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Best idea I've heard yet, a floating winery. Since i am building a house boat have considered it but it would be hard to get the wine to clear well. on any case will have a wine cellar. Both wine and beer are occasionally cleared using isinglass, which a made from fish swim bladders. Just throw a l...

I've been known to brew beer when I'm not chipping away at my boat. I'll bet there's a lot of crossover between the two groups.

Seriously. It's certainly not 1 degree here, but it's definitely below epoxy curing temperature in my garage, and that's all that matters.

You're posting in the power boat section. In the future, you'll probably have better luck in the sailboat forum (although honestly, all of us pretty much all read the entire site :lol:). Yes, you'll need both the rigging kit and one of the hardware kits. The rigging kit looks like it has the bits yo...

lraymond wrote:Maybe when (or if) the 2-stroke Johnson on our pontoon ever gives up the ghost I'll put an electric head on that....

By then you'll be able to power it with cold fusion.

Sounds like you've already got an idea what you want to do, so feel free to ignore me. But. Eighteen meters is quite big. Have you considered a birdsmouth mast? You know, in case you wanted to spend a few more nights awake dreaming of complicated cuts. http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/04/s/articles/...

Roberta Hegy wrote:Were there any rebalance issues with all the weight moved aft?

Seems to have worked out.

The bill of materials specifies 12 gauge nails. As others have said, you can use screws, with some caveats. Personally, I'd stick with nails as specified. Like Stuart said, screws can pull through plywood fairly easily. You have to countersink through a couple of plies, and that considerably weakens...

Absolutely.

I'll expand on that answer. First off, both boats look like they have a fairly similar hull shape, so they should handle about the same. It looks like they can both carry a 15 hp motor. They can both be rowed. So the big difference is the construction method, which is very different between the two ...

I wouldn't take the Glen-L 10 on any kind of unsettled water. It looks like a very shallow, low-freeboard design designed for speed on flat water. If you wanted a 10-foot boat to take on (relatively calm) open water, I'd suggest looking at the Saboteer design. It's a scaled up Sabot/El Toro. El Toro...

trisailor wrote:this year got away from me. I think next year is a distinct possibility.

I've felt like that for 31 years running.

A lap joint might be okay on solid lumber, but I would not do it on plywood. All the stress is reduced to one ply joint and would be very weak. I'll play Devil's advocate. Butt joints are a very well accepted type of joint on this board (and for boatbuilding in general). Don't butt joints also put ...

Well, poo. Sorry no one would order it for you. Don't sweat scarfing. Like most things in boatbuilding, it turns out to be pretty easy when you get down to it. I scarfed my plywood joints with a hand plane and patience. Enjoy.

I glanced at the photo, before I read the post, and thought: oh no! OSB! You can't possibly out that on your boat.

Enjoy your plywood!