Antipodean Boats Connection

[RFNK]

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Anything is okay as long as it's not faster than a Mirror. but Mirrors are preferred and will be granted Special Status - it being a Haul of Mirrors after all.

Gary, I'm always interested in boat books and happy to pay.

Rick

[WX]

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I just thought I would ask, I have books I rarely even look at anymore. Anyway let's see what happens.

[Phil Y]

Here we go again. This time I've masked off a few break points so I can go refill the roller tray, mix the next batch. Should have laid down some gloss in those spots before I started with grippy stuff but I guess that's how you learn. When I repaint the deck again in 10 years or so I'll know.

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[WX]

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Bloody rain, we've had a sheet on the line for about two weeks now, just when it starts to get dry it rains again.

[Phil Y]

Bloody rain, we've had a sheet on the line for about two weeks now, just when it starts to get dry it rains again.

You could hang it inside.

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[auscruisertom]

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[QUOTE=RFNK;5927716]Yes, except that would involve a lot of rowing because there's not much wind in the river. I'd suggest Myall Shores or Mungo Brush as the base and sailing 'events' up past Violet Hill and in and around Myall Lake. The nicest time of year would be March - May, avoiding Easter.
Rick[/QUOTE

Count me in .

I understand your Mirror preference suggestion, but would probably leave my options open as to wether I borrow a Mirror or use the Tammie, should this event go ahead.

[Alex1N]

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Anything is okay as long as it's not faster than a Mirror. but Mirrors are preferred and will be granted Special Status - it being a Haul of Mirrors after all.

Gary, I'm always interested in boat books and happy to pay.

Rick

Thanks Rick. In a curious coincidence, it was seeing a Mirror while on holiday at Smith's Lake over Christmas-New Year a decade ago that propelled me back into boatbuilding and sailing in that order. I didn't actually build a Mirror, though.

Cheers,
Alex.

[Chris.]

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Not a Mirror, but a nice project for any boat-deprived people in South Aust.

https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/hendon/sail-boats/wooden-sail-boat-row-boat/1222070244

[RFNK]

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That's really nice - thanks!

Rick

[RFNK]

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Thanks Rick. In a curious coincidence, it was seeing a Mirror while on holiday at Smith's Lake over Christmas-New Year a decade ago that propelled me back into boatbuilding and sailing in that order. I didn't actually build a Mirror, though.

Cheers,
Alex.

We used to live at Smiths Lake. Smiths Lake would be another really good option for The Haul.

Rick

[WX]

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I might be interested, don't have a Mirror, or any sailing dinghy but I could always be windward rail ballast.

[auscruisertom]

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My interpretation of cobbled together just don’t look to close this new 7foot dinghy will be rough as guts, build by eye only. What could possibly go wrong?

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[Phil Y]

Looks like a Nutshell. But wider with an extra strake?

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[auscruisertom]

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Looks like a Nutshell. But wider with an extra strake?

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Right I attempted to take some patterns of the nutty, which then had to be redone as they where inaccurate, then I shortened it by a foot reduced it marginally and repositioned the moulds also eliminating one. It will fit my foredeck but may be funky.

[gypsie]

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That's a good idea.
I still have my molds for my nutty. I wondered about squishing them up and making a very light and dingable unit that would sit on my foredeck. Some nice pads to land it on and tie off to.
You'll have to take your own templates for the strakes from the molds - how do the curves fair out? In theory is should be good as long as the spacing is proportional, its at the transoms that it would get wierd, they being at an angle.