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There's a brief article on installing a teleflex system on one of the webletters: http://www.glen-l.com/weblettr/webletters-8/webletter65.html#squirt. Personally, I still can't decide between teleflex or drum and cable. I'm leaning toward teleflex. However, I might have to look into that rum based s...

Iron Wood is also a nick name for Lignum Vitae . This species is commonly used on boat for things like blocks and belay pins. I've also seen boat with lignum vitae bands around the water line for protections against chunks of ice and other nastiness. I doubt it would be useful as a general construct...

While I previously would have sided with Caber-Feidh regarding the X - it's something I'd read before - the wiki article doesn't have a citation, and it's hard to argue with someone who has the standard on their bookshelf. Whichever is true, I definitely think plywood manufacturers play very fast an...

Make that three (or is it four now?) for ultra north.

upspirate wrote:Looks great!!

You are farther along than I thought

He should be pretty far along - he's been working on it for 22 years!

Seriously, though, it does look great. Keep up the good work, and keep posting pictures.

DaveLott wrote:I think a feature like this would be mandatory in high school wood shops and other places with people using it that does not have a lot of experience.

Like my garage.

Welcome! *warning* Keep hanging around and I gaurantee you will be building that boat. But that is a good thing. I am enjoying my project immensely. I don't think it's guaranteed. He might end up building a bigger boat. :mrgreen: The Cabin Skiff seem like a great boat for that kind of river cruisin...

I wouldn't think they'd be solid enough. You apply some pretty good force to the frame bending on the longitudinals, and you really need them to stay solid. It take a bit of work after you've gotten the frames on the form until the boat is solid enough that it doesn't need to be screwed down, I'd be...

To be clear, you're really talking about how to connect the MOTOR STRINGERS to the building form, correct? The frames are connected to the stringers, not the form. I believe he's building a malahini, so there are no motor stringers. The frames attach directly to the building jig. With carefully pos...

I'm having fun with this. But, let's keep it friendly or drop it! We have boats to build! Definitely agreed. Which is why I usually keep my liberal mouth shut around here when politics come up. One of the great things about this board is how friendly everyone is, and I'd hate to ruin that. I just w...

It is quite common knowledge to air up tires properly, but, Algore tried to make that a GW/conservatin strategy. As if airing up tires is gonna really save fossil fuel. Personnally, I have found my tires low from time to time, and I should have run out of gas because of it. Alas!! It really didnt m...

Wasnt Algore the one that said to check your tires for better milage & fossil fuel conservation? didnt he say that to a nationwide audience? Probably. You can increase your mileage by 3% on average (more or less depending on your tires, etc.) by keeping your tires properly inflated. I'm not sure I ...

Nobody is as crazy as the Sea Shepherds.

Without seeing "the detail on sheet 4", it's hard to say what exactly that's supposed to mean. But the bottom of the transom will need to be angled. I do not recommend cutting the angle into the transom when you cut out the transom. The plans for the squirt showed two lines for the bottom of the tra...

kens wrote: The global warming freaks, enviromentalists, greenpeacers, they are all cast from the same lot.

As a global warming freak and environmentalist, I take excption. I'm not anywhere near as crazy as the people in greenpeace.