... the ... interest ... optionally ... are ... Due to lack of interest, I have cancelled my plans to use my site "small-boat-designs.us" as a repository for...
So many things like that happen I know we have lost a lot of great boat and aircraft plans do to no one caring to hold on to the past and keep it alive. It's...
...last weekend and I'm looking forward to many peaceful weekends on the lakes and rivers in West Tennessee in the region. It has a cabin with 2 bunks and a...
Never saw a Redwing...18ft and 2 bunks?.....Very nice! Got some photos we can see? I have a wooden lapstrake1965 Cruisers Inc. 20ft cabin project with...
It's really not that bleak Krissie, a lot of those plans were published in the magazines of the day and can still be dug up. Was that skiff of your dad's a...
it was an open runabout that was coldmolded I think it had a set of sponsons that she ran on at speed and it had a sprayrail that acted like a dagerboard in a...
Hello to all. I am new to the group. My name is Patrick and I am in Richmond Va. I have been wanting a 16 ft. jon boat. I saw some pages on the net showing...
Patrick, I belong to a group of retirees, none of whom had ever built a boat before. Now, we have built three Payton 18ft work skiffs, two Gloucester Dories,...
One step at at time...The feeling you get when it's done is worth the risk of making a few mistakes...All of the folks that read this site and do the work make...
Welcome aboard Patrick! If you use plans for a boat that is known to perform well, and use some care in following them, you'll do fine. Start with a simple...
Bob, I wasn't a member, but John Kohnen let me know about your message so I joined the group. I would like to visit with you about my boat. I'm in Albany Or,...
Thanks to you all for the warm welcome to the group and also for the words of encouragement. I will definately take a stab at building a jon boat. I will be...
What plans are you thinking of using? I'll join others here in recommending Jim Michalaks jon boat and his book on boatbuilding. Boatbuilding isn't rocket...
Hi All, I am in the end stages of building the 9 1/2 foot Nutshell Pram. Joel White's plans for the mast or the mast step do not call for "squaring" or...
Leave the mast round. No harm is done in ordinary sailing by letting the mast rotate, and when you let the sheet go the rotating mast will let the sail...
Hi Jim, I assume you gave your "Redwing" a good shake down at the Oregon messabout. How about a report? I'm still waiting for a warm day to relaunch my...
- Bob, Sorry I didn't reply sooner, but my wife and I have spent the month of May traveling around the western states with our camp trailer doing tourist...
Hi Jim, I was able to get into the bay a few weeks ago. The boat was set up as described previously. In that trial, at speed, steering was pretty good, really...
Just converted my 1955 Chris Craft Sportsman with 6 volt system to electronic ignition. Problem is that the new system needs at least 5.2 volts to run and I...
They uese to make an EI system for the pre-67 VW that were 6 volts. Yes the drop to around 5 volts is the norm. Myself I would convert it to a 12 volt system...
Check this out: http://www.geocities.com/tahoe20john I have plans if you would like a copy. flroofing <flroofing@...> wrote: can anybody steer me in the...
There are barrelback two and three cockpit designs along with smaller single runabout designs here. While they are not specific ChrisCraft designs, they do...
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