Hi all, just to support Robote lobby :-) http://www.flickr.com/photos/10196268@N05/sets/72157614635270911/ Recent Sunday city cruise (Warsaw, Poland). wojtek...
Wojtek, Looks like a water and a street cruise! Thanks for the photos. Curtis ... From: "wwbaginski" <wwbaginski@...> To: <Michalak@yahoogroups.com> ...
Hello all- a beautiful spring-like 58 degree day in SE Wisconsin allowed me to mix up a batch of epoxy and glue the buttplate down on one of the sides of my...
Joe, Here is a coincidence for you. I am building an AF4 this winter which will hopefully be ready for the Midwest Messabout in June. I also am planning on...
I have accumulated way too many books, videos, and plans, so I'm cleaning up the shelves and putting some items up for sale. All items are in nice condition....
Congrats to you both on your progress. Those mid-60s OMC 18s are really nice runners. Should be just right with an AF4. Regarding getting ashore, Jim Michalak...
Wow- weird....maybe we can have an AF4 Regatta some day, get Rob R/S to join us! I'm not planning any major mods to the design, I want to use it for a while to...
A regatta sounds like fun. I'm sure Rob would be up for it. The cedar string deck sounds nice. I thought about just bringing the cabin top all the way...
I agree on the OMC's. I had a chance to run my Evinrude last year just before the freeze and man it ran great. I saw Jim's modification on the AF4. Maybe I...
That Robote looks like a great boat. I have plans for Toto and Piragua, but enjoy rowing (I rowed my Cruising Mouse for 1/2 today), so I may consider building...
This is really a question for Chuck,but I'll put it here for everyone to consider. I bought the plans for Ladybug recently, through Duckworks,and am looking...
Definitely game, I emailed you guys privately to talk locations. ;-) I'm all for the deck in the anchor well, as it also makes it a better step. I'm also...
Disclaimer, I did not see the failure but I have known the friend for 53 years that was sailing the boat. I asked him the same question. What I understand...
The Everglades Challenge is a 300 nm+- paddling or sailing adventure for small boats starting in Tampa Bay and finishing at Key Largo in the Florida Keys. It...
John, Thanks for the feedback,it's just this sort of factual reporting that I need to be able to think about what to do to make improvements to make a good...
John, Do you know whether the board struck the bottom in the chop in shallow water and thereby overstressed the mount, or was it the boat's motion (rolling,...
Michael, No mention of the bottom being a contributing factor although I would not discount that being even the primary problem. As long as a boat is in...
The "leeboards" in JM's designs, are more of a trunkless offset centerboard than a leeboard. Traditionally, leeboards, as in the Dutch sailing barges and...
Hi Al, I built a Ladybug last year. I only managed to get it in the water a couple of times so can't speak to the windward abilities on either tack. But, the...
Al, I looked through my Flickr pages and the blog and don't really have a good photograph on there of the seat support and how the leeboard bolt comes through...
Here is a link to a photo of where the leeboard bolt comes through the seat support on my Ladybug: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kommander05/3345573360/ Click...
Hi I've spent the last couple of days wandering through this group looking for information. I want to build a boat and learn to sail, and Jim's designs look...
G'day Simon and welcome aboard mate.. I live on the Fraser Coast and recently bought the plans for Mr. Michelak's Ladybug but haven't got round to starting...
Thanks Mick I think your advise is good - that's because that is what I am doing. Currently I am building David Beedes "Summer Breeze", an 11 ft flat bottom...
Simon & Mick, I concur with Mick's suggestion to make a simple canoe first to learn the techniques involved with stitch & glue building.A simple Pirogue (...
Simon, Toon2 would be an excellent choice.I looked at it too before settling on Ladybug as all I need is an open day boat,having finally got away from many...
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