Thread: sailing boat

If you have a lathe.. I once made some very serviceable little boats for kids by turning a rocket and halving it.
Mast up top and a weighted rudder down bellow. (the rudder was just a fin with a couple of brass dome nuts at the tip to weight it)
various left over eyelets and hooks for rigging and loml hemmed (is that the word?) some triangle cloth. they looked surprisingly ok.

I sprayed them with enamel.. they lasted a couple of summers outdoors.

Thanks,

The lathe is a good idea. Is there an ideal ratio between height of the mast, length of boat and depth of rudder? Or do you just adjust this by using weights on the rudder? I can see my boat just flipping over.

Estelle.

For realistic look the mast should be the length plus the width.


Did some looking on the net, doesn't take long to get totally fed up any more!

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In South Australia, that ad contravenes business laws, but I notice that some people are still trying to sell "Free Stuff".

Have you also noticed that a lot of the time now they try to get you buy calling it "FEE" plans? ( notice the missing "R" ?)
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Juvy