Building Forms

The basement exercise room became the room of choice for building the boat....never got any use as an exercise room anyway. I didnt want to tear out the...

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Shiny Stuff

I have been working with the pram cover maker to make the stainless steel tube frame to take the cover.  Normally he contracts this to a SS specialist. ...

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Bulkheads

Monday 12th Nov 2007Bulkheads front and back of the engine room.As the hull is still floppy, it had to be jacked into the correct shape to fit the bulkheads.Very...

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Fleet a Planing Hull Version of Flint

Back in about 2003 I was asked to design a rowing/small outboard boat for operations in a short, steep chop, with the emphasis on lack of pounding. The...

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Discussion about Flat Bottomed Hulls

As I expected, publication of an opinion on the subject of flat bottomed boats has resulted in some discussion. Graham brought up the matter...

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What is a hull and construction categories

Dave Mainwarings definitionsHULL defintion of:The outer shell, including frames, ribs, interior bulkheads, exclusive of masts, rigging, deck and equipment."bare...

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Fitting Different Rigs to an Existing Boat

One of the great joys of owning and/or building a small wooden sailing boat is that there is plenty of opportunity for experimentation. For some...

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CNC Boat Kits and Prep for the Maine Boatbuilders Show

It has been very busy as evidenced by fewer postings. We have launched a new website for the CNC Boat Kit business www.CNCboatkits.comClintChaseBoatbuilder.com...

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The broken technology icon

Here it is, a little icon, a crossed wrench and screwdriver that means something, I dont know what exactly.  I think it might mean that by clicking...

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Building the RSJ Frame

In August we built the Frame to build the boat on,Steel supplied locally and built on our own steel deck staging as we havent level ground anywhe...

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