Hope to see you at the Port Townsend Wooden Boat festival! We just got the sail fitted yesterday and should have the Magic Wing there Friday morning: ...
... between ... strut ... A few observations and opinions, no guessing. I was first turned on to William Atkin through a book I inherited from my father...
My name is Dave Riggs and I am overjoyed at having found this BB! Naturally, I am a huge fan of Atkin boats, having built a few and daydreamed endlessly on...
I won't be going near no floating bridge if I can help it! <g> The drive down the west side of Hood Canal is much nicer, and more relaxing after all the...
I will be here tomorrow and will be working on the boat. I will be out of town on Monday so I hope you can make it tomorrow. If not, I will look for you at the...
Thanks for the thoughtful reply. I'll continue on as the plans indicate. I did have a prop supplier suggest a 12 inch prop, 13 pitch, based on the size of the...
Also a fan of Martha Green here. "Skipjack" bottoms are usually cross-planked. Read somewhere, but location escapes me, that MG's deadrise bottom, especially...
Ned, I think I have to disagree with what you read ... There's not enough bend in Martha Green's bottom panels forward to create any problems with construction...
Yes, there was something John A. wrote in the old Ad, "Her forefoot is constructed after the fashion of the Chesapeake Bay Skipjacks -- staved up in a vertical...
I've built several deadrise boats and 3 or 4 skipjacks and can say you will have a great deal of trouble trying to get plywood to lay correctly on Martha...
It looks easy enough to build to me, simply by laminating several layers of thinner plywood in the tight bend areas. This is how more than a few builders do it...
Well Ken, since it's your nickle give it a whirl but I like to think that Mr Atkin knew what he was doing, and since you thought enough of his design to build...
Mike We were actually talking about my nickels but I, for one, would be delighted to see a demonstration of this "staving" process, for sure! It was my desire...
Dave, I'll be happy to whip something up in photos. It may take a few days, due to trop storm Hanna flooding my shop floor but as soon as I can squeegie out...
Mike Sorry to hear about your hurricane troubles. We,ve still got the remnants of Gustav falling on us and my corner of the Ozarks is 500 miles from the Gulf!...
One more thing... Do you remember anything about the Chapelle design? What it was called or any specifics? I've got a stack of his books in the other room... ...
Here's a skipjack-styled outboard powered boat I've always found interesting: http://dngoodchild.com/5414.htm It's called "Hoocares' and it's one of two...
... the ... promising ... anyone is ... own backyard" He goes into detail of type construction your interested in, including the staving and alternative to it....
... Huh. And I used to own that book! I can't remember a Skipjack plan but that could be due to the bad case of tunnel vision I've always had. (I wasn't...
Davy Yes yes yes it's coming back to me now. The name of the Chapelle design was Waterman, as I remember it was a file bottom with no deadrise at the bow.I...
"Unsanctioned" is an Atkin 22' plywood powerboat. I just received the plans today from Pat. Strange case, I pick a plywood boat and I want to convert her to...
Dave Not really a skipjack, but a skipjack hull type. I belive Rabl gave two options with that boat, one with deadrise forward and one without. Mike ... your ...
In 2005 with hurricane RITA I lost my home and my business, the only think that survived was my boat. She was parked on the trailer under a light aluminum...
Mike This thread has taken some twists and turns but the crux of the biscuit is that, whichever design I use, it must be designed or adaptable for plywood....
Take a look at Sergeant Faunce, it should adapt to plywood or plywood on battens easily enough. With a birdwatcher cabin and a stairs built over the engine...
Hello Everyone, My name is Kevin and I have a 26' Bartender. I would like to put the Ninigret cabin on my boat. I love the look and the canvas canopy. Can ...
Can anyone tell me what materials are used to build the Ninigrets' cabin? I have a 26' Bartender and would like to put the Ninigrets' cabin on it. Is the...
There were two editions of Boatbuilding in Your Own Backyard, with different plans in each (though some were duplicated, IIRC). Kittiwake is in the second...
