Carl, The latest update on your website is great (although troubling ... I believe your progress has now overtaken mine). The cross-break on the door and small...
Hello All I recieved the last of the metal I needed yesterday . Needed to add stiffners to the cabin top and sides, the 12gage was a little to flimsy without...
Looks like Harbor Freight has 4 1/2" angle grinders for $9.99 Also 2-ton comealongs for $10.99 Next two days only I've had one of those grinders for a couple...
Copper works on stainless wire if it isn't 1X19 or 1X7 which is too smooth for it to bite. I'd still do the flemish eye before using a copper sleeve. Copper or...
... Hello Carl. Congratulation on your progess. What you are doing, (building your boat on Vancouver Island with the help of Evan Shaler) is exactely what I...
Julian, Yes the door will be welded all around (mostly) except for three sides that are bent. The top is curved to follow the top of the pilothouse & will have...
I tried some galvy wire splicing about 5 years ago using Brion Toss' book The Rigger's Apprentice. Problem was the wire was too small to really splice well...
Carl, You tell a really good story with your website and pictures. I always enjoy working with people who really know what they are doing; looks like you found...
Gary I thought I take a stab at "Offshore" since your question about "Southern lats" seems not to be getting addressed. I am not a cruiser, but I study a wee...
Nice post John... thanks. My take on matters is that no matter where you go and your capacity whether flush or frugal there will be a similar smorg of company...
Take some time to check out your local "wire" utility company and ask where you can locate the pre-formed spiral ends they use on their support wires. Ma Bell...
SE Asia remains the top spot from all the cruisers we know over the years. Low prices, almost zero officialdom. I have never had any official come aboard - or...
Using the article that Paul posted The BS26 would need 3.5"OD x .25 wall aluminum tube for the mast, 3Lbs a foot. My question is how can that be converted to a...
Hello All I went to the scrap metal yard today to find some more stainless and the price has doubled in the last year they are charging $2.00 a pound for...
Hello all Last weekend I managed to get all the cabin stringers and window trim in, What I did on the window openings was bend a 1"x 3/16" flat strip around...
... and the price has doubled in the last year they are charging $2.00 a pound for stainless and a $1.50 for aluminum, seems to me a tad high, Im wondering if...
A friend had those splices pull out off the oregon coast a bit with every tug. They will take only a steady pull but not a sea swell. brent ... ask where ... ...
I want to build a quick cellar by burying a 40' container. I know some of the boat builders have used Epoxy Tar to seal their hulls with it. Was wondering if...
Tom, China has been buying most of the "scrap" metal from the world and has run the prices up quite a bit doing so. The "scrap" metal yard that I deal with in...
Ken: (lol)The picture rings a very old bell. When working for my father's engineering firm, I would flip through his library during moments of boredom(usually,...
Yes, Brents book is available. Just send the $$ ($20 if I remember
correctly) to the address for the plans and you will get it in a couple of
weeks. John ... ...
... couple of ... Thank you! The ordering information that I found in the "Files" section of this discussion forum is as follows: To reach Brent by mail,...
I am so disappointed after reading these posts. I had images in my mind of bare breasted maidens swimming out to my boat at my first south seas port....
If all you want to weld is some hatch covers, just get someone to do it with Tig or Mig. Tig will be prettier, but takes a little longer. For something like...
