BlueGill
Redmond's BlueGill 15.5'vs Ken Swan's Nez Perce 13.5'
The Bluegill 15.5' uses 3/8" sides and 1/2" bottom. The Nez Perce uses 1/4" sides and 3/8" bottom. I have not completed my Bluegill yet, but now I think I might have been better off building a 13.5' Nez Perce. Small size lumber and boat might have been a better choice for me.
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Re: Redmond's BlueGill 15.5'vs Ken Swan's Nez Perce 13.5'
Maybe you've just got the urge to build another boat
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Re: Redmond's BlueGill 15.5'vs Ken Swan's Nez Perce 13.5'
I just looked at the Ken Swan boat and it is a beauty, keep in mind though that it has side and bottom frames and floorboards, whereas the bluegill does not. When you compare them that way (finished product) the total lumber weight may not be that different but the bluegill is simpler - fewer total number of pieces. BTW I have a Bluegill myself.
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Re: Redmond's BlueGill 15.5'vs Ken Swan's Nez Perce 13.5'
I think Philip Maynard has it right. Ken Swan's boats are designed for conventional framing, whereas Redmond's Bluegill is an epoxy fastened boat.
You could build any of Swan's catalog with solid timber lapstrake or batten-seam topsides and crossplank bottoms without any trouble at all, I betcha.
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