There was a day a couple of summers ago when I ran out of stainless screws in the middle of a boatbuilding session. Jumping into the truck, I drove the hour or...
... more than a Micro. Almost everything will cost more. The sails will cost more, the plywood will cost more, the epoxy will cost more, the paint will cost...
... Perhaps a fax or a piece of snail mail to the Bolgers would get that answer in good detail. Jim [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
... This is true. It's the speculation about the cause that raised my ire, not the underlying differing distributions of interest. ... I can tell you...
Thanks for the insight ... it is good of you to share you innermost feelings with us epoxy besmirched reprobates. PS - don't let my wife know we've bonded ...
Nels, I did not include the cost of the plans, nor the lead. I have found lead out here for $.25/lb (thus about $133 total). I have not priced out safety...
... Yesterday, NY Times, Science section. Subject: Hormone replacement therapy. Data: HRT is not a good thing. Conclusion: "The data was for old women; you...
Where did you find the lead. That is my greatest concern in building a keel boat is coming up with the lead. Larry ... lead ... had various ... satisfying....
For music in the shop the stereo type I used was an el-cheapo, garage sale ghetto blaster until it died. Now I've got a new el-cheapo ghetto blaster on the way...
Bill, I am qurious where you found the lead. That price seems very good to me. I am in Illinois and would make the trip to Ohio to get that price. Chris...
Chris and Larry, First off, I misquoted the price for lead. I found a place selling wheel weights for .15/ lb. I simply searched the internet (there are ...
... You can ususally find all the lead you want for free by visiting a tire store. Ask for the discarded lead weights they removed from rims during the tire...
... A reasonable option, but don't forget that wheel weights are covered with grime, and sometimes varnish and paint, which needs to be burnt off. A smoky and...
This year's Minnesota Messabout will be June 2-4. You can find full details, and a link to photos from last year's event, at http://tinyurl.com/dngwy We had...
Well...the best of intentions, but just didn't get Matilda Jean back into the water after we took it out to go back to Sydney for a couple of days. The tides...
Hello all - I'd like to do a 1/4 scale model (of an Atkin design - Shoals Runner http://www.boat-links.com/Atkinco/Utilities/ShoalsRunner.html - sorry it's not...
... PCB&Fs refer to her as a coastal esturary cruiser.This suggests to me that she is not an ocean crosser,not a heavy all weather boat and certainly not...
... I think part of the problem (well, it's problem for me, see below) is that women just don't get trained in taking things apart, or putting things together,...
... A craft store or hobby store will offer up all sorts of plywood. That's what it's for. I've built several models of a boat I'm designing myself, for ...
In 'Different Boats' Bolger described his 28'-9" Whaler Ketch as "as close as to a work of art as I know how to produce". I saw this one on a mooring in...
DonB or anyone else who has experience using the Chinese gaff rig on Navigator. All theory aside, how do you find the rig in practice? What conditions do you...
Peter, You may have been asked this before, but I cannot find it. How many hours do you estimate it will take you to finish the boat? How many $$$ (if this is ...
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