Just as a reminder... The 2009 Midwest Messabout has been moved from the Gun Creek campground on the eastern side of Rend Lake, to the North Sandusky ...
Hi Nels, You are right about Dani Jay. I'm still secong guessing myself at times, but I do believe we made the best choice. Our builder is doing a really...
Today I received a new article from Anne Westlund that speaks to the subject of cooking & living on a small sailboat for long periods of time. Anne Westlund,...
Dave, I agree you made a great choice. DJ might be OK if one's first choice is to motor, but not so sure about sailing it with that motor slot aft. Besides MB...
I have started an album in the photo section of our pro built Mikesboat yawl in Michigan. Look for the title Mikesboat yawl if interested. Boat is now being...
Hey Bill! Thanks for posting this here. I've sailed Anne's home waters in my potter and they are beautiful. She is certainly an unsung hero of small boat...
Thanks for the compliment Chris, but all credit goes to Tim Fox of C Fox Boats. He has added refinements such as mahogany offshore hatches, laminated tiller,...
The Midwest Messabout is Jim Michalak's yearly get together of home built boats and builders in the Midwest region. It is held every year at Rend Lake in...
Hi,I'm in the process of building Jim's Jonsboat,and I have a little question.In the bottom left of the plans,theres a bevel to be made on the vertical side of...
Thanks Chris for the info regarding the Rend Lake event. The OBX 130 is the brainchild of Paul Moffitt who finished the Texas 200 with his dad, Bill Moffitt,...
Hope someone on this site might be able to offer a solution to repair problem. Refurbishing an old wood sailing dingy. Have a leak someplace on the dagger...
I once read that the procedure for fixing such a situation was to saturate the area with penetrating resin then apply gluvit (avail at most chandleries). I...
Also useful.. Sandpaper onna stick! Use contact cement to glue the paper on both sides of the stick. Works best if you have a buddy on the other end of the...
When I talked to Jim about what boat to build for the ICW and loop, he suggested that the way to do it on a budget was to get either a sailboat that had lost...
Looking at that drawing, I'm wondering if the bevel isn't in the bottom of the boat so there will be a clean join between the transom which leans back a few...
I think Chuck has the right answer but I can't find his post. The sides are parallel and flared at the transom, which tilts back a few degrees, so the bottom...
I've seen a few old sailboats transformed into inexpensive cruisers, and if I didn't have two little ones and a wife I might go that route. As it is, I'm going...
Hi, My son has a fold-down camper with a 10' body length which he can carry a canoe on top. But I have tweaked his interest in replacing the canoe with a small...
Thanks for the help everyone,I will be working on it this week end// weather permitting,,,will do a dry run as I was suggested,and it will be floating by this...
... Nels, I think one will become weary wrestling a 175lb craft on and off the camper, but's just my opinion. I handle my piccup squared solo out of the back...
I received my plans yesterday and I'm just about ready to begin, but I'm nervous about strecthing the design to 24' as Vince Santamaria did with his Pelican....
<<a longer hull is actually easier to load as a person can lift at each <<end and just walk it over onto the rack. I think this is true. I thought I figured...
Thanks guys, I met with some wooden kayak builders today and showed them the Michalak cartoon of Woobo and they felt "no problem" to get it down to near 100 ...
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