I'm stuck at making the sail. The curved lines in the plans,are they the terminal edge of the sail.I don't understand the reason for the curvature.I'm not sure...
Steve, The curves fit a sail to the spars when they bend in the wind and, even if your spars were held perfectly straight, give the sail some draft, for a...
For fun I'm writing the continuation of Captn Hook's search for buried Treasure Island off Key West -Florida- n Jack Sparrowz n Black Pearl teamup with Peter...
I checked out the Goat Island Skiff Web Site and that looks like a nice little boat. I like the long waterline. Should make it a little faster. One suggestion...
My vote (if it's worth anything) is for Sisu. That's a Good Name. Otter is OK, but there are thousands of boats named Otter out there. Glad you scrapped...
I very happily stumbled across this site quite by accident. I am building a sailing rig for my canoe. I have the mast, leeboard and thwarts finished. Need to...
Allen, I made some tyvek sprits'ls of various shapes to experiment with rig design before ordering another new sail. I just duck taped the edges thick enough ...
Well, Dick Mitsch finished his little dory. He started building Jan. 6, and finished Feb. 5! Kinda puts the rest of to shame, doesn't it. ;o) Here's what he...
Allen, Here are two flags for plain white Tyvek. The "soft" version is more like fabric, and so will be less noisy. Groundcloths off a 10' wide roll, 30 cents...
Dick is going to get Scruffy the dory wet for the first time Monday, the 9th, at the South Beach marina, just across the bridge from Newport. It looks like the...
... interesting. Not me, but I have seen a steamboat with a nozzle rudder. Also, Ron Fossum of Portland is building about a 20ft steamboat on which he hopes to...
Hey folks, I would like to hear your opinions on paints for boats. Do you ablolutly insist on marine paint (not anti-fouling bottom paints) or will good...
I'de say it depends on the boat and the usage it gets. I used Rustoleum Painter's Touch, a latex type paint on my Toto which gets a lot of rough use. I used...
Hi Craig Dave Carnell wrote an article about using latex paint on boats. You can see it at http://home.att.net/~DaveCarnell/articles.html I agree with the...
Boy, do I feel humbled. I was going to brag about the anchor bag I built over the last month, and here Dick has gone and built a whole boat in that short...
You can find out all about Tyvek here: http://www.tyvek.com/pdf/prod_techman.pdf I don't have any first-hand experience making Tyvek sails, but I do have an ...
I used Benjamin Moore polyurethane reinforced alkyd porch paint on Pickle's floorboards, and it seems to be holding up real well. I can't see that there's much...
I've never seen a kitchen rudder in person, but I've read about them in Westy Farmer's book From My Old Boatshop. Fascinating device! I've had thoughts of...
John interesting controls for the rudder. I would be cranking that screw knob real fast while docking. Here is a link to a different control for the kitchen ...
The photos are in the photo section. Looks great! When's the launching? On Mon, 09 Feb 2004 05:31:19 -0000, Steve S wrote: [Oops. Nothing at all!] -- John...
Anyone out there wanting a 30ft sailboat w/electric propulsion, check this ... From: dav12282002 [mailto:dav1228@...] Sent: Monday, December 29, 2003...
Dear fellow wooden boaters and messabouters- There is a modified Glen-L wooden hull and trailer which is nearly a give-away right now at $100. It is also...
