't mind Wizbang. He's super knowledgable but has some very definite things he doesn't care for...

I was being purely silly , however I could see others using it to further personal grievances.

Lovely work. I really like the knotty benches.

Cool. I don't use a roller , I try to keep the weight out of the ends of my boat, I can see the advantage and thanks for letting me know about the mantus, the only welsford designs I've seen are the...

I think you need to put up some pictures. People here like them and it helps you get accurate advice/If you need to put up a lot try some hosting site like imgur(not affiliated)

This post makes me paranoid