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Re: take me to your designer

Posted By: garland reese
Date: Thursday, 9 March 2000, at 2:40 p.m.

In Response To: take me to your designer (markB)

> Hi; I have three sheets of exterior glue 1/4 " (6+mm) mahogany just
> itching for the skillsaw. I know this stuff is too fat for a complete
> shell kayak so I'm thinking maybe a sailing canoe or small sailboat.
> Preferably something that doesn't look like a 1950's Hartley design. Oh
> yeah, I'm really cheap so a free design is good, but as an engineer I
> don't mind paying for design work.

> I know what you're asking yourself, why don't I engineer it myself, I
> tried that when I was 14 and ended up with a 9 foot-60 lbs-fiberglass
> dreadnought. Did I mention tippy?? But to this day (21 yrs later) I still
> think of my current tupperware boat as "a store bought" one.
> Even though I got it used.

> I wanted something that I could practice the S&G/epoxy saturation method
> on w/o blowing thru $50/sheet plywood. So.. send the designs my way and
> I'll let you know how it turns out.

> BTW, my then-friend now brother-in-law still has the wood and nagahyde
> (sp) boat that motivated me to "make a better one" so long ago.
> Of course it's been in "dry dock" for... well it's been there
> awhile. He never throws anything away, he's cheap too. markB

Try these two sites: www.stevproj.com/BYYCHome.html

and: www.storerboatplans/bigstep.com

They have some simple designs that could be built cheaply. Storer's Beth canoe yawl is a real nice boat.......probably will take a bit more than the 3 sheets of ply that you have though. It is supposed to be quite a performer.....build one on-the-cheap to test the design (polyester resin etc.).....it just might be worth building an second one with high quality material.

There may be something on the stevenson projects site too. The designs are simple, but not bad looking. I've thought about the mini-cup.....I have a lateen rig (with a rotted out sail) that I need a hull for......it would be a good candidate for a cheap little sail boat. good luck, let me know what you decide to build. garland

Messages In This Thread

take me to your designer
markB -- Thursday, 2 March 2000, at 2:42 a.m.

Re: take me to your designer
Tim Smith -- Friday, 3 March 2000, at 10:21 a.m.

Re: take me to your designer
garland reese -- Thursday, 9 March 2000, at 2:40 p.m.

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