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A genuine brown bagger, eh? :q

What about ipe' as a teak deck substitute? It seems to have all the qualities you mention, only downside I could see is that it is REAL heavy. Here on the west...

Thanks Paul, that sounds simple enough.




Now I'm lost....:?

Paul, would you suggest lining the entire slot or just the lower margins where the rope can make contact with the spar?

Yeah, it was a bit off kilter. I have since trued it up. A metal liner makes good sense. Some of the high tech modern bow string materials are spectra , and I've seen limb tips sawn off bows.

Mast is inlet for the halyard sheave, will set the mast aside until I get the rest of the hardware together for it. Moving on to boom and yard....my plan is to get all the spars done and then do...

Sorry 'bout that. Better now?

Here is a useful tool for working areas of a piece where the grain rises and dips and is prone to tearing when worked with a conventional shave or plane blade. It's a toothing plane, a serrated iron...

Even though I live in Sonoma County, California, my patchouli-drenched neighbors haven't convinced me to give up gasoline power for land transportation, so no, the mast isn't going on me pickup :U
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Ha! The mast isn't the mystery...the mystery is what the mast is gonna be attached to!

The stick is 15' 6" long, 3" in diameter at the butt tapering in the last 43" to 2 1/8" at the top. It will be stayed.

I am going to do something a bit different with this thread...as I progress with a boat I am now building, I am going to post pictures of the various components with little or no comment and let you...

Make sure you apply the epoxy coats wet on wet. Roll out a coat, let it go tacky, mix and apply another coat. If you let it cure between coats you will need to give it a good sanding before each new...

Whatever she is, I like the looks of her.

AJ, yes, I'm up just north of San Francisco. My land is in southern Idaho. Beautiful country, several nice sailing lakes and the Snake River close by too, but not much work to be had. That's just one...

AJ,

I own a nice chunk of acreage (46 acres) in another state that I will build on when I retire. Buying property here in the Bay Area of N. California is out of the question for me at the...

Paul,

The issue wasn't with the property owner, who in fact has been on my side in this whole mess, but rather with the Stalinist homeowner's association who's motives have absolutely nothing...

AJ,

I rent a condo that has a detached garage that I use as my workshop. According to the assoc. covenants, all garages must be kept clear to park vehicles in it...no storage, no parking boats...

I've been fighting with the homeowner's association where I live over the use of my garage as a workshop....long story but in the end I won that battle, much to their irritation, and also fighting in...

Bob, I haven't been around for some time, but it looks like you have done a superb job. Well done!

Believe it or not, I'm still alive. :o


Been shut down building for the last 2 years fighting with the homeowner's association over the use of my garage as a workshop, but things have changed...

Believe it or not, I'm still alive. :o


Been shut down building for the last 2 years fighting with the homeowner's association over the use of my garage as a workshop, but things have changed...

Wonder if someone stateside could handle the purchase of the plans for toto and post them to you in Oz cheaper? I send stuff to Europe on a regular basis, and if shipping to Oz is a similar rate, it...

I have some pics of a beam up on my other thread on the building forum.

I have laminated the cross beams. 5 lams of pine sandwiched between a lam of red oak top and bottom. The beams are 11 feet long, 2 1/4" thick and 2 3/4" wide. Glued up with 'pox. Here's a look at the...

Maybe when I upgrade to a better table saw. Mine's old 'n rickety. Nevertheless, I popped the first beam blank off the form a couple hours ago. It looks much better than I anticipated.

I have a table saw, but getting it to handle 3" thick fir is real iffy. Not only that, but all the fir I have, and I have about 1500 BF, is 3/4" stock. It's pretty tough to get an accurate slice off...

Of course!

I located some reversible base molding of the proper thickness. Inner lams are pine, outer lams are red oak. I have one laid up on the form right now. I'll probably cover the outer lam with a layer...

The ama (outrigger float ) has a net buoyancy of about 270 lbs, a dead weight of 30 lbs and is located 7 1/2' from centerline of main hull. Sail area is 84 sq. ft, max displacement is around 700 lbs....

Richard, yerp, it is a right easy build, inexpensive too. Personally, I don't think it's a bad looking boat either. Double paddles are limited to a beam of 32"-34" or thereabouts...you can use them...

I was afraid of that. I'd rather use the thinner lams...what to do, what to do...

I'm needing to laminate the iako ( cross beams ) for my Dierking Wa'apa outrigger, and I have a question about a slight departure from the plans. Speced is seven laminations, 8mm x 70mm x 3.35m. All...

Here are a couple of pics of the completed ama. The mounting holes in the struts will be drilled after the boat is assembled, so they can be fit as required. I've stashed it up in my rafters to clear...

I'll have more pics to post....things are still slowed down by pretty cool weather here.

Thanks for the compliment. I'm building directly from the book. It's pretty straight forward stuff. I think the most difficult part of the project is this ama...the hull ought to be really...

Nice job there Al.

I have the GIS on the to-do list at some point, but unfortunately, right now I am constrained by storage space. Both the mayfly and the GIS are too bulky and/or heavy to...

I have the construction of the ama complete. Lots of fairing/sanding yet to do. 64 feet of seam filled with microballoon putty and a butt-load of countersunk boat nails.

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I have it all closed up. It was a real fiddly task getting the lower panels bent and fit properly. Building this ama was almost as much work as the entire piragua I built a couple months back. I'll...

I'm 'pox coating the assembled panels and the the other two before final assembly. One last coat and I'll put 'er together.

Here the top half of the ama is assembled. I ran the stringers out just past the end bulkheads, then stitched and taped the outer portion. Once I complete the fitting of the connection struts to the...

1961, a prime vintage for sure. Looks good, Dan. :2tsup:

I switched gears a bit and decided to make the ama in one piece. I have the panels spliced here with butt straps.

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Not that I can offer any help, other than to comment that you fellows have more red tape than we do here in California. That is quite an accomplishment :doh:

I have started construction on a Gary Dierking Wa'apa sailing outrigger.

Wa'apa a three board sailing canoe


I'm starting with the ama. It's essentially a plywood box with pointed ends, and...

I'm getting started on another project, a Gary Dierking Wa'apa sailing outrigger canoe. 24' LOA, the plans provide options to build as a one, two, or three piece hull. The three piece version can be...

In British Columbia and Southeast Alaska the engraver beetle has killed large stands of trees. Burnt over areas are routinely salvage logged. As long as the timber remains standing, fire killed trees...

Bob, If I'm not tied up with stuff I might swing out that way.

Where ya gonna dunk yer Goat? Great job getting her ready to at least sip the waters.

Capital Plywood is the source my retailer uses IIRC...so...maybe no 4mm after all. I'll need to check and be...

One of the pleasures of living in its native range is that we are awash in it. With the downturn in construction, price is pretty decent too.

I'm pretty sure I can get 4mm Okoume. I'm still stuck with the damp and cold...unable to finish exterior painting. Boat is up in the ceiling racks waiting for a warmer, drier weather. It's...