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Hi Labr@



Yes I am:U

I have a bit of a plan collection, ( I suspect most readers of this forum also have plan collections) and I also want to try another build method. I havnt built a glued...

Well done Martin
I have looked at the Yost pages many times and its great to see that one has been made. His website has a lot of detail doesn't it?
Its got me thinking!!
Tom

Hi Everyone
I haven’t posted here lately, nothing much has happened to post about since I built my rowboat a few years ago. I do check in here regularly and I just thought Id post about a couple...

Hi Peter,
Hasten slowly.
Years ago I destroyed a wooden boat that was full of rot (A Hartley TS 18) and the second hand stuff was worth very little.( I still have some "might be handy oneday"...

Well done!
Beautiful build of a lovely design.

Tom

Hi Jackson
I Looked in the forum a week ago and you were just starting. Now you are halfway.
Well done.
I checked the measurments on my boat this afternoon for the bow tank you mentioned. I dont...

Good to see another of these being built. Just make sure you send it to WA before you try it out, you may decide to keep it yourself.
Tom

Hi Redx
I used aquacote on the MSD rowboat I built a few years back. (I had a thread here MSD rowboat in brisbane) and used what was leftover on a kayak I built last year.
The clear is a good hard...

Hi Newey
That is going to be a nice looking boat
Tom

If he sanded and varnished and sanded to make the boat look that good he deserves a couple of minutes in the armchair!

Tom

Hi Drosso
That is a very nice looking boat. The contrasting stripes as well as the nice lines.
I like the longwise bouyancy and self draining too.
Tom

Brian I havnt tried sitting like that. I will next time I am out. I dont think it would be a problem but I notice from the photo that flint transom is clear and MSD isnt really clear of water, but...

Congratulations Michael
Dont worry about the photos, just launch the boat and then send a photo of you with the big smile (or silly grin) you will have on you face.:U
That is great work, the boat...

Hi everyone
Daddles has asked me about the footrests and I thought I would put my reply here as well -- I was slack answering him and I am sorry for that

Hi Richard
Sorry about the slow reply,...

Hi Richard
Have a look at JEM watercraft. He has a range of canoes wjth builders all over the place and free plans for a 12' version of his Laker.
There is also a bloke who is on this forum a bit...

Hi Clint
Mik is a much faster replyer than I am, The skeg is now 90 mm (3 1/2") tapering to the 1/4" center strip about 1800mm ( 6') from the stern. I reckon a few mm each way wont matter. The boat...

I promised Mik last week I would post a rough breakdown of the costs and I even have most of the reciepts!!
Plywood 4 sheets Pacific maple marine total $160
Framing timber Huon Pine approx $300...

Hi everyone
Thanks for the photos Mik, some of the flikr ones show me at my best, dont they:U
Brian I reckon the boat was close to the limit there, my weight must have been real close to over the...

It was great to meet MIK yesterday
I cant remember what he did to me way back whenever to make me remember his name, probably laughed when the boom hit my head. It is a bloody small world. Mik took...

This is an interesting idea, I cant see any problems with ply and epoxy construction, MIK has pointed you in the right direction about that.
But my first suggestion is to move the spare... do you...

Hi MIK
Mooloolaba area sounds good to me. I dont really know my way around up there and Navwoman leads me astray as often as to the straight and narrow but if you suggest a ramp/picnic area I will...

Richard those photos were taken the day after the windy launch, it was abeautiful still morning and probably only in the upper twenties at htat time of the day.
I dont know when the boats will be...

Hi everyone
My concern with a bow skeg is that sooner or later the boat will be dragged sideways across the beach or grass and it may be damaged. The problem with judging the trim is that I cant do...

Hi Daddles
I saw the other day you were asking about the skeg (and I dont want to talk about cats) so I have been doing some mucking around with my boat and have posted on that thread.
...

Hi everyone
I wrote earlier about some handling problems with the boat. There has been advice offered and discussion on Mr Daddles thread about the tracking in wind problem I had. I have also been...

I hadnt thought about the grain direction. That is a good point, especially as most of the best timber these days is only straightish grain. Can I add the power planer to the blessed list? St...

