Boatbuilding fever WTF is wrong with me? - Page 5

squirell nutkin · 07-31-2010, 09:17 PM

Here's a blog with some good photos of part of the procedure:
http://blog.boatschool.com/november2006/

Follow the links to see the whole process, the boat is gorgeous, more like a work of art, it is a catboat like the one I made, but much more delicate. The planking is lighter and the ribs are 1/4 the size ours were. I wonder if the sail area on their boat has to be diminished to compensate for the lack of weight?

xoxoxoBruce · 07-31-2010, 11:21 PM

27′ long, 3′ wide, Red Cedar? Holy shit!

squirell nutkin · 08-01-2010, 08:54 AM

One of the lumberyards I used to buy hardwood from regularly had Mahagony that was 2-3 inches thick, 36" x 22 feet. But that was in the Bronx! When I was sailing in SE AK I'd see huge, 4 and 5 foot wide planks stacked ten feet high. The Northwest is like the Texas of the Northwest. (Everything is bigger)

Tulip · 08-01-2010, 12:11 PM

I guess I'm a bit late to this thread. I'm glad to see you're picking up something you love. Everyone should be able to do something he/she loves no matter how frivolous it may seem to some. Some women like shop therapy, and some men like building stuffs.

squirell nutkin · 08-01-2010, 02:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tulip

I guess I'm a bit late to this thread. I'm glad to see you're picking up something you love. Everyone should be able to do something he/she loves no matter how frivolous it may seem to some. Some women like shop therapy, and some men like building stuffs.

It's workshop therapy!

squirell nutkin · 08-26-2010, 11:18 AM

Dead Sexy:

Griff · 08-26-2010, 11:34 AM

Are you sure you should be looking at boat pron? You could have a relapse.

glatt · 08-26-2010, 12:12 PM

Not long after this thread started, my son and I went down into the basement and built a small boat model out of scraps. About a foot long. It's just a rowboat and is not made according any any plan. Slapped together by eye. I should post some pictures. It came out pretty well. The ten year old epoxy actually still works.

It both satisfied an urge this thread is giving me and also whet my appetite for more.

squirell nutkin · 08-26-2010, 03:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Griff

Are you sure you should be looking at boat pron? You could have a relapse.

Bad news. I've been seeing other forums... I actually have been posting in them too.
www.WCHA.org (wooden canoe heritage association)
and http://forum.woodenboat.com/

I don't know what to say. They're really nice forums, I think you'd actually like them.

glatt · 08-26-2010, 03:27 PM

I know about those forums and their one-track minds.

BigV · 08-26-2010, 04:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by squirell nutkin

Bad news. I've been seeing other forums... I actually have been posting in them too.
www.WCHA.org (wooden canoe heritage association)
and http://forum.woodenboat.com/

I don't know what to say. They're really nice forums, I think you'd actually like them.

Go West young man!

I did.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-26-2010, 04:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by squirell nutkin

Bad news. I've been seeing other forums... I actually have been posting in them too.
www.WCHA.org (wooden canoe heritage association)
and http://forum.woodenboat.com/

I don't know what to say. They're really nice forums, I think you'd actually like them.

Yeah, well that's how Tiger started. Seemed harmless, but cost him $500 million in the end.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-26-2010, 05:44 PM

glatt · 08-30-2010, 05:04 PM

my recent boat building

Cloud · 08-30-2010, 05:22 PM

You have Gibbs' Syndrome.

(NCIS reference)

07-31-2010, 09:17 PM	#61
squirell nutkin has a second hand user title Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: in a Nut House Posts: 2,017	Here's a blog with some good photos of part of the procedure: http://blog.boatschool.com/november2006/ Follow the links to see the whole process, the boat is gorgeous, more like a work of art, it is a catboat like the one I made, but much more delicate. The planking is lighter and the ribs are 1/4 the size ours were. I wonder if the sail area on their boat has to be diminished to compensate for the lack of weight? __________________ And now I'm finished posting. Last edited by squirell nutkin; 07-31-2010 at 09:27 PM.

07-31-2010, 11:21 PM	#62
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	27′ long, 3′ wide, Red Cedar? Holy shit! __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-01-2010, 08:54 AM	#63
squirell nutkin has a second hand user title Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: in a Nut House Posts: 2,017	One of the lumberyards I used to buy hardwood from regularly had Mahagony that was 2-3 inches thick, 36" x 22 feet. But that was in the Bronx! When I was sailing in SE AK I'd see huge, 4 and 5 foot wide planks stacked ten feet high. The Northwest is like the Texas of the Northwest. (Everything is bigger) __________________ And now I'm finished posting.

08-26-2010, 11:18 AM	#66
squirell nutkin has a second hand user title Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: in a Nut House Posts: 2,017	Dead Sexy: __________________ And now I'm finished posting.

08-26-2010, 11:34 AM	#67
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Are you sure you should be looking at boat pron? You could have a relapse. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

08-01-2010, 12:11 PM	#64
Tulip Professor Join Date: May 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,293	I guess I'm a bit late to this thread. I'm glad to see you're picking up something you love. Everyone should be able to do something he/she loves no matter how frivolous it may seem to some. Some women like shop therapy, and some men like building stuffs.

08-26-2010, 12:12 PM	#68
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Not long after this thread started, my son and I went down into the basement and built a small boat model out of scraps. About a foot long. It's just a rowboat and is not made according any any plan. Slapped together by eye. I should post some pictures. It came out pretty well. The ten year old epoxy actually still works. It both satisfied an urge this thread is giving me and also whet my appetite for more.

08-26-2010, 03:27 PM	#70
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I know about those forums and their one-track minds.

08-26-2010, 05:44 PM	#73
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	__________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-30-2010, 05:04 PM	#74
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	my recent boat building Attached Images

08-30-2010, 05:22 PM	#75
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	You have Gibbs' Syndrome. (NCIS reference) __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

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