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The sailing skippers aren´t the problem - it is the power boat jockeys who cause the havoc here (Brazil has one of the highest motor accident rates in the world - annual deaths well over 25 thousand...

In Brazil, no registration if under 5m and no motor - one of the reasons for my choosing the 4.7m GIS. Registration is a pain here for a non-production boat. I can also sail her without a licence,...

I don't know how you'd build a boat without a table saw to rip up the lumber.

a)friendly timber supplier who is happy and able to cut to exact dimensions
plus
b)Skilsaw, lots of clamps, a...

I´m now into my second year - but I have not had anything like 14 hours a week on GIS building. If you cannot run an intensive building campaign, do at least get started by building and stockpiling...

You are making great progress. Congrats. If your kids are into Google Earth here are a couple of links. The first shows where my Goat is being built (my house is in the middle - you cant quite see...

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SWMBO demanding house maintenance and attendance at weddings, funerals, supermarket, shopping malls, etc
boss demanding business cases (the words which will eventually bring down western...

All that space to work in - and in New York! Makes this car-porch builder who has to cover everything in plastic sheeting to keep the tropical rain off sigh. On the other hand, the heat we are...

Speaking of Herreshoff, by one of those coincidences that happen I have just been reading a local sailing mag and found out the identity of the large schooner which I see in the waters where I sail...

Mik
Just seen this post. Have you seen a book called "Sails as an aid to fishing" published by the UK Ministry for overseas Development a long time ago - 1988? It is all about getting sails back...

"Here I am sanding the cut-out of bulkhead #2 with a handy little drum sander attached to my cordless drill. These are cool little tools and so handy for this type of job!"

Funny how tips like...

I reinvented something HERRESHOFFrecommended?! :o That makes my day! Once I have used the rack to do the varnishing, I thought I could saw it into sections, screw on some stabilising triangular...

Thanks, Mik I did some experimenting and have found a work-round. A very thin layer of wood filler applied with a wet cloth so it is not even visible seems to seal the pores enough to stop the...

Envy! She looks great! My 'carnival' has been spent sweating buckets planing and sanding my mast so seeing you out there whizzing along in the breeze gives me heart. One day, that will be me! ...

It always cheers me up to see other builders being up-front about their mistakes - makes me feel less deficient. I have seen some beautiful photos of GIS bows, where everything comes together in a...

And the rain goes on - and I think it is mucking up my epoxying of the bulkheads. I look at all those lovely pics everyone posts and then I see this:...

Aha! Will look further into this - many thanks. If you are in the middle of doing the foils, but the way, bear in mind that the top bit of each foil does not need to have the absolutely perfect...

Hi, Bob
I think what attracted me was the building challenge and that the resulting boat is easily manhandled on land, versatile (sail, oar, outboard) and can be 'detuned' easily when sailing by...

This is probably heresy, but if you, like me, are concerned about having too much water sloshing around after a capsize and getting rid of it ( I will be pushing 60 by the time my GIS hits the...

I´ve made a fair amount of progress over the last week - given the slow pace I work at. The transom and all bulkheads now framed, bevelled and cleaned up, using a batch of West Systems gluing powder...

He, he! My first NYRes the same as yours. I`m currently sitting at the beach house watching the rain chucking it down - wettest New year here for ages - 36 hours of non-stop rain and the whole of...

I`m going to the UK in a couple of weeks and thought I could get my rudder and rigging fittings there. Cheaper and easier than here. Googling away I cant find the Ronstan ones Mik recommends in...

One learns so much on this forum - and not always about boats! I am trying to picture you hunting pidgeons with a chain saw. Sitting by a canal side in Scotland when I was a youth, with the rain...

I´m hoping to get to this stage in January (holiday time) and this step-by-step guide is really helpful. Bet you it takes me more than 3 hours, though.

Steve

Welcome from the other side of the South Atlantic. If you have space constraints and that is an issue with the wife, one of the great things about the GIS is that you can build a whole big pile of...

Mik

I was just wondering if in between bouts of paddling for your life down canyons in the US you have made any progress with this simplified sail design. I need to start looking at the options...

Great tip - I am paranoid about building a twisted hull and this looks like a great way to keep everything under control.

Steve

Some advice needed, please. I simply cannot find 8ft length plywood here. Everything is 2.20m - which ain´t enough for the hull panels. I am resigned to putting in a second butt strap on the sides...

Being a bit too far on the wrong side of 50 I am following this thread with a lot of interest! Must send daughter/nephews/son-in-law on sail training courses soon - with capsize recovery training to...

I hope you are right about the part where you say it's easy to learn to sail, yesterday were nothing less than a disaster :C

Bjarne[/QUOTE]

I dont know the training situation in Denmark, but...

I was tickled by this poem - loved the ending. And couldn´t resist quoting below a couple of the originals. "Quinquereme" - now that is a possible name for my GIS when I finally finish it. I might...

Hmm - more complicated than I thought. Many thanks guys for the tips - I can see there is a bit of alchemy involved here and will dust off the home chemistry set. Actually, the kitchen scales and...

Anyone got an idea what the chemical composition is of the glue powder that is used with Botecote (and similar)? I cannot find any epoxy supplier in my neck of the woods who admits to knowing what I...

Right - stop twitching and trust the designer!

Just finished carving out and sanding the yard and boom - very satisfying work and good exercise. My long-gone old father-in-law from who I inherited my long (Bailey No. 5) plane would be proud of...

Glad you managed it. Found the link (it is actually the Duckworks site) - has some other useful tips so here it is:

www.duckworksmagazine.com/08/projects/gis

Frightening, isnt it? I followed the idea from a photo blog set - not at my office computer so have not got the link - will post it when I get to the office. The idea is to mark the lines carefully ...

Encouraged by Mik´s note on sharing and the above masking tape comment, someone might be interested that I am now using blue masking tape to mark out long curves on the spars, rather than the...

I live just outside São Paulo - not quite the same as Atafona, from what I can see by googling. You should be able to get some sailing in while you are there. Your comment about towing tinnies...

The wood is almost certainly Tabebuia cassinoides (Caixota or Marupá) though it could be a closely related species, there being so many here. Density of about 0.380g/cm3. It is very stable and...

Just when I was about to ask what would be reasonable weights for the spars, along comes the information I wanted. Thanks, Joost. Just starting to produce them using a lightweight Brazilian wood...

Winds not bad - can be pretty variable but if a cold front come rumbling up from the Antarica via Argentina then they can strengthen quite a bit. But not as windy as the UK, in general. In the...

Typical - trying to show the subtle curves of the tiller, carved with care by a master craftsman (in my dreams!) and it is the $%¨¨& chair that gets noticed. But yes, actually, I did paint the...

Finally, a sunny day. This has been the wettest and nastiest July in this part of the world since they started measuring these things - in 1943! Got out the camera and took some photos =, which I...

That´s nothing - my first attempt at boat building back in the 80s was a Mirror Dinghy constructed in my living room in my flat on the 17th floor of my apartment block (here in São Paulo). I hardly...

Just run out to the garage to check the fingerboard joints dont line up. Thankfully not!:2tsup:

Pics soon

All the best

Steve

Greetings from @#$% freezing Brazil. Mid winter here and don´t believe anyone who says this is a tropical country (not in the South at least). Trouble is - no heating at all in the houses so you...

Thanks, Juan Carlos

Over my panic now and have found what look like good substitutes, though they are a bit heavier than Australia and USA options so I will have to be careful not to go wildly...