Okay Guys In my nesting - I have room to make 3 layer stringers from the 3/8ths for a total of 1-1/8th thickness - or leave them at two layers for 3/4ths of an...
Hi Group I added the last picture before Misser is stored for the winter to the AF4G photo section. Lots more construction photos have been added to her web...
Dave, If you want the tumblehome and lapstrake look why not just build glued ply lap. It probably isn't much harder than doing your two steps below. You get...
Steve, You are a fast worker. That is a good thing if you have to quit building over the long winter up there. Gets cold sometimes here in North Carolina too...
Hi Tom I'm hoping to work on her occassionally on weekends bringing her to the house and putting a heater inside, but leaving her on the trailer. I think that...
Hey Chris I believe in the composit sandwich strength and am such a neophyte in this design stuff that lapstrake design has to waite. Hey guys - red pen please...
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Hi, I have an old carvel built 18.5ft open boat and I am about to fit a Yanmar 8hp single cylinder diesel engine, the original engine had been removed before I...
David, The 17.5" is the diameter of the propeller and the 12.5 is the pitch. The prop will go 12.5 inches ahead for every turn of the prop in a perfect world....
David, The 17.5 is the dia. and the 12.5 is the pitch of the prop. Best way to find out what is right for your boat would be to contact Michigan Wheel and give...
David, Generally speaking, single diesels prefer to swing a big prop fairly slowly. The first order of business, once the shaft is installed, is to determine...
Thanks for your help and suggestions. Engine speed is 780rpm normal 910rpm max at the propshaft, 1800 or 2100 max at the crankshaft.Propshaft is 1". I only get...
Hey you guys, Just added a console study that eliminates the side sponsons but puts a seat foward of the console. Also added a hydrostatic spreadsheet (excel)...
Tom, Root around at http://www.aircraftspruce.com/nsearch.php?s=glue Resorcinal is fussier for fits, clamp pressure and temperature than epoxy, with no ...
Hey you guys.... Can you review the Panga File for input & critique? Just added an Excel file on weight estimations for meranti & occume ply - what a ...
I just ordered a set of plans for Baby Bootlegger from the Mystic Seaport Museum. No I am not going to build it. I just want to study and enjoy the most...
... But there's no casting deck and where's the livewell and that deck looks slippery!!! Enjoy ... and remember you can all the parts cut out by spring ..... :...
Hal I looked at the Mystic Seaport Museum Web site but I could not find a reference to this plan. Are the study plans or pictures online for this boat.? Thanks...
... Google Baby Bootlegger for pictures. I too could not find a reference to BB on their web site until I stumbled upon the following URL while googling Baby...
There was a beautiful Baby Bootlegger at the Port Townsend boatshow a couple years ago. It had over 10,000 small slotted screws in the planking with all of...
... There is probably about 25' of casting deck up front and no windshield to get in the way. The live well is in the bow under a hatch. Slippery deck, just ...
You have peaked my interest, but I didn't find a picture AND their search feature is madding. Still it sounds like a beauty. Just went out and pumped out my...
