So, I have tons of fabrication and design experience and lately I've gotten this idea that I want to design and build a Kat to sail on the great Salt...
Hi Vince, I'm in SLC, design and build my own boats and welcome the opportunity to meet another multihuller who is into the same things. Contact me off list...
Can the sliders slide while the boat is in the water? I was thinking if they were going to give me some trouble I could set up a hand crank worm drive to pull ...
Yo Raps! I've helped set up a boat with sliding beams (similar to the L-7) and they slid with very little effort while floating. (He launched retracted.)...
Thanks for the info, Derek. Leaving the poly tube in puzzles me, though. My impression is that the deck is made with a matching radius to the topside panel to ...
Jim, The hull has the tube left in. The deck has the approx 75 degrees of the arc, which bonds to the tube. The deck is made with the usual deck edge radius...
I am probably going to get myself abused here, but I feel obliged to make the following point. Sliding joints are a bad idea on a boat. Goodness knows it's...
... You are exactly right - having seen sliders on a beach surrounded by people all frantically shaking while trying to make it slide, I would steer well clear...
I've had a windrider 17 for several years - telescoping. Guess it depends on how you define commercially successful as this company has had its ups and downs -...
My personal experience with my Seawind24 trailer, now 22 years old, is that I can easily and alone slide each hull fully out and fully in with no difficulty at...
I'm a little confused on paints, primers, and issues with the hulls being exposed before final assembly. My general plan: I have some indoor shop space to...
If it is only the part of the hull that is below the waterline, then there will be very little wood needed. Easily you could surface and rip all the strips in...
I'm planning on doing the entire hull in strips. I could do a flat panel from the knuckle up, but I like the idea of not having the stringers inside the hull. ...
There are people who mill cove&bead canoe strips (1/4") and who mill foam (Core-cell) cove&bead strips in various sizes.. If someone is set up for it, the time...
Jim, I'm in Minneapolis, MN. Yeah, I've seen lots of places with the 1/4" bead and cove. I need around 1/2" strips. -Jeff ... foam (Core-cell) cove&bead strips...
Jeff: I am about done with a wizard catamaran built out of strip plank wrc (quick strip) I am in So Ca. Without going into too much detail, I sent a small...
SLIDING v SWING WING. Progress comes from an open mind and innovation. Beware dismissing a basic concept because it did not work in one or even a hundred...
Ralph, wow, smart move. Did you have to cut it down to strips first, and they just did the edges? Did you use polyurethane glue on the edges, as suggested at...
Atlantic white cedar which is very close to WRC. add one mm to the thickness of your strips and it will be identical/slightly better that WRC. Northern white...
cordestim, Thanks for taking time to reply. There's lots to think about. Jeff ... thickness of your ... correct) add one or 2 mm to the ... have to make the ...
I used quick strip from boat craft in the building my cat (Waller 880) the hull and cabin deck were built complete in quick strip. it was cheeper than buying...
Just one thought on tarping. Darker colored tarps, grey or blue, are good for UV protection but can get wicked hot in the summer sun. This is somewhat ok for...
Jeff - it's been a few years, but I've built several strip canoes with 1/4" WRC and a 21' electric launch with 3/8" WRC strips in St. Paul, MN. There is a shop...
Sea Pearl 21 has been out for years as well _http://www.marine-concepts.com/tri21.html_ (http://www.marine-concepts.com/tri21.html) Brian Cunningham Swiftwood...
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