... plan to build with 4mm marine ply and epoxy fillet and glass tape the inside seams, but am unclear about best approach for the outside. I have heard...
Hi, I've build using the filleting technique to the outside only, and after all the painting and varnishing it was a good strong finish for paddling on calm...
Paul I've had your 50/50 sailing canoe plan for quite some time now. I hope to build it and complete the Everglades Challenge in 2008 with it. I really admire...
I completed my Christine in rather a rush late last summer (first boat I ever made, very rewarding), took it on the water a few times, looking forward to...
... boat ... looking ... material, ... be ... Hi rpg I have some instructions on web seating on my web site that will probably help. Have been working on a 42'...
Hi, and thanks - sadly, the web address you give doesn't seem to work! Try again? Regards, rpg ... boat ... looking ... material, ... be ... Hi rpg I have some...
http://www.woodenboats.co.nz/ Sorry, I put the "nz" before ".co" ... From: kaiparah To: SFDesigncanoebuilders@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 28,...
... OK, sorted now. That's a great site you have, and your Waterman 13 tutorial looks excellent - I haven't had time yet to look in detail, but it's reassuring...
I've just started marking out the plywood for a Christine canoe. I've never built anything before but figured this would be a good start to learn some...
... Tim, best of luck! Like you I dived into building a Christine, last winter in my garage, having first come across stitch & glue canoes maybe thirty years...
If you have trouble getting access to white pine planks, you can substitute another softwood that you can get in your area. Listen, until now getting your...
... Dory's ... Has someone hacked into this list to place a cheesy advertisement? Sorry to see this - I know there doesn't seem to be much traffic here, to my...
I'm a first time builder of a Selway cedar strip prospector canoe. I've built the mould, and am about to start the strip planking. I've bought 500 metres of...
... I've built the mould, and am about to start the strip planking........ REPLY: I used a very lightweight twill cloth (165gr per m2)on my Prospector as it...
... Hi John, many thanks. Can you tell me why you chose the lightweight twill? Does it show when it overlaps? I'm not clear where you overlap the third piece -...
Hello Chris I wanted a near-transparent effect on the hull to show off the grain of the very expensive cedar strip. I chose the twill because it was ...
Hi John, many thanks for this, it really helps. I have got Paul Fishers manual, but not the other. There seem to be various thoughts on how to use the fibre...
John, Sorry to jump in on this thread. I have been looking at the pics of your very fine Prospector. I noticed you had some brass rubbing strip screwed in...
... place. .... could you tell me where you got yours from please? Hello Fletcher :- The brass rubbing strip came from Classic Marine in Woodbridge, Suffolk ...
Hi again Paul Could I also please order one set of Prospector 15'8" plans to go along with my Coble order. Thank you Randall Haines -- I am using the free...
Thanks for that John. I may have found the reason why I had no luck, they call it keelband and I was searching for rubbing strake, (it's correct title)... :-) ...
Have just come back from trialling my newly complete 15 foot motor canoe. Tried her on double oars, paddles and 2.3 Honda outboard. Handles like a dream....
I haven't seen this junk on the list, but it arrived in my email in-box addressed to SFDesigncanoebuilders@yahoogroups.com : "Handsome and Cool Bikers looking...
It happens because anybody can join the group and then post any message they like, unless you have an administrator inspecting everything that goes on and that...
Great Job Fletcher! That is a handsome boat indeed! I look forward to seeing some pictures of her underway with the Honda - did you need a tiller extension to...
On the trials I took ballast in the form of a young man who works for me and so the trim was perfect. I have bought a long extension for when I go solo though....
... message they like,.......> As soon as l see such a message l delete it and ban the member who sent it. > Regards, ... Thanks - I belong to several...
