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Building
Harmonica - Part 4
In this installment begins with Bill Nolen installing
bottom skids and goes through turning the boat
over and priming and painting the bottom. |
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A
Chesapeake Bay Crabbing Skiff
This boat has been a long time coming for Kevin
Brennan but given the beauty of the craft and
the suitability to his use, that is understandable.
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Hot
Chili Launched!
It has been four years since Jeff Gilbert designed
his iconoclastic asymmetric catamaran, Hot Chili,
and finally Hugh Miller has built and launched
one! |
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Building
a D4 Dinghy
Pat Johnson's admonition that building a boat
"has proven to be a way to have fun boating
without having to take out a second mortgage"
says it all. |
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A
Toto and A Baby Raven
Patrick wanted a fast, sleek, stable kayak to
take him to those special fishing spots. Naturally
his dad, Mike Gill, helped him build a Jim Michalak
Toto. |
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Refitting
a Derelict
Have you ever wanted to take a production sailboat
and "fix" it? Bob Means is doing just
that with an old hull he got. You will not recognize
the finished boat. |
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Inflatable
Sailboats
Basri Acar sent a some pictures of various boat
building projects of his. He does not speak
a lot of English, but you will enjoy the photographs.
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Of
Sweat and Sanding Dust
In this article, Steve Lansdowne describes building
a strip planked Wee Lassie. Pay attention because
as you will see, Steve is a real craftsman. |
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How
To Make A BHSB
In this article you learn that BHSB stands for
"Big Honkin' Sandin' Block" and Erin
Scott shows exactly how to make one. You may
want two or three. |
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OZ
PDRacer Speed Record
What do you do when you have taken your new
boat to a major show and there is too much wind
for anyone to sail? Michael Storer set a new
record. |
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Dive,
Dive, Dive!
Not too many boat builders choose to write about
a boat trip that ends with the boat swamped
and the builder soaked. Fortunately for us Larry
Pullon does! |
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A
Proa Perspective - Matters of Balance
Here is Skip Johnson's version of our Everglades
Challenge attempt. He does a great job of describing
proas in general and what was wrong with the
P52. |
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Fitting
a Sailboat with an Outboard Motor
This month Max Wawrzyniak has some advise for
sailboaters, namely how to mount an outboard.
And it doesn't even have to be an obsolete motor. |
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Framing
the Grandy Skiffs
Here is another installment of Pete Leenhouts'
series of reports from the Northwest School
of Wooden Boat Building. This is almost as good
as being enrolled! |
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My
Ship Has Come In
What does an old-fashioned record player have
to do with sailing? Give Captain Ron a minute
and he will explain how friends, music and sailing
are connected. |
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A
New Launching
6 Metre Whaler is one of John Welsford's loveliest
designs but a bit more difficult to build. So
it is a big deal when one gets built and launched.
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A
New Launching
6 Metre Whaler is one of John Welsford's loveliest
designs but a bit more difficult to build. So
it is a big deal when one gets built and launched.
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Motor
Well Modifications – Part 1
Rob Rohde-Szudy has a Bolger Light Schooner
that he built to plans. The problem is he does
not like the motor well. In this article he
outlines the problem. |
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Building
the HSP Flycaster - Part 3
This is the final installment of Warren Messer's
latest design build. Of particular interest
is information about some new LPU coatings from
System Three. |
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Lake
Camp Shanty
You may not think Aluminum a proper material
for boat building but it has a lot going for
it. Harold Duffield is back with more designs
for Aluminum boats. |
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The
Fishing Boats of India
Joel Fleischer traveled to India and observed
some of the fishermen there after the Tsunami.
That world is so different from ours, it might
as well be Mars. |
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Book
Review: Down The Mississippi -
This may not be the kind of book you would expect
Rob Rohde-Szudy to read, much less review, but
we are glad he decided to do both. |
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Life's
Privileged Throne
Here is a poem that Michael Birch was inspired
to write as he and his daughter were surveying
the Scottish coast looking for safe coves and
beaches. |
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Bevel
Boss 
