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Very beautiful. I wish someone was giving that to me.

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Boating shops also sell epoxy. I've been using Interlux Epiglass from Whitworth's. It seems reasonably priced, and I have never had a problem with it going off to quickly, or not going off at all - I...

Looking beautiful, and it must be very exciting to see how it all comes together.

No, mine didn't come with an outboard. But I was lucky enough that one of my patients have me a 1970 Evinrude...

Beautiful. Well done. Lots of work, but it's all come together fantastically

I have made a Welsford Setnet dinghy, but I'm the very happy owner of a 1970 ish Hartley flareline, which I bought on...

The other point worth making is that the "epoxy" referred to is not that which one buys from Bunnings etc, as in Araldite, or the generic versions thereof.

Get your epoxy from a marine shop....

Yep - the concept of removing it, and cutting a newey to shape and screwing it back in is fine...............but.........generally the biggest bit of ply you can get is 8'x4', so you would need to...

Replacing half of the hull sounds a horribly involved job! :no:

What about just bogging up the hole with epoxy, and for the soft bits , just cut them out and scarf in some plywood sections to...

What a fantastic looking project.........

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This boat is still available. The guy trying to sell it contacted me tonight about it, as no-one seems to want to buy it. It looks a great and worthwhile project, for anyone with woodworking skills,...

Getting a boat that size out of a lane and into a backyard might be a problem. I recently tried to get a 5.5m boat from our rear laneway through the roller door into the 3.5m wide space behind our...

Buildspacetrain, actually the rusted bit doesn't look that scary in terms of driving on a freeway, however the springs which I am about to replace are scary. A nicely made point though.

Yonnee,...

I have a little rust problem with my (probably) original ~1970 Hartley tilt trailer, which I need some help with.

Whilst I had hoped to provide some piccies, I've misplaced my camera, and will...

I'm wanting to screw down some spotted gum decking to my boat, and, having just read the thread about screwing aluminium onto a boat, wonder whether I should also be using a particular type of metal...

I'm just putting a 1970 115hp Evinrude on my old 18' Hartey Flareline, and there seems to be some debate on another forum about what type of petrol is best to use in these old outboards, which were...

Sounds scary, just by reading the advert, and observing the lack of piccies. It's one of those adverts where I just can't help think that some more photos and a better description might just sell the...

I have an old Hartley Flareline 18' boat, which doesn't leak, but, as there is no specific floatation in it, figure that I ought to at least consider putting in a bilge pump "in case". It will only...

Darce, do you mean paint primer??? Isn't there any caulking agent that will stick to timber adequately, without priming the timber first? (I was actually hoping to use something like coloured "no...

Still no piccies of it.

Do you think that the boat is being sold "due to old age and ill health", rather than issues with the owner?!

I'm about to replace the cockpit deck on my boat with some spotted gum decking (as in outdoor decking material), and planning to "caulk" the gaps with some black ruberized caulking compound, for...

I need to re-cover some cushions in my boat, and am looking for some UV resistant waterproof fabric/vinyl that would suit. Does anyone know a specific supplier of this in Melbourne?

Thanks.

The boat doesn't have any enclosed compartments, which is why I was looking at whether it needed additional bouyancy.
It looks to have been designed such that if you hosed anywhere on...

I'm about to redo the floor on my half cabin boat (which I think is an old Hartley Flareline 18), and, as we don't really need any more storage space, I was contemplating putting some floatation...

There was a recent post on this forum about all this, so it might be worth contacting the guy who initiated this, and who had built an amazingly light kayak using this construction.

As to...

A pretty little boat, and obviously lots and lots of time spent painting it!

I recently bought a 40-50yr old plywood half cabin runabout for almost nothing. Obviously the first owner did a great...

There's another place down in Moorabin direction which sells Paulonia, predominantly used for wooden shutters - google "paulonia paradise". May your wife would like to use wooden shutters to "clad"...

A patient gave me a crappy old NS14 a few years ago that needed new foredeck and bulkheads. It was my first attempt at anything related to boat restoration, and it has come up really well....

