AN OFFER TOO GOOD NOT TO CONSIDER

 AN OFFER TOO GOOD NOT TO CONSIDER

Greetings all. My apologies for having been terribly slow in getting this out. Computer and Health problems. Limping along....but aaaaanyway.... Welcome to all the new members - glad to see new neighbors......aaaaand....

 

Got an e from a fellow in Australia who happens to be a pretty talented boat designer, computer programmer and all around stellar fellow I am proud to call friend. The following is a paragraph I've just got to share with the rest of the group. This might be an offer "too good to refuse" - or at least consider deeply if you've got the wantas for a summer project. If I wasn't up to my little flat butt in barking alligators I would probably start ordering plywood this weekend. Looks like a great catamaran design, an opportunity for fame and fortune and the chance to feed the greed monster to boot.

 

If you look in the subjects list of the WBB site you'll see a "HOT CHILI" folder there with some sketches and some build notes from Jeff's stash, per his permission to post the offer to the Wooden Boat Builder membership.

 

Excerpt from e-mail from Jeff Gilbert, Designer:

 

"while I was away in Tasmania this summer the Hot Chili prototype project in Adelaide, instead of being launched came to a sudden halt...So I'd very much like a sailing Chili scooting about with attendant photos. What I've decided to do is offer a reward - a 200% refund for the first Chili to hit the water with a write-up and sailing photos. That means a full refund of the plan price and the same again, which means $200.00. For this I need a few dated launch and under sail photos of a bona fide (full size {ed}) non-cardboard cutout Hot Chili containing people and/or dogs. Sky hooks, towropes and Rhino drawings floating at the top of Niagra Falls are right out. This should be pretty fair as no one has started yet, or if they have they haven't mentioned it..."

 

Cheers,

Jeff Gilbert

 

 

 

Hot Chili Plans and photos

http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/r/designs/gilbert/hotchili/hc.htm

Forum

http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/r/forum.htm

Designs

http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/designs.htm

Dreamboats

http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/r/columns.htm

Alleycat 20ft mini Liveaboard.

http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/r/designs/gilbert/alley/cat.htm

Gumboots fast simple 31ft Ocean Cat

http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/designs/gilbert/gumboots/index.htm

Cartaphylla 22ft 8 inch Ocean Schooner

http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/designs/gilbert/cartaphylla/index.htm

Squeezebox liferaft

http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/columns/dreamboats/squezebox.htm

http://www.cfproductions.com/castcrew/alanshaklee/boat.htm

Design Philosophy (old)

http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/designs/gilbert/Ketchup/designs.htm

Other people

PVC/Wood laminate mast...how to build

http://catalog.com/bobpone/coldmoulded.htm

Telescoping flagpoles ...

http://www.dcmfg.com/Flagpole.html

http://www.boatdesign.net/articles/mast-materials/index.htm

 

 

 

Interior design aids

Hi Kruez  I was wondering if you might be able to help. A freind of mine is in the process of buying a 60' cruiser of the late 50's early 60's vintage that definitley needs a major redesign of the interior. not only is it in a fairly run down condition, the layout is a disaster. Question is there any freebe design aids about that we can play with before he starts getting carried away. just something fairly simple that we can design cabin layouts, heads, showers that sort of thing,to scale to make sure they will fit. every thing we found so far is only hull design not inside design

cheers kaspa

Old Boat Plans

I found a site that has lots of old boat plans from magazine articles.  They look very interesting and could be modified for modern construction.       http://www.svensons.com/boat/          

Polytarp Sails or other homemade sails

Has anyone made their own sails from the polytarp kit? Or just made their own sails period? If so, what did you use? How did it/they turn out?

I am considering a polytarp sail for a homemade catboat.

Sit On Top Kayak plans

Greetings Builders,

A fine day to build your own Sit On Top kayak isn't it? We're mighty proud
of her as the VERY FIRST set of SOT kayak plans available.

http://jem.e-boat.net/proddetail.php?prod=CFSOT16

This one is a big one: almost 16' long and 31" wide. She's made for
stability and can carry a big load. Great for fishing. We'll follow up
with 2 other versions:

-14' and 28" wide
-12" and 26" wide

After that, some new styles of SOTs with different hull shapes.

Thanks!

help with bouyancey equation

Hi people, I trust every one had a great easter break. My problem, apart from life, is bouyancy. I dont no if you have seen "princess"  in the projects but she is a 23'cedar planked hull with an 8'2'' beam and 12 degree dead rise, weight fully loaded aprox 4500lb. we have installed a 165 hp turbo diesel instead of the 350 small block chevy that she originally had and the weight of the diesel and leg is aproxx 490kg around the same as the oridginal chev and leg.the problem is she wants to drag her bum in the water all the time. even up on the plane with the leg trimed in she wants to ride with the bow high. if i use the trim tabs to bring her down a bit it just acts as a hand break and washes off speed. My thoughts are this,would extentions on each side of the hull at the transom help.ie carry the water line aft and use them as bouyancy tanks come boarding platform, if so what would be the sugestion for length volume etc to hopefully get her to plane a bit better. i have absolutely no knowledge at all in this area so any advice at all would be appreciated

cheers john

1962 Chris Craft Constellation

Wow. Two months later and we're almost done replanking. Starting to look really good.

 

Thought I was gonna get out of it cheap but no the maritime gods delivered a blow. Seems like my twin 430 Lincolns are seized due to the fact the previous owner had trucked the boat a short distance to another yard and water got into the exhaust and into the engines....

