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Roonio
Update
Paul Moffitt build Jeff Gilbert's "Roonio"
design with an eye toward some camp cruising
and even a try at the Everglades Challenge.
This is the latest update. |
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Harmonica
Part 6
This month Bill Nolen gets his Shanty almost
ready for launching. He focuses on drain plugs,
flotation blocks, painting, a trailer and finally
the official inspection. |
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Sid
Skiff Display Boat
Believe it or not the boat you see on the left
is a model! Gary Larkins built it and in this
story he talks about the design and about the
materials he used. |
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Resurrecting
a Glassic
Some would say that refurbishing a 1950's vintage
fiberglass runabout is more work than building
a boar from scratch. Here is Bill Roberts' story: |
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Summer
Breeze
This boat won our second design contest and
quite a few have been built. Euclide does a
great job of showing us his project in pictures
and words. |
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My
Robbe Atlantis
Englishman Mick Brown has done an incredible
job of building this model stays'l ketch. He
has sent us a bunch of photos and a video as
a bonus. |
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Easy
To Build Underwater Boards
There have been several articles lately on shaping
underwater foils, but Pat Patteson - ever the
practical builder - has his own ideas and shares
them here. |
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Making
a Better Butt Joint
The problem with butt joints in plywood is they
tend to fail at the interface between plys.
John Clayton recognized this and devised this
neat solution. |
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The
Effects of Ultra Violet Light and Moisture on
the Strength of Sail Materials
This is kind of dry for Duckworks but Kyle McMillan
presents much good information about sail material. |
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An
Easier Weighted Rudder
Whether you want to avoid casting lead into
your rudder because of the bother or the danger,
Bill Paxton offers an easy alternative that
seems to work. |
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Overnight
- River Boat Style
Did you ever dream of piloting your own paddlewheeler
on a river cruise? That is exactly what Curtis
Pack, his father and son did recently. Here
is their story. |
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It
Was Worth the Wait
John Welsford has seen a lot of his designs
built over the years, but it is unlikely he
has had to wait quite this long to see one completed
as this Golden Bay |
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Chiefs
adventure, The Flood of 07
As Chief Redelk ably demonstrates in this gripping
tale, it is more than possible to have big adventures
with small boats without leaving your own back
yard. |
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Building
Your Own Boat
Ross Lillistone should know about building boats
- he is a professional boat builder and designer
- but in this essay he invokes Arthur Ransom
and John Atkins. |
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Of
sea dragons, spook sailed scows, phantom windlers
and a South Seas schooner!
Here is another wonderfully entertaining Mark
Steele colunm with news from the world of model
boat |
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Wheel
Steering – Part 1
This month Rob Rohde-Szudy examines just about
every possible way to move the rudder on a boat
and discusses the pros and cons of each one.
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C3200
Catamaran
Yesterday's story was about a charter boat that
never got built. Today we hear from Achim Adlfinger
about a catamaran for charter that did get built. |
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Fourteen
Minutes of Fame
There are lots of business schemes that revolve
around boat building. Here is a story from Harold
Duffield about a business that almost came to
be. |
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Bighorn
Solo Canoe
Designers often try to improve on each other's
work and we builders benefit from the efforts
of designers like Chris Ostlind who offers a
solo canoe that sails. |
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Duckskiff
Here is a complete set of boat plans that you
can download for free! Thank you Steven Lewis
for offering your work and sweat to all of us
Duckworkers |
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One-Sheet
Baby Canoe Part 1
This is the first installment of a canoe design
and build series from Gaetan Jette - who contributed
the excellent article on Birdmouth
Masts a while back. |
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Back
Bay Solo Sit-on-Top Kayak
SOT Kayak plans for home builders are not common
but Chris Ostlind has designed one which even
offers versions with single or double akas for
sailing. |
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Book
Review - SIMPLE COURAGE: A True Story of Peril
on the Sea - by Frank Delaney
It's obvious that Don Freix enjoyed this book
and he makes a convincing argument that you
will too. |
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Nylon
Hinges 
