Brent, Do you know where the centre of buoyancy is on a 36? I am thinking that the centre of gravity fore and aft should match it so that the boat floats...
Uploaded to Ted & Fiona's Boat Bits is a photo of the aperture closing clamp we used together with a photo of the finished job. I cut the aperture too high and...
Hmmmmm.... ass wedge. V. nice Brent. Perhaps could be optional feature on the composter head you have been perfecting. P.S... happy new year Gary ... your ...
Hello Ted I took a look at youre skeg picture, it looks like it turned out good. nice job. I have a question on skeg and rudder design, Ive seen a drawing with...
... Hi Geoff, indeed , I did not receive your email . Looking at the clicks in : http://www.buildingyourboat.com/tiki-browse_gallery.php?galleryId=4 I really...
Happy New year Tom and everyone. Thanks for your post. Brent has written about skeg and rudder design in his book. I am following that more or less as I don't...
Running the tiller thru the transom may reduce your ability to stow propane bottles under the tiller and may make it hard to take the rudder off easily. It may...
Given the potential demand the price could drop drastically once the public begins to buy thenm en mass. It looks like it could be stowed on deck in a locker. ...
The centre of buoyancy is about 20 ft 6 inches back along the plate from the point of the bow, a good place to put a couple of lifting eyes in the bulwark.it's...
My book explains the shape of the rudder ansd skeg. Brent ... good. nice ... with the ... pointed is ... if the ... build the ... closing ... the ... then ... ...
Brent, Thanks. Is that measurement horizontal or outside the hull along the centreline, or outside the hull plate around under the gunwhale pipe? Regards, Ted ...
Brent, We get the Practical Boat Owner but I cannot remember an article on fuel cells. That doesn't mean that there wasn't one it just means I cannot...
... I had a similar arrangement on one of my previous boats a Nicholson 31, you could pull the tiller forward as it engaged with a bolt which was located in a...
Hi Tom , Aaron and Ted . Brent Swain's book and plans for the 26' came in today ! The book and plans survived the long transatlantic voyage extreemly well , I...
I bought a 25' US ruler with both metric and inches in Annapolis . That will not be of much use on the 1" = 1'0" scale . May I ask the same question as Ted ,...
Hello Ted I like the idea of running tiller through the transom, give it that custom look. Im not sure if I could do it on the 26, more than likely it would...
Hello Admi Now that you have youre plans the fun begins. If you have it finished and sailing by next summer that will be an amazing feat, Im figuring a year or...
Tom, I will put a crank in the tiller to bring it up to the right height . I have sailed on a boat with a cutaway transom and a cranked tiller. The cutaway...
Hi all. How about this for an off-the-cuff rationale for these inwardly - canted bilge keels? (though admittedly a vague, handwaving one. I don't know Dutch...
Admi, A good source of pictures of interiors is the site that Gyles Llewellyn flagged up; www.yachtsnet.co.uk/archives. There are lots of older boats listed...
... finished and ... year or ... going ... theres ... Hi Tom , I will probably not build the twin keel or the single keel!! I plan to sail in the tropics , the...
... Llewellyn ... is ... we ... boat ... We ... seating ... diesel ... Hi Ted , thanks for the fine Link , many great interior pics in there . I know it is not...
... ...and if you would like a site that does NOT pop up advertisements and other BS all over your monitor, just go to http://allconversions.com/ ;-) Gerd...
... Happy New Year Gerd , please find my " best wishes pic " for the real boating lover in : http://www.buildingyourboat.com/tiki-browse_image.php?imageId=59 ...
