Thread: Puddle duck building the South African way

Thanks Jeff

You are the proverbial compass in my boatbuilding journey
The rollers normally go soggy and small pieces start falling off before the resin sets. The resin on the wood took about 2 hours to a stage of tackiness, so no problem there.

WRT fillers, would baking flour suffice? My wife is a master baker with a homemade bread being baked every night and I have access to a bucket full

NO, the flour will turn the resin into dough.

seriously no, you can use MICROBALLONS, (best), Posi-sphers(good,), Talc, (hard),

the talc can be used as a filler, and will be a bit hard when sanding, microballons are best,
and will give the best sanding & filling.

check with your supplier in S.A, and see what he has available.

Jeff

Good day

I am ecstatic! It seems like my efforts and posts have been read by likeminded boat builders here in South Africa and a hatch is in progress with a possible 4 boats being built in Pretoria.

The aim is to get 5 boats, register a class and compete in South African messabouts.

I would like to recognise Roy McBride from CKD boats in HoutBay Capetown for excellent service, advice and posting my efforts on his blog. What a great guy!

Aah! At last I have progressed to beyond the point of visualisation. Some pics of the hull outside with the sail.

Now it is for a serious session of torture boarding and the final finishing. The young lady on the boat is my younger daughter, Bronwyn

Boat looking good, how did you manage to get such a lovely Daughter, I believe you said she was the youngest.( hope you have a good bank balance for the weddings) Happily I have only 1 daughter who is now married with 2 beautiful Grand children.

SERIOUSLY , the BOAT IS LOOKING GOOD, the fun starts now with fairing , and painting, then fitting the rig etc.

Have you glassed the outside yet, do try and get the MICRO BALLONS, as they are the best , Talc sets up really hard and is a pain to fair +you use a lot to thicken the resin.

Have a merry Christmas & a Happy New Year,


Jeff

Jeff
Thanks for the compiments on my daughter, she inhereted her mother's good looks.
I have not yet glassed the bottom as I had first cut fever on the daggerboard slot. (To me it was ironic to build the perfect hull and then cut a hole in it) But it was done and I will start glassing today.

A blessed Christmas and a Happy new year to you and your family and all other forum members.

I will keep you updated on the progress

Excellent good to see progress , I am looking to build a power canoe next year, so as to have a camping boat.

Looking at the Selway-Fisher 12'6" multi chine and will modify the hull depth from 13" to 17" at the midships point. We do get some choppy water even in the Lakes, rivers & creeks , plus I was intending to use it on some of our fresh water dams , to cahse Barramundi, and Bass .

Jeff

Work responsibilities for the late pre summer holiday rush challenged my patience and temper. Sat down today, had a good Saarfie local beer and when refreshed glass taped the chines.
Rollers and ice cream sticks really did the job.

My daughter deigned a logo yesterday to match the name. Duck'n Dive

See attachment

Another update!

Hull bottom glassed, waiting for it to dry
Dagger board glassed, waiting to dry
Glass cloth will not make it for the rudder board, I'll have to make another plan here

On a lighter note:
I was ranting insane about my boat building 101 on my facebook page when i wrote " Fixing the perfect joint...Priceless" well I really got it from my mates on this one

When talking about fairing to the guys at work, I had to gently explain that it was not something on the front end of a bike. They thought that I was into bad stuff when I started talking about the torture board

Aah the joys of the dark art of boat building!!

Jeff

Is a Barramundi not related to bass or is it a closer relative to a perch?
I have read that they do give a good acount of themselves on the rod

Cheers

Chris

Confusing... some common names are Asian Seabass, Giant Perch, & Palmer Perch.

Barramundi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Barramundi

Hi Chris,

what happened with the rudder, with glass not sticking???

were you trying to go around too tight a curve?? Yes the barramundi are related to seabass, and they are very good on the end of a line, and grow to 1mt +++ but as they grow they change sex once they get over 750mm or there abouts I believe, also they live in both salt & fresh water and travel between the two.

cheers
jeff

No, I miscalculated the amount of cloth for the whole job
The supplier is in Capetown and its summer holidays so I will have to wait even longer

The plan change is to leave the rudder board in the nude and coat it with poxy, then paint.

I will keep you posted