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I love this, I saw the article on duckworks (some how I stumbled upon it) and went to look for the plans which weren't available yet!

I've since bought the oz racer plans.
I figure, having never...

I heard he was up here in Sydney for a PD Racer launch on Sunday.

I just shot an email through to the people i bought the plans off and they forwarded my question on to Mr Storer

Alex, do you know if the balanced lug rig you have on your boat is the same as the one in Miks, drop in sail rig (lateen rig?).

The mast in the plans i have is square. I have both plans, but the...

All good, let me know, I'm on school holidays from tuesday. But if not who knows i might bump into you on the water one day. :2tsup:

What boat are you building?
I just get all my stuff from the guys at duckflats, and ask if they can put together a kit for me.
You pay a bit extra for the postage, but it gets delivered to your...

I did the EXACT same thing with my Eureka canoe, I'm talking my dad around letting me use up MORE garage space to build another boat... lets just say he isnt happy...
Once you build one, you will...

What time will you be down there Tim? I'd love to have a sticky beak at your boat
I live down at cronulla

Michael

Hey Alex where abouts in Sydney are you? I'd love to see your boat!

Did you have plans for the rudder?
Also any plans for a sail? The sailing rig came with sail dimentions, but i wouldn't know the first thing about making sails haha i need to research more lol
...

Hey Greg,

Finally some life in the thread!
I have seen photos of the outriggers on the Eureka, and the drop in sail on one as well, but have been unable to find one with both attached! But as...

Hi guys,

It's been a while since I've hit up the forums, last time would have been roughly two years ago when I built Freedom, a Eureka.

All the photos from peoples builds helped me a great...

I do the same with the emergency tow points underneath.
This was when i was using soft racks
http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/6365/rimg02866937336.jpg

I still use the front and rear tow points but...

That might just do the trick! especially with the way our dollar is going! :2tsup:
Cheers!
Mike

Also did you put a pedal steering system in yours? im thinking about doing that... i posted a topic in the "boat resources/product search" section, which in hind site should have been put in the...

G'day guys,
Was just wondering if anyone has made a home made kayak rudder system?
OR
If anyone has an old disused kayak they were thinking of throwing out that i could pinch the rudder system...

Makes sense, i didnt even think about setting heights on the strong back :doh: whoops hahaha

looks like i have a bit more to consider!

Im only putting external gunwales on for aesthetics (dont...

i think i mayyyyy have worked it out, the hb.hab is the verticle and horizontal measurment of where you put your point.

ok i think i have worked it out :2tsup:
But can you clear up what HB and...

I had a look at a clark rubber catalogue, i think they stock some PVC (it might not be thick enough though) and some contact glue stuff that sticks pvc.

as far as where im struggling, Im looking...

Hmmmm im not up to par with the lingo, but i mean measuring out the bulkheads...
i had another look at the site and saw the pic by pic build so i might run off that :2tsup:

Also where did you get...

Lance i love what your doing here, I'm looking to make one of the yostwerks sea riders, the problem im facing, i cant make head nor tail out of the cutting list :doh:
any suggestions?

I had a search attempt and couldnt find anything similar to what im after..

this is the type of thing im after
YouTube - DB Fletcher Capstan Ilona expanding table

I was wondering if anyone has any plans for this table or anything similar? (by similar i mean how it spins and the mid section rises up as it spins without you having to pull up sections which fold...

I never thought of racking it like that, at the moment im using soft racks as a temp job so the eureka doesnt slide easily over them, but once i get a proper set of racks ill be sure to give your...

I was going to slowly put water into the tank and see where it comes out, i figured it cant to any more damage than what the water getting in does hahaha

You guys, with your moving solutions, got me thinking of how to solve some of my own...
after struggling with my eureka today, i came up with this rough design that i hope to make when i get some...

ah really!? that sucks! any truck weighing stations nearby?

if not the only other thing i can think of are them suspended scales they use to weigh massive fish. could hang one from your ceiling...

Took her out on good friday, cut my foot on a submerged oyster, barnacle or bit of glass, got her out in the water and she started taking on water.

worked on her easter sunday and the monday that...

If its easy enough and not to much trouble to put on the roof racks, take a trip to your local tip (without the boat) have your car weighed, then take a second trip with the boat on top. subtract the...

hahaha thanks!
the seats are just cut to shape, and i went to my local clark rubber and picked up some non-slip rubber stuff, i tried to google it to see what its really called so i could find out...

Thanks, for the tip, i thought the only way i could upload was through hosting :2tsup:

yeah the first pic is the art i wanted to do, the second is a shot of the interior, and the third it a shot...

I had been slowly working at it since the 19th of january, and finally finished it today.
Its not perfect, and i was pressed for time, due to uni coming along to attack me with many assignments.
...

I use facebook to keep in touch with friends who live far away, having lost 2 best mates to moving (one out of state, one out of country) i also post albums of the little projects i scrape up during...

i put the marker over poxed ply

http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/5199/rimg0248.jpg

:2tsup:

I was messin around today with some drawing and happened to like what i had drawn on the decks of the canoe, i ended up filling it in with a permanent marker (Artline70).

Now i know it SAYS...

Someone having a Eureka and experience tying her down gives me a bit more confidence.
She looks beautiful might i add!
Thanks,
Mike

Sorry to pump life into a dieing thread but reading has scared me, and if my soon to be completed Eureka comes off the roof i will cry! hahaha
Im only a little bit attached... plus as a uni student...

I hate hindsight, but thinking back i had a stanley near by, i should have cut the tape while it was wet and popped the wire loops through... :doh:

i think i might leave it, i might even highlight...

I did this today, and didnt knock down the round on the copperwire stitches for fear of it loosening up the stitching.

SO i glass taped the inside seams resulting in lifts in the tape.
My...

if only there was a way to minimise the noise of it hahaha

I JUST finished stitching up my eureka today and glass taped the inside seams. I precoated the inside of the panels, and when i was lifting them and moving them around they still had alot of flex,...

I got the bote-cote stuff in a eureka kit from the duckery, my only beef was the pumps that came with it didnt screw onto the bottles or resin and hardner... But its easy to use from my limited...

Browsing youtube once (while seeing how people epoxy) i stumbled upon videos of people who have used a cordless drill with a prop mounted onto a long metal rod which they have used to push a tiny...

I got out my epoxy stuff this afternoon ready to do some gluing, i got the bote coat stuff, with the pumps, but the pumps dont screw onto the bottle of resin or hardener...
I used them anyway hahaha...

Awesome!
Cheers,
Mike

Can you paint then varnish over it to protect the paint?

This was what i had in mind for the art
http://www.hairstylescut.com/images/tattoo/tribal1.jpg
i plan to put one wing up each side and...

Hey guys,
I wanted to incorporate some art into my Eureka in the form of some pinstripe design across her bow and along the hull, and thought id consult the masters haha.

Is it ok to paint onto...

I love your imagining, thats what truely made the story for me!

Mick

I havnt had MUCH experience with them, however i obtained 2 deliveries of supplies, one while Ted was there, and one from Dave.

Daves delivery included a hand written invoice, wishing me luck in...

ok so i feel dumb... note to self, check for a page 2 before replying... hahaha :2tsup:

now i dont feel i have much weight in my reply as im yet to start making my first (im going to build the eureka so when i saw "problem" i thought i might read as i most likely will come across a few...