... I recommend against stainless--they are harder to use, and don't offer much in most applications for Michalak-style boats. But if you got 'em, you won't be...
I still use stainless steel 1/4 crown staples. They hold nearly as well as screws and you can nail up a boat faster than you can even think about using nails...
Chris and Denis: Your instincts are right, Frolic2 is not self righting. Helen and I had a personal demonstration Sunday when we flipped ours. When the boat...
... It's probably one of those personal things, but I didn't find it to be so. In other projects, when I used ring nails and screws, the holes were just as...
... as well as screws and you can nail up a boat faster than you can even think about using nails or screws. Robb ... I need to get me a air staple gun (and a...
Gary, I've heard that any unballasted boat will eventually capsize -- at least once! I capsized my Sea Pearl a few years ago and it was a good learning...
I'm with Max. No matter how good the glue is, I don't think it can ever replace a through fastener. It is immensely strong to use a metal piece that clamps the...
Well, Mike, "weather" means a lot of things to a lot of people. What body of water are we talking about? (Sorry if you mentioned it earlier and I missed it.) ...
Hi Mike for rough water campjon practice please search this group archives and Duckworksmag archives, looking for Luke's Spreadborough reports. He 's campjon's...
I'm not totally sold on metal fasteners for all joint construction. Of late I've been using bamboo skewers tipped with glue and driven into holes where screws...
Thanks for the report Gary! Do you think the leeboard might have grounded and tripped the boat? I've ALMOST capsized the light schooner that way. (God I hate...
Just to be fecetious here, how about WAY back when they only used wooden pegs of different wood to swell up and fill the hole as fasteners? (hehehe) Geoff ...
... Do you mean like three years ago? http://www.naga-pelangi.de/Naga_2/album/may04SPF/page36.html http://www.naga-pelangi.de/Naga_2/album/may04SPF/page37.html...
... My comment was generic, not personal. The "you" was directed toward someone who is building a boat, and fastening plywood to a solid lumber frame without...
I have some polyester resin from an old project, enough to coat my puccup sq. below the waterline. Im thinking of coating the bottom then painting with primer...
... bulkheads of ... Perhaps you were referring to springback here-- the tendency of ruptured wood to return to its original shape. Most boatbuilders, when...
... What body of water are we talking about? (Sorry if you mentioned it earlier and I missed it.) ... mile wide to others 10 to12 miles long by 2 miles wide......
Hi,just my two cents worth here, as I would say; just a think about it as, an as if...Read in some of the postings here from well known builders that used glue...
Denis: How did you recover a knocked down Sea Pearl -- I've heard those aren't self-righting. Rob: Part of the problem is the pivoting leeboard was up. If it...
... projects by design name his name shows up and you click on it; and you get page expired ,or deleted, or stuff like that ...I will post a message in...
Gary, You've heard right -- Sea Pearls are not self-righting boats by any means. When I capsized, it was in about 15ft of water in a soft bottom lake and the...
As I understand the idea behind 'slot tops', the bouyancy of the mast/yard/sail is supposed to arrest the roll of the boat with the slot top above water. Jim...
... After "test" capsizing my AF3 in calm water, I used some left-over 3/4 inch by 1 1/2 inch lumber to narrow the slot opening from, I blieeve, 20 inches to...
I used quite a bit of polyester resin years ago with considerable success. The problems I had were attributed to old or stale hardener. If you're going to use...
... that ... I think polyester has a short shelf life. You better check that. I think I would just go with epoxy, but if I were to try polyester, I would be...
By the way, if using polyester I assume you would need to use finishing resin and not laminating resin. Or you would need to add the wax stuff to the...
Hi good to see the ship got finished, sad that you had to sell it. Hope that you are on the mend soon, I would think the best way to get better would be to get...
Hello, In France, the standard for unsinkable boats, normaly made with thick foam, (I also hate foam) demands that the boat fully flooded must be capable of...
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