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Dear Mike

I was wandering did anyone try to put a smaller sail on OZ racer? In my experience 8m2 (original) sail is too big for kids age 8-12.
So I was wandering what kind of (secondary) sail,...

Greetings all

This years holiday - compared to last year's was soooo much better in term of sailing conditions.

There was better and constant wind and easier access to the water.
As in our...

Hi Mik

Yes I did put some photos on Picasa web album and then I treansfered them here.

I'm planning to post some PDR pics to in the PDR thread.

We had 12 days of holidays and I was sailing...

:U:roll: Par

Some sails did have some brown spots.

Thre green boat in particular looked like that (seems to be the oldest and slowest, but did have canvas and not dacron sails).

Cheers,...

During this year's holidays I had a chance (finally) to se some traditional sail boats.

They held a local reggata arround the island with three different types of boats.

Here are some pics:...

VERY NICE Csaba

Gongratulations :2tsup:

It sure is very rewarding to finaly sit in a boat you've made.

Good work,
Peter

Your experience with paint distributors sound like my problems here. hehe:C

I also wanted to mention International (could'nt think of the name before).
It's more common brand in Croatia than...

Hello Csaba

Congraulations on your soon-to-be-completed PDR.

That was smart to do a dry test fit as you can fix any problems while deck is not yet glued on.:)

Regarding you question. As far...

Yep, very nice setup. I like the oars too. Been thinking about them...how long should they be and where exactly would you possition them?

Nice work Perttu.:2tsup:

Peter

Michael, you are most welcome to do that.
Going out a few times in PDR and canoe made me just confident enought that I can come back to the starting point :B and slowly trying some tricky bits....

Well, speaking of constant direction of wind in my previous post my family was relaxing on the Croatian coast - island, last month. And of course we took the PDR with us:2tsup:

The winds were...

It's been a year now since I've completed all the bits to convert a canoe in sailing canoe. Due to my inexperience in sailing and building the PDR I was hesitant to learn how to sail in a canoe. So...

Hi Brian

I've use two pot varnish on my Eureka canoe and PDRacer. The first time I used rolers but I got heavy orange like surface. I should thin out the varnish more. The same happened with PDR...

Hi Michael

I noticed in the last video clip - was is Gary's GIS - that he was sitting on the stern bench. Relaxing rigth at the back corner at the stern transom.

Now, I thought that because of...

Hi Mike

Unfortunatelly I don't have much to choose from regarding lakes.

This one is the closest that is more open, others are either further away and they also have some hills arround or local...

Funny, we did have a capsize drill. But Mark was so fast turning the boat arround that by the time video camera turned on he was already climbing on the boat.

I didn't want to show the whole world...

Yep Mik, you found the name. As I was reading about the historical ships for my model making I came across this Dutch vessel. And now it sprung to mind when thinking about the name.

Well, we had...

Thanks guys. Mik has done a great job with this small boat.

Yep, I can't wait to go and try it out. But I'm also nervous as I hav enever done any sailing :C

The other day I had a go with...

Hi all

After a "long" and joyfull process I can announce that the PDRacer in Slovenia is done!
https://www.woodworkforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=103782&stc=1&thumb=1&d=1241026746
Finnaly...

Thanks Brians

I took two pot paint because I found this dealer that could mix the colour I wanted plus these two pot paint are very durable as you say.

My initial search was for one pot Hempel...

Hi Mik

Yes, I've scratched the back side of the aluminum and glued it to the box with thickened epoxy. Then I use 6x40mm (the middle one was 6x20mm of course) screws with epoxy to secure them....

Hello

Re. the rudder fittings. I did glue the aluminum onto the wood with epoxy. I do hope this will hold on.

Finally the foils and spars are done:U
4 layers of two pot varnish on foils and 3...

Hello

I found a page that describes the problem and some solutions - for those that can read Slovene :U

They offer chemical and/or bilological and the NEW method of electomagnetic...

Hello

I've been doing a lot of varnishing lately and the first thing to show is the rudder box.

The aluminum gudeons were polished then mounted on the box.

All the reinfocment bolts are...

Hey Csaba

This is fantastic that people are interested in these boats.
And the work on your web site is great - though I don't understand much:U but looks like you have a lot of info there.
...