 

Rick Miller in Miami gave me the name of a good mechanic. John Munshaw. John's a hoot and I think we're gonna be good friends for a long time. If anybody else out here is into Connies give me a shout. I'll be posting more pics later.....

 

George

Launchs'

Pictures Posted

I just uploaded some views of a 16-1/2' cargo canoe I built in 2002 for my son in Texas.  She's kinda patchwork patterned, because the salvaged wood all had to be scarfed before it got cut into strips.  For the past 25 years, it had been a neighbor's deck and a couple of mountain ash trees in my backyard.

JR

A Recycled Stripper

Stripper made of salvaged redwood, backyard mountain ash and scraps of oak,, all by hand. Classic stripper construction, epoxy

My Son's canoe, Sun of Liberty, made in 2001-2 of: redwood salvaged from a neighbor's replaced deck; ash from two trees cut down from the back yard; larch and fir from transportation pallets; and yellow glue. All covered over with epoxy and glass.

Kapelli66's boat(s)

On the beach at our campsite

Ramblin' Rose, a much modified Selway Fisher Petite Breise 16 w/ 15 hp Honda O/B power

Canoes

lghiawatha.jpg

Furasta's Photo Album

Nice pics Furasta... Check out Furasta's pics

"63' Colin Archer Styled Ingrid Ketch"

It looks like your hull repairs are completed, and your back in the water. You said before that you were "just learning to sail her to bring her from Va. to New Brunswick,Canada in the late spring".

She sure is a pretty boat. How does she handle under sail? Did you get her back to your home port yet? Can you edit photo album and add descriptions for your pics?

Would love to hear more about your project. Did you do most of the repairs your self? How did it go? How did you happen to aquire such a great boat?

Kruez

News Plans Available

 Greetings Boat Builders,

It's our pleasure to announce the Buccaneer X-tra Wide. A sportsmen model of our Buccaneer. This one resemlbes the Gheenoe brand of canoes.

http://jem.e-boat.net/proddetail.php?prod=BucXW16

Thanks

Garvey designs

My only boatbuilding experience, so far, is a quick and cheap (2 sheet) stitch-and-glue canoe, from a free design at www.bateau.com. I did it more as a confidence-builder than as a useful boat (although it's OK for tandem on flat water). With a flat bottom and a hard chine, its secondary stability is near zero so I can't lean it over for solo paddling. Thinking of fitting it with outriggers, oarlocks, and maybe a sliding seat. A poor man's single scull.

Anyway, I'm thinking of building a Garvey next. The two designs I have my eye on are the GV13 and GV15 from www.boatplans-online.com (associated with bateau.com). Both are "second generation stitch and glue" projects.

Has anyone built either of these? Or any other stitch-and-glue Garvey? How have you liked the boat so far?

Thanks.

Where do you buy your materials?

Lots of places and brands to choose from. Where does everyone buy their building materials? Why from that vendor......Quality? Service? Price?

 

 

Muskoka Canada Wooden Boat Web site

Many Pictures and info on Muskoka Canada Wooden Boats and Sail boats. Builders, restorers, pictures, shows and boats for sale. Lots of things to seehttp://www.portcarlingboats.com

portcarlingboats.com Photo Album

Pictures of the Finest Boats from Muskoka

Simple Boat Building

I found this Online Boat Building book at Woodenboat.net.nz.

Simple
Boat-Building
by Geoffrey Prout
(1946)

You can find the link to it on the review page.

Captnkaspa's Pictures

Take a look at Captnkaspa1's project pics. You can get to them from the Member projects page and Restoration page. Nice boat that Mason Clipper... While your at it. Check it for spelling...

THX...

Kruez

Boat building courses ( long post)

So I stopped by the boat building workshop at Cape Fear Community College to see what they were building and chat with the instructors. I saw some great stuff, and learned about some neat things.

First off, the stuff they were building looked great. They have a 23' CC plank on frame that is currently upside-down getting faired. It has a gorgeous "Carolina" bow that should deflect the spray quite well. I talked to the owner/builder, and he's getting near to putting on a nice paint job and setting up a 150HP 4-stroke on the back. It should be just the ticket for fishing the waters around here. They are also building a couple 14' skiffs for rowing and OB use. They are turning out very nice too. After speaking to the instructor for a while I got an idea of how their course progresses. A student has to take a Marine Drafting class and the "lab" part concurrently. There is something like 3 hours of class time and 9 hours of lab/shop time per week. The instructor said that for the first semester of the course (it's a 2 semester program) the shop time is mostly concerned with the proper use and care of the hand tools used most for boat building. The drafting part is actually not named correctly, as it's mostly about lofting techniques. The second semester is when the class gets to actually build the boats that were decided upon by the class and approved by the instructor. Apparently when the class is completed the boats are then offered to the students who wish to buy them for the cost of the supplies that went into them. Seems like a nice deal.

The second thing that caught my attention is that while you're a student in the program you get a discount at a local lumber yard. This sounds like a nice perk for building your own boat at home!

The course is offered both days and evenings. I think I know what I'll be doing come this Fall semester....

If you look in the back of WB magazine in the instruction section you'll see the college listed. If you want to learn more you can also check out the school's website at www.cfcc.edu .

DISCLAIMER: I am affiliated with the school, but I am not an instructor, and I have no "stake" or personal gain in this program except to inform other boatbuilding enthusiasts about the course.

Matt
Wilmington, NC

Workshop question.

Hey all,

 

Brainstorming here... Do you think that a 20x30 steel poll barn shed type structure would be adequate for conducting a community boat building class and building maybe 4 boats at a time? Small boats of course around 14'. This shed would also have to house the equipment necesary to support a community boat building program.

 

Kruez