I make a lot of outdoor gear for myself (rucksacks/sleeping bags/dry bags etc), and have found that the materials available from the US are miles better than anything we can get here, and a lot...

I'd use exterior grade ply rather than marine ply - it's cheaper and is going to be painted anyway. If you only see one side of the ply, then you only need a grade with one good face - marine ply has...

Intersting financials, this one. As a GP in Oz, to produce the "after practice costs and after tax" dollars, it would take me about 5-6hrs work to produce the income required to pay for a motor...

Sorry, there was a typo there. I'm asking about how hard it would be to install a forward control, electric start 60hp motor with tilt and trim, not an electric trolling motorr. HazzaB, I'm a GP...

Why does it cost $400-500 to get a forward controlled electric outboard motor with tilt and trim installed on a boat? Is there a lot of tricky electrical stuff, or is it just fiddly - I'm trying to...

I was putting together my response when Darce responded - I agree with him entirely. Just get out there and do it, and forget you "lack of skills" . We are all here to add to your journey, if you...

Perhaps then look at some of John Welsford's simpler boat designs - as I said the Setnet/Golden Bay dinghy can be built as a sailing boat or rowing/motoring dinghy. Google his site, and you can check...

Pajeronj,

I'm not sure of your underlying basis for wanting a boat, so this post may be helpful, or unhelpful!

I built my first boat 2yrs ago, which was a stitch and glue John Welsford design...

My wooden boat has a pulley and cable style steering system, and a boat shop today told me it was illegal to install any motor over 40hp with such a steering system attached. I've not come across...

Well, we got out in the boat today with the 5hp.

Steering was aweful ( we went in a S shaped course!), but it otherwise went along ok. Best of all there were no leaks, we all had a ball, and we...

Hmmmm.

As there's little wind this weekend and I know when slack tide is, I'll just give it burl the day after tomorrow and see what happens!

I really appreciate everyones input.

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Not sure what a nested dinghy is. Is it like nested side tables, where you build several and they all fit inside each other (!) or did you do a typo and mean setnet dinghy? If the latter, I have lots...

Regarding putting my little 5hp on my new old boat, I'm trying to sort out transom lengths, and where the prop should sit under the boat . As it sits on my little dinghy, with a 43cm transom, the...

Dear Wavedancer,

Lucky you to get out of it so cheaply! I would have paid $50 not to have been so off with them! the

I suppose we just have to deal with the fact that when we go to...

Went to VicRoads today to try to register my new boat (this Harley, or whatever it is). WHAT A SAGA.
The person I dealt with had to get a supervisor to help her. When I told them that it was...

Hmmmmmmmm. Plenty to read between the lines, which is, of course the problem with the written conversation!

Being used to my little dinghy, I'm used to being a fair-weather boaty, and intend to...

Bit of a Pandora's box opening up here.........

I really appreciate everyone's learned input, and think it might be best to sit back and watch the discussion reach a conclusion.

I attach 3...

I'm surprised no-one has jumped at it as well. I'd love it.

However, Penrith is a long way from Melbourne....

AND, I already have an NS14............with mast.

A

Thanks - that's a fantastic response.

I'll get out my tape measure and calculator, and get my head around the sums.

I already have a 5hp - I was trying to work out whether it was a complete...

I've just been lucky enough to pick up an old Hartley 18' half-cabin in good condition, and was wondering whether someone can help me with outboard motor size.

I'm told the boat had a 115hp...

I've just bought the boat in the attached photos, and trying to work out it's provenence, and would appreciate any help from you guys.

It's a plywood boat of about 18' long, and a beam of about...

I'm looking at making a new wooden (speed) boat, having enjoyed the ease of making a John Welsford Setnet dinghy last year, and am aiming for something about 20-25', for day trips/fishing. I...

Woodeneye, please just enjoy the red...........

I like soft cheese best, but epoxy just doesn't add to it .
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As I've also had a few reds, I can't even remember the name of the cheese I love...

Thanks. I love cheese.......... but wouldn't eat epoxy.

I was under the misinterpretation that once you mixed epoxy, it was the evaporation of the solvent that assisted the "melding", and by a...