I'll have you know that the margarine tub was fantastic. We went out over the bar under power and raised the sails shortly after we go past the jetties....
Spooky Dude, Did you check out Spira International? They have some plans for their version of the Pacific Power Dory. You can even download their study plans. ...
Can anyone recommend a book or web site that explains in simply terms how to loft? I have Dave Nichols DVD and he explains it and says it is simple, but I just...
Funny you should say that D... Did you look at the plans named Tillamook? I sent Jeff some lines from an old published set of plans from Brit Vik from the 60s,...
Greg Rossel has a book or two that are pretty good. Dirt ... From: Ken Ryder <kryder@...> To: MessaboutW@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, August 1, 2008...
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Good article. He should have added that full-size patterns printed on paper are an abomination, giving a neophyte builder a feeling of confidence but then...
This agreeing with John is realy getting spooky for me but I know for a fact with hulls it is almost inposible to get things truly fair. When you print out the...
Another thing... To loft a little boat like Snow Baby you don't have to crawl around on your hands and knees. Make a simple frame to hold a couple of sheets of...
People have even lofted boats on the walls of their shop! While attending U of O I lofted a boat on my dorm room wall. U of O at the time had a co-op type shop...
-Ken, I have this book. It's in the Coots library. If you'll give me another week or two I will send it to you. Jim Cooper ... terms ... it is ... be ... Links...
_Snow Baby on Flickr - Photo Sharing!_ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/22322056@N00/2722922593/) **************Looking for a car that's sporty, fun and fits in...
So, Jim; Who will be towing who? I've gotten messages from others, including Chuck G. in Selkie. Maybe we will have a stragglers party. (I've rowed in a line...
In the shipyard we had the loft with the beautiful oak floor and the lines of the old ships scribed into them. I have spent many days working with the old...
I think he only needs to do that when he is useing plastic decking to plank a boat. Trex =Deck exspands and contractes a lot. Jon ... lines of the old ships...
I am trying to read the http://tinyurl.com/Mystic-Seaport-Lofting-Manual I have high hopes for getting some understanding of the process. DVDs don't do it for...
I stumbled on a little article in an old MoToR BoatinG Ideal Series book and thought an excerpt would be timely to post here. The article didn't have a byline,...
Another apt excerpt from a little article in the same MoToR BoatinG Ideal book, again with no author mentioned. John Atkin would have shared the sentiments,...
If I ever built a boat like this, I'd certainly invest the time to figure out the process of lofting. I imagine it'd be the rare bird that could pull it off...
I don't think I've said anything, but I created some new flickr albums a while back: Coots Library Messabout - 2007 Joe Nelson's Turning Party - 2007 Building...
That's how the sister ship to the Reach OF Tide, "Penumbra", was lofted --- drew lines on the wall of a long hallway of an early 20th century firestation in...
