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I've received the outrigger plans and have had a look through. From what I can tell 1 sheet of ply is needed for each outrigger hull, anyone on here built these? I tried to email Mik on the email...

Some recent outings out and about our local lake and at the Narooma Heritage afloat. I think the little blue thing is an old optimist i did up for a friend and her little one.

The seats on QC PlanB are 70mm lower then the plan suggests. I find this height very comfy to paddle and really stable. I went up to the Narooma heritage afloat festival a few weekends ago with my 2...

Yeah, the QC will go up in a sling but then i'll use the floor space to build the Goat. The old Mazda is happy outdoors (the salt air holds it together). I only just sold our all original 2 tone...

Cheers guys it was fun to build. I was optimisitc with the 5 day build, had a boat in 7 days but took 3 more weeks to fit out and finish. Could have taken even longer sanding and varnishing but it is...

Paddle today went well. There was quite a long distance into a 15-18 knot NE headwind blowing down the lake. Where do you guys sit when paddling solo? Yesterday I sat on the seat closest to the...

Launched the QC yesterday. Initial stability felt a little sensitive but after a few minutes its was all good. I did have my father in the canoe with me who is visiting at the moment. His 115kg of...

Work really knows how to get in the way. I moved into a new position when I returned to work this year and have been chasing my tail the last 3-4 weeks getting my head around things. Between this and...

Thanks Matt,
I marked the seat supports out at the recommended 50mm lower then plan and have drawn another line 40mm lower then this. I was going to go with the lower position but after your...

I did read somewhere about moving the seats 40mm lower then the plans. Did any of you guys do this for extra stability?

Yeah its great to see it take shape from laying in panels only 1 day earlier. Its really big, the Goat is going to look huge in person, same length but twice the beam. Im building a new shed in about...

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Yeah same problem with me, side panels wanted to pull in about 15mmand the whole thing was looking terrible. I jammed a bit of 10mm dowel between the sides at the butt joint to hold some shape. Its...

Hi all, Canoath I will be following your lead with the finishing. Structure will be finished tonight but it will take me another week have a fully sealed and finished product.
Matt you never told me...

Yesterday I managed to cut out all the panels include seats and butt straps. I got 4 panels cut with the jigsaw before being called away. A few hours later, kids in bed and last sheet of ply marked...

Yeah I love Wild Goats XI as a name. I've had my eye the GIS for 2 years. Kept going toward other designs but continued to come back to the GIS because of the simplicity of build, speed potential and...

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Ply, timber and epoxy arrived yesterday (Friday) and unpacked. It was cheaper to get everything from 1400 km away and pay for shipping then buy locally. The supplier told me they could ship 6m...

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I have just purchased the plans for Mik's Goat Island Skiff and Quick Canoe. I have done a few wooden boat restorations but never built from scratch before. I rebuilt a Hartley TS16, a 50...