moving...

My half-finished Curlew and I are moving to a new home...  along with the wife and kids, pets, etc.

 

After living for the past 10 years on a shallow, weedy (but great fishing) lake here in NW Wisconsin, we sold our land and home and have now rented a house  near here on another lake which is about 6 times larger with depths up to 120'.  This is a great sailing lake with good steady winds.  I hope the finished Curlew will do justice to this great lake!

 

With all of the upheaval and drama going on in our lives for the past couple of years, the boat has been put on the back burner.  This move has strengthened my determination to complete the job so I can get her on the water...

 

Andy

Payson's Nymph

Any nymph builders in attendance? Im going to build one starting around the middle of summer.

Id like to know anyone who has built this. I like the design in general, but there is this huge leeboard that makes the sailing version less than pretty. Anybody build one with a centerboard or daggerboard? Anybody have any good advice and maybe thoughts to discouraging me from trying to put in a daggerboard?

boat plans

could you please tell me where I can find more information on the first boat on the home page with the center controls like who built her and where I could get plans     chris

Epoxy vs fiberglass resin

I am building a cedar strip duck hunting boat and have some questions.  The boat is 4' by 15', a sculling boat.  I am just about done stripping the haul, getting ready for the glassing stage and am look for some advice.

 

I bought 100 yards of 4 oz on ebay, dirt cheap and plan to over lap the material.  I had planned on using epoxy, but a local fiberglass store is trying to talk me into using fiberglass resin instead.

 

The advantage is cost, roughtly 1/3 of the cost of epoxy, but what about strength?  Workablity?  How well will it how paint?

 

Any advice would be appreciated.

 

Thanks.