In theory, all the following are actually working, loading etc. Steve Crim's Fast Motorsailer is up (minus mast and sail) on the (finally) updated SquareBoats;...
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tjfatchen@...
Apr 1, 2000 3:14 pm
BO>Steve Crim's Fast Motorsailer is up (minus mast and sail) on the BO>(finally) updated SquareBoats; more AS29 photos and bits, including the BO>spoa in...
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Donald Hodges
dhodges@...
Apr 1, 2000 4:23 pm
My Sweet Caroline (Tennessee- and sailboat-killer) now has planking on, and fiberglass on the bottom panel. Next week, taping the chines/stem/transom and on...
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Jack E. Bearden
bearden@...
Apr 1, 2000 4:50 pm
Congratulations Phil, on the near launch of Shoe String. Assuming this weekend's weather in Arkansas is proportionately that much more wonderful than here in...
4074
Wmrpage@...
Apr 1, 2000 11:11 pm
In a message dated 3/29/00 1:36:09 PM Central Standard Time, jkohnen@... writes: << Westy Farmer's FROM MY OLD BOAT SHOP is back in print! >> Thanks for...
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Teakdeck@...
Apr 2, 2000 1:44 am
Bolgeratti, As some of you may recall, I am epoxy challenged (terribly allergic to the stuff). But I want to try my hand at stitch and glue construction. I...
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Jeff Gilbert
jgilbert@...
Apr 2, 2000 3:32 am
Mike -a guy down here built a 21 x 6ft Ketch skiff. He pivoted leeboards off traier hubs, bolting them right on instead of a wheel. Hey. maybe you could bolt...
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G Carlson
ghartc@...
Apr 2, 2000 5:48 pm
I find that stuff pretty brittle, but I would bet adding chopped strand would be worth a try. Gregg Carlson...
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P. Vanderwaart
pvanderw@...
Apr 2, 2000 7:13 pm
I don't think that Weldwood would make good fillets. My Cynthia J. had leeboards on a simple pivot bolt as per the plan. Pictures in the vault. The topsides...
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Mark Albanese
marka@...
Apr 3, 2000 10:18 am
I used Weldwood to cheaply smooth out the inner corner on a flattie kayak I built last year. Outside, there's an external chine log about 3/8" square. I mixed...
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teakdeck@...
Apr 3, 2000 12:55 pm
Bolgerions, Yesterday I made a boat from scratch. After building Windsprint, I bought the plans for Oldshoe, but haven't started her due to work space problems...
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William D> Jochems
wjochems@...
Apr 3, 2000 5:14 pm
Tim, I enjoy your comments about sailing the light schooner. You show a couple of sail configurations I have never tried- fore, reefed main and staysail and...
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Fries, John
john.fries@...
Apr 3, 2000 7:56 pm
Since I am now constructing the Single Handed Schooner, I too have read with great interest the schooner sailing tips on the LS Web Site. The sailing tips and...
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Sakari Aaltonen
sakaria@...
Apr 3, 2000 7:57 pm
... Just to put the record straight--the first Micro launched was built by Martti Fredrikson of Valkeakoski, Finland, who beat Carl Adler by 2 months. I had a...
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Russ Ingram
russingram@...
Apr 3, 2000 8:53 pm
I'm building a concrete canoe (it's just something civil engineers do for fun!) and we're allowed to have "up to 25% binding agents other than portland...
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tjfatchen@...
Apr 3, 2000 10:18 pm
BO><snip> light schooner. You show a couple of sail configurations I have never tried- fore, reefed main and staysail and jib and full main. I plan to try them...
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tjfatchen@...
Apr 3, 2000 10:24 pm
BO>Since I am now constructing the Single Handed Schooner <snip> I am considering adding a BO>staysail although it is not shown in the plans and Bolger's...
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Derek Waters
dgw@...
Apr 4, 2000 7:37 am
I'd be very interested to learn how different group members have approached the issue of reefing Bolger-esque sprit boomed sails, and what form of luff...
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Mark Albanese
marka@...
Apr 4, 2000 7:38 am
... As if concrete canoes weren't bulletproof enough... Us guys with our cheap and flimsy Bolger boats have a hard time understanding....
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Russ Ingram
russingram@...
Apr 4, 2000 10:19 am
Hah! You should see our "bulletproof" canoe after a hard day of racing...it's 22ft long and only weighs about 100lb. We're lucky to get it home in one piece!...
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Jeff Gilbert
jgilbert@...
Apr 4, 2000 12:48 pm
Dear Pippo & Co., if you grab a search engine youll find Micros for sale on the Web. If you wish to promote MOA why not contact the brokers/sellers in question...
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Frank San Miguel
sanmi@...
Apr 4, 2000 3:18 pm
I am anxious to hear also, being new to the sprit boom myself. I sailed a boomless gunter rig for years and reefing it was a snap. In my sprit boom rig, I...
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Vance Cowan
vcgraphics@...
Apr 4, 2000 8:35 pm
... I am anxious to hear also, being new to the sprit boom myself. <snip> Jim Michalak has two essays on this. He comments on both the good and bad points of...
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Giuseppe 'Pippo&#...
pippobianco@...
Apr 4, 2000 10:28 pm
Sakari - you're right. Carl started first though... Best, Pippo...
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Garth Battista
garth@...
Apr 5, 2000 2:21 pm
I recently built a Michalak Toto (and before that, a Windsprint). When it came time to glue on Toto's wales, I thought, OK, rather than gooping it up with the...
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Fries, John
john.fries@...
Apr 5, 2000 3:07 pm
I used TiteBond II on the gunnels of my Gypsy, frame supports and also for the mast laminations. Very satisfactory. Haven't used Weldwood so I can comment on...
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Mark Paquette
paquette@...
Apr 5, 2000 3:58 pm
I used the Titebond II on a saw horse leg. (I was about a foot short and no other 2x4's on hand) I used a butt joint with a 2x4 butt block and no fastners....
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andy farquhar
afarquhar@...
Apr 5, 2000 9:39 pm
Garth I used Tirtebond II on the gunnels of a glued lapstrake sailing canoe that I built two years ago. I have sailed the boat frequently for the past two...
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Foster Price
foster.price@...
Apr 5, 2000 11:02 pm
Hello List I'm looking a building a new tender to my 23' yacht this (southern hemisphere) winter. The 7' 6" pram that currently serves is nice and light and...
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Barker
lgbarker@...
Apr 6, 2000 12:36 am
Foster, I haven't built it or seen it but liked the drawing for "Halfling"; at Sponberg Designs -- their web address is: ...
