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Hi All, The group is quite so here is some news. Tucked away in a well known wooden boat identities shed in the South Australian town of Mt Barker is a 15 year...
Hi Folks, Just thought I'd introduce my self, Adrian from Albany Western Australia - pleased to meet you! Now to business, I am trying to find out about the...
Hi Adrian and welcome to NIS Boats, I have spoken to Robert Ayliffe who is the best person to answer your questions. Robert is a busy man but he will get to...
Hello Adrian Sorry I have not got back before; I was aware of your questions but I have been very busy with a recalcitrant mast maker among other things. In...
... Ahem. Adrian, the first part of your question. Build this boat as she should be, then be off with you, and send us all some whiting when you get back! And,...
G'day folks, Many thanks for the comments, it certainly seems like a lot of boat for its length. But......... If I'm honest 816kilos seems like a lot to...
GREETINGS ALL Morton bay is shallow, choppy,and full of plastic boats like my northwind.Am considering building and visions of boats with sharpie heritage wake...
Hi Gene, Welcome to NIS boats. Which of the NIS boats are you looking at. Rob B Gene wrote ... I am an itinerant kayaker and sailer ... move quite a bit. Most...
... Hi Gene Thanks for your posting. I am interested too! Robert Ayliffe. -- World Wide Home of Bruce Kirby's Norwalk Islands Sharpies Box 843 Mt Barker, South...
... Belated, Adrian. Weight is never the issue retrieving and launching any boat. Good trailer design and winching is, along with easily handled rig. best ...
Any one sailing or building boats of this type ?????? Would love an opportunity to bash your ear or get a good look at your boat """.They look like a good...
... boat ... lot ... sure if ... cockpit ... be ... more ... that ... What ... must ... any ... handled rig. ... Construction. ... trailer or ours. ... ...
Hi Sharpers, I'm currently working on a NIS26'er and am wondering if anyone (Robert any thoughts to share?) had a go at water ballasting any of the NIS range. ...
... Hello Austin! The problem with water ballast is that we dont have much below the water line, which is our fulcrum and water weighs about the same as water....
... Oh and one more thing. One of the GREAT things about these boats is the simple handling. Push the helm, that's it! Abit of trimmimng maybe, but none of...
What makes you think that you would be able to tack after you transfered that much weight to the leeward side? These boats have an initial tenderness and like...
... Amen to that!!!! Alerting All US Norwalk Islands Sharpies owners We are in the US travelling the wooden boat interest route sept 6 to 25, east and west...
Thanks for the info guys, As it happens I once made the mistake of affectionately calling the wife 'lamb chop' only to result in having to hotbunk with a ...
We get a lot of inquiries from owners builders and prospective owner builders looking for like minded owners and builders in their areas of the world. To that...
We get a lot of inquiries from owners builders and prospective owner builders looking for like minded owners and builders in their areas of the world. To that...
Hi Sharpers, Most sails that I have seen on NIS look to have a roach that is quite flat (pointed) at the head of the sail. As the mast is bendy and rakes off...
Austin - Interesting idea, perhaps you could explain a little more what you feel the advantages might be to having additional roach and hence additional sail...
Austin, in my 6 years of NIS26 sailing I have noticed this: The mast top just lays off as the wind increases, losing any 'drive'. So, additional roach up there...
Thanks for your experience Rick and Klaus. As I have yet to turn my 26 hull over I'm a long way from sailing her and as such all my thoughts are hypothetical....
Austin, while you are musing about extra sail area, there is a clever way to get it without changing sail or mast dimensions. You simply make the masts rotate!...
... Dear all, I really admire the things that Klaus has devised on his boat. It pushes the envelope and gets discussion going. Thanks, Klaus for that. I am...
Robert makes a good point with the 'kiss' principle, and I fully agree that the NIS boats are good boats as designed originally. But by no means brilliant....
Out of interest, are the dimensions of the tabernacles (for the NIS26) somewhere on the net for perusal? I have only seen the 23er tabernacles, but not their...
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