... Didn't he go missing when his big aluminum trimaran dissapeared. I saw one of the last pictures of the thing. Cracked welds everywhere. Especially at the...
She has been sitting in thee barn for somee time now and thee few storms we have had this year have taken there toll. The lexan windows are broken and the bow...
Go ahead and ask the questions. I'm doing the same thing, research, and building a first boat. I'm sure the guys are just trying to answer them. But I'd bet...
Everyone is invited to Peach Orchard Beach in Summerland Sunday Morning 10am for our first major race of the season. We will have all five boats built during...
Gents, I am trying to capture the most common questions new builders ask. I have made a stab at it here. Please read it and send me your suggestions via...
Absolutely great! It should be on the website! Tnx. While I'm still agonizing over whether I should have a centerboard or leeboard, the info here is as good...
Isn't human nature something? I will take a suggestion but not an order. I always wore my seatbelt as a kid because my parents let me know it was a good...
Hi... I'm Mike Gross, and a new member of the group... I only discovered pdracers on the web a few weeks ago, and since then I have caught the pd fever... I...
So here I am, Mr. Safe Boater with all my 'Wear your life jacket' stuff. I just spent all day lofting and cutting parts for a boat, and never put on any eye...
Don't sweat the small stuff, and it's all small stuff. Shoot your questions, it has been sceintificly proven there are no stupid questions. It's a good idea to...
... I have to disagree a little bit, only because I can. I personally have found that the first cut is the hardest to make. Throw yourself into it, these are...
Yes, fine, Just Do It works for Puddle Ducks. I guess what I'm saying is Step 1 decides what you will be doing step 2, and by step 12 you will have to do...
I don't have pics anymore and the wheel has since been removed.if i find some I will send them.If you set up your wheel like I did your steering responce time...
I had a 1.5 inch spindle on the wheel for my Weekender. I ripped it out and replaced it with a tiller - it was just too hard to get used to and I couldn't keep...
Re: new to the web GO for it firstboat! Get that momentum going. I understand your trepidation in taking on a monumental task such as your very first boat. I...
Congratulations. If it floats, it must be good. Look at what the Irish used. No wonder they weren't much of a sea-faring nation. It looked like a soup...
I was in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia this weekend and took my PDR. I wanted to sail it out to the lower Chesapeake Bay as a test of it's endurance, and...
Is that a distance record? I was wondering about an all day race. The Puddleduck 200 or maybe 100. Go round and round like an auto race. ... my ... 10 ... ...
a tiller is really the way to go Andrew Linn <alinn@...> wrote: I had a 1.5 inch spindle on the wheel for my Weekender. I ripped it out and replaced...
You mentioned a 16 foot PD racer. Technically a PDR is 8 feet long. But.... If there were a PDR 16 feet long it would be 8 feet wide; a 24 foot PDR would be...
Looks like a kind of drawknife http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spokeshave but from the context, I'd bet he is talking about a plane. Either way, it is a hand...
Haven't seen the plans, but I believe a spokeshave is when you take a drawknife and take the edges off square stock and make it more round. Conversely a...
Sorry the Straight line distance record/ endurance in a PD is still the 25 miles I did in 7.5 hours last June. Peachland to Penticton. I was planning on a 12...
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