This would be a big mistake. The stay sail doesn't alter the balance any . With the staysail up , or without it the balance feels the same. The only person I...
I used to use floater coats years ago. After a while they get stiff and start to feel like wearing cardboard. The foam breaks away from the nylon and sags...
Thanks Brent I thought that weather helm was largely dependent on the relation between the CE of the sail plan and the CLR of the below-waterline hull shape...
As summer fades and fall begins a little encouragement. "I had no idea the final stages of building would be such a bottomless Grand Canyon of work, work,...
Hey group, Just spotted this new Swain 36 for sale the Buy and Sell, located on Vancouver Island. Looks like not a bad deal if it is fitted out for the price...
Hi, I have been reading with great interest the happenings of the board and finally have a question. What all is involved in the manipulation of plans for the...
Marcel just bought that boat and will soon be trailering it back to his home in Quebec. Those of you along the trans Canada Highway can keep an eye out for a...
Much to my dismay! I was very excited about that boat. I could not believe the care and finish of the hull. Kurt did some great work. I can only dream of...
Raising the topsides to make a flush deck would raise the centre of gravity and make the boat quite tender. The reason people like flush decks is because most...
Someone got a very nice boat. I have visited it on three ocassions during construction. Attention to detail was commendable. Nice job! It has set the bar much...
I'd like to echo Brent's caution regarding flush decks. Many people ask for flush decks for reasons of space on deck. However, from a design point of view...
All boats are a compromise, as are the materials they are built in. Anyone considering building a steel sailboat might also consider aluminum construction....
Steel for a 36 footer , wheelabraded and primed, thus needing no sandblasting,is around the $6,000 to $7,000 range. A friend who built a 36 in alloy spend...
Another problem with alloy construction is the difficulty with finding an effective antifouling .I saw a good example of this when I left Tonga in April bound...
Scott, sorry not to reply yet--been away guiding in the mountains. Brent has experience in offshore design, testing and practice--heed the cautions as noted in...
for those who have the need, http://www.tpub.com/steelworker1/ reveals everything you ever wanted to know about welding, including the overhead stuff. ...
Alloy weighs only 1/2 as much as steel. Thus to achieve the same performance as steel, an alloy hull can use less lead, smaller sails, smaller mast, lighter...
So, ya wanna build your own boat, do ya? But what metal should ya use? I would suggest that if you are following designs that are specifically for aluminum and...
... Here is a good page on relative strength: http://www.kastenmarine.com/alumVSsteel.htm ... I think this is an overstatement. I doubt you'd find much x-ray ...
Let's consider a theoretical 36 footer, an approximation of the 36 footer built locally based on Brent's designs. From the local builder: steel - $39,000 alloy...
In response to Phillip Allen's post: Do you use an aluminum mixing bowl to melt the lead weights in? Also is there any advantage to using epoxy to fill the...
Hey Guys: I thought I might chime in on the materials debate. First off any of us that are/have/ will build our own boat will do a heck of allot of research...
It costs a lot more to build inside than outside. Performance is not directly porportional to the weight of the material.One of my 36 footers beat a C&C35 to...
Those reject propane cylindres you see in scrapyards make a great cauldron for melting lead in . An aluminium container might melt itself. Epoxy filling the...
... What a great pity wheel weights can't be used 'as is', without melting 'em down .... I've got a couple of giant (6ft tall) unwanted propane cylinders I ...
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I used one of those propane cookers sold at Sam's Club as a deep-fat-fryer. The Mixing bowl is one of those Wal-Mart sells for such things as bread...
The french Joshua type yacts used removable ballast and the keels rusted out from the insides quite quickly. You have to seal out any oxygen to prevent...