I reckon a bit of plywood screwed down would be fine, or even realwood.
I didnt know about the slotwidth, but that isnt the issue at the moment is it.
Getting it to a row or outboard stage is at...

Hi Richard
I hope the screw and glue works out.
There is a lot of arm wrestling to get things together with this boat and I am inclined to agree with you about building over a strongback. I would...

Hi Daddles
Sounds like a great idea to get the boat on the water to use with the family
Years ago I built a "Lark" dinghy which was rowable and sailable and I just made a plug to sit in the...

Hi everyone
Thanks for the feedback. I hope to have a bit more time on the water over the next few weeks. I havnt had a chance to modify my oars yet so i will see how I go
May you all have a safe...

Hi q9
When you have selected a design (the not so easy bit) I can suggest Boatcraft Pacific in Brisbane for your stuff. They are at Loganhome on the southside, only a couple of hours from Toowoomba...

Hi Clint,
Thanks for the offer with the oars, I know from your website and blog that you have done a lot of work making oars, and that you also use them. The first thing for me is to move the...

Hi Brian
I think I stole the mirror idea from that Blog from one of your earlier posts. I just used an old set of the rubberband extension mirrors for caravaners which had lost the rubber (not the...

Hi everyone
Thanks for the comments.
Firstly I am not going to chop bits off the boat without a lot of thought, I wont do that untill I am happy that I have a good reason to use the axe, it will...

Thanks for your comments
Mik I edited the last post and I think the picture is now working. I dont know what went wrong
I wasnt real clear about the wind blowing the bow around, I meant the wind...

Hi
All done
WOW
I had a quiet little secret launch down the coast at Diamond Head a few weeks ago and since I didnt drown or otherwise attract publicity I decided that the official debut of the...

Hi everyone
You may have noticed from some of my earlier posts that I have had to move the boat around under the house (my shed or playroom) and that I had it outside a couple of times during...

I havnt posted for a while, I havent had anything exciting to report, I did get the boat painted a few weeks ago.
Green, not as light as I thought it would be but I will live with it. I was thinking...

Hi MIK
That boat looks really nice, a lot of work to get that sort of finish, my congratulations to the builder. I look forward to the launch photos.
Do you reckon you can get a photo of the...

Hi Mik
I am definitly blaming the tape. If tape isnt good enough to seal the edge for 3 seccessive coats on the same day ( it dries pretty fast) and stand lifting the same day then it is crap, as I...

Hi MIK
The tape was green painters tape ( a 5 day tape from the paint section of the hardware place ) not the blue stuff. I knew better than to use the white tape and the green was OK for keeping...

The boat will be no good in the wet stuff without oars. Fortunatley I have been able to refurbish the oars from a boat I built a few years ago, they are only 2300 long but will do for a while. I...

Hi everyone
Thanks for all the replies.
Having read all your advice, I think my main problem was that I used the wrong sort of masking tape. I should have used a tape for high gloss car type finish...

Hi honkongphoie,
Thanks for the tip, when I set up the job I masked it to do several coats wet on tack, I thought the more expensive tape would be better. I reckon the seepage started with the first...

Hi Richard
I hadnt thought about the ventilation, you are right, it will be essential. I will have to make sone more hatchholes
Thanks for the tip,
Tom

I had the boat inside and right way up, though with lots of stuff to do outside, like taping gunwhales, patching my transom etc, so I took it into my head to paint it while I could see it and perhap...

I have gotten a fair bit more done the last week or so between job searches, I am sorry I dont post more regulaly but I just dont seem to be someone that does lots of posting. Since I last updated I...

Hi Richard
Its looking good.
Work is a pain, and I will be back again next week I hope.
I didnt bother with a hatch in the foredeck, maybe i should have for air expansion but I thought it too...

Mik,
I am jealous.
That place has been on my must go to list for many years.
Enjoy it for me please

Tom

The next job was the side frames for bulkheads 1 +4, frame 4 was as per plan with beveling. Frame 1 was different to the plans, I had deviated from the building guide by glueing the gunwhales on a...