Hi Kiue

You made a good decision to buy a OZ PDRacer plans.

For me as a first time builder made a huge difference in building and even with such detailed description in the plans thetre is...

Hello Maximuss

I think each meassurment is from the lower left corner to the top left corner of the cut out foil - the final lenght of that side.

That means that the shorter lenght is for the...

Hi Alex

Nice work and quick too.
Regarding pics. It's funny because on my laptop I can't see pics also but on my desktop I can:roll:
I don't know what setting are different but I can see all...

If anyone is interested and using Google Sketch up software (its free) I made a 3D PDR model just for trying out different color schemes.

The software is a cool thing. I have just some basic...

Hi all

Since the temperatures outside don't allow me to varnish outside (the varnish smells too much to do it inside) I went arround to buy things for the rigging.

At the same time I finnishe...

Hey Nick

I thought that sprit sail hiting you is less of a problem than (the lug sail) boom hiting you :oo:

No reefing option for sprit sail is a concern for me too. As I haven't done any...

Sure Mik

One company is: Blik d.o.o. Zaloška 165, Ljubljana, Slovenija
They specialise in car paint but they also have boat varnishes and paints: Iridia and Maxmayer www.blik.si

The two...

Temperature here is still bellow freezing but at least we have more sun:)

The kids are doing great. Glp... do I have to start thinking of a bigger boat?:doh: Does a fleet of kids equal with a...

Nice work Dylan. Congratulations.:D

The pool is really handy for a test. My pond is not big enoigh for something like this. It was good for a moodel boat though.

I thing the white sail really...

Hi all

The skids for the PDR are mentioned a few times in this forum but I haven't found the exact dimentions for them.

How WIDE, HIGH and LONG should they be? And how many? Are two enough?
...

Winter time sure gives you enough time to slowly work on your boat. But in these parts of the worl where winter temp. dropped to -15 deg. cel. last month you need a constant heat source to keep the...

Hello down there and everywhere Big news around here. Another member of our family was born last week, a baby girl :U Knowing this I did some work on my racer in January as now things will go slower,...

Thank you Michael

I have seen that dicsussion and I have already included that in my plans.

This solves the bow side of things. But what about the stern? How would you secure the boat there?...

I was wondering if anyone installed cleats or something to tie down the PDR to the pier or a buoy.

I think I will need to leave my PDR overnight in the water while I'm staying in the holiday...

Hi Michael

I just thought to "improve" the mast a bit as it looks more futuristic this way :cool:

Well, as you can see the photo was taken when it was still sunny and warm outside. Now that...

The PDRacer is well known by now in these forums and beyond.

But just for your interest I thought I would share some photos of mine PDRacer with you all.

There are actually two racers being...

Thank you Michael, that makes sense. I thought the deck might be very tight fit.

I'll do a dry run soon and will keep you posted how it went.

Peter

Dear Michael

As I was reading the plans at the point where you describe where to fit the cockpit bulkhead I could not figure out if I'm supposed to:
i. line up the front (framing ??) of the...

Hi there

The pegs and rubber bands are on the spot!
That is the cheapest way. You can also get cheaply small spring clamps (miiniature version of those metal or plastic clamps).

Masking tape...

Hi Clint

When I was making the GIS and PDR model boats I used the original Michael's plans, which I scaled down as I was building them.

As both models were 1:10 to original I just divided...

Thanks Mik for your answer. Though I'm not sure I understand some of the words.
Let me just clarify what my plan was.
On the picture are shown my intended fittings. I would use L shaped aluminum...

I was planning to use the same kind of hinges on both the stern transom and rudder box (as in the photo).
But is it necessary to have three on the stern. Have a look at this picture. Would I have...

Hi Jon

I would recommend first rudderbox, tiller and tiller extension. Second centreboard and rudder. Then the spars (these are the longest and more expensive bits than others due to a best...

Dear Compass project

It's best to visit this album to see more photos:
http://picasaweb.google.si/Koalcek/GISModel#

And this one too:
http://picasaweb.google.si/Koalcek/PDR_GISTogether#
...

Thank you Michael for your reply. I guess "koala" will stick with me for ever now as will my Aussie experinece.

Re. the mast. It is straight:2tsup: I was just asking because of its bending...