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I've just started Building my Flat's Flyer. These are the first pictures. In the background is my Seaplane which I also built. The brown paper has the drawings for Frame number 3. … read more

by Jeff Hovis (JeffH on the Glen-L Forum) You can do some interesting things with PVC. I made a stern light/flag mast from PVC and then veneered it with Mahogany veneer. I used the stuff w … read more

Converting an automobile motor to a viable marine engine has been going on for years. Although, going back in memory, many of these conversions were disasters waiting to happen. Very early conversi … read more

I was looking over a website selling Marine plywood. After reading the introduction, I wondered why they felt it necessary to exaggerate the qualities of what is, in fact, a superior product. The foll … read more

Building boats planked with sheet plywood started around the WW II era. Before that, the adhesives used to make plywood were, in short, worthless for marine application; the plies would delaminate in … read more

As mentioned in my previous post, the Antique & Classic Boat Society workshop that John & I went to last weekend was a wonderful event and we learned a whole lot. I've just listed some bullet point … read more