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[JimConlin]

I see you’re in Maine. Ask local wood boat builders. Aren’t there ads in the mag?

[JimConlin]

You could set them in thick varnish, as with bungs....

[JimConlin]

https://www.thompsonnativelumber.com/
We got some nice white oak from them and were able to bend it.
Can’t remember whether it was green....

[JimConlin]

I’d use oval head bronze screws, set flush.
Even better, use the nifty countersink bronze washers mentioned here very recently. An ideal use....

[JimConlin]

It looks like you’re hoping to sell it here. THis is against the house rules. You might delete the thread....

[JimConlin]

https://www.offcenterharbor.com/drea...boats-for-sale...

[JimConlin]

Certainly poly. The top of a well-used table has a hard life. I roll on the stuff that comes in quarts. Clear for the build coats and whatever for the...

[JimConlin]

I really like that and will use them. Being flat-bottomed, they’re less likely to start a split.
I see that the flush countersunk washers’...

[JimConlin]

Hold off and a better idea will come.

[JimConlin]

For reasons that don’t involve boats, I have an umbrella liability policy. I don’t know whether it would cover liabilities related to a boat of ...

[JimConlin]

Maybe it’s stuffed. Sometimes the people are, too....

[JimConlin]

Wonderful boat. I’m looking forward to more about her....

[JimConlin]

No wood?

[JimConlin]

I’m glad that there are people who’ll keep such fine boats so well....

[JimConlin]

Thanks for that, Garrett
Jim

[JimConlin]

I just looked at the pic above and understand why it works so badly. Rudder needs to be much bigger, at least 1.5 ft^2. Get other sources for this....

[JimConlin]

Sixty years ago, that was everyone’s tender. They did the job very well and had a finite life. Keep it going as you can, but look forward to building...

[JimConlin]

+1.
Russell Brown is an absolute wizard. Watch his video. All of them. The small cost of OCH will be paid back in ten minutes....

[JimConlin]

How about something skin-on-frame, like Platt Monfort’s Cricket 12?
http://gaboats.com/boats/cricket12.html
It’s light enough, long enough...

[JimConlin]

I recall someone’s opinion that a feather trailing edge is not necessary (and impractical) and that a trailing edge of practical thickness that was...