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Thanks Alex for a thorough explanation of your chinelog jig rationale. It gives more context. The added bits about hardwood and softwood and Pauly's proclivity to dent easily is interesting too.
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Thanks Michael. Just took a quick glance at the plans. Referring back to my original question about needed/unneeded precision, and keeping in mind expectation of some inexact degree of chinelog...

[QUOTE=Boatmik;909522]Howdy Alex,

Alex,

Think back....waaaay back to this early post! Given the natural springback of the chine log after releasing it from the jig, do you think this behavior...

A good argument, here, in support of the aesthetic angle on "modern" and "classic" versus the "technical/methodological" perspective. At least in the art world, classic does possess an enduring...

Thanks PAR. As I suspected the simpleton's question sets an encyclopedic knowledge base in motion! It helps reinforce the idea that when prospective consumers are looking for a recommendation, e.g....

Thanks for the stamina to continue to elaborate these nuances for the benefit of greenhorns! I can appreciate that to really understand this stuff thoroughly, sustained study and practice has no...

Mik, yours is helpful perspective on modern/traditional for a couple of reasons. First, you've narrowed the scope of the question to " in terms of building methods". It's a helpful heuristic for me,...

Thanks for posting the Dace pics. Looking good. Curious, I'll follow the link you posted to look at the other examples you mention. I'd say that load-carrying capacity--apart from homo sapiens--is a...

Thanks, for the brainstormed set of questions. I'm copy/pasting them into my file of "stuff to think about" in selecting this or that design. I think your first two questions bear the most direct...

Does this sound familiar Alex?

By his own admission, [Paul] Bieker has some things to learn. He "tends to mull things over too much," spending inordinate time on some details. Then there's the...

Is there a way to think about a relationship between a small sail dinghy design and the intended place to sail her?

For example, I intend build a small boat to visit and explore small to medium...

I see PAR's several other designs available from WoodenBoat. Is the Sabor is apt to cause heart failure for frail of spirit, perhaps the Dace 8.4 is aimed at the more tranquilly domesticated?
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Okay, so I should have googled Sabor 14.6 before asking about where you were, PAR, in the design cycle.

For the benefit of others, I see this is a stock item at WoodenBoat

Sabor, RYD-14.6 -...

This overstimulates the hormones of guy just a couple years short of 60. Were I 20, 30, or even 40-something I'd be all over this. Now, I'm just frightened! (but tempted nevertheless) Maybe there...

PAR,

Thanks for offering details on the design challenges and motives for Sabor and Discrete. Is your Sabor design targeted to the professional builder? You describe its structure as "very simple...

Alex, do you feel that steady participation in the forum--sharing your experiences--has helped overcome any of the personal shortcomings you label yourself with? Might the duck be like those...

PAR, do you maintain a website, blog, or other sort of web presence? I'd like to read more on your approach to your profession.

PAR,

Thanks for a distinctly historical viewpoint on design and technology, including the cave man imagery! History always adds texture to critical commentary.

Your having posted drawings of...

Thanks for link, PAR. The list of properties you set out looks useful, of course, but perhaps in some ways it's link sheet music in the hands of a non-musician. This is only to point to an...

Thanks m2c. I like your idea that the species specification can be read as something of a properties signifier. I think, inadvertently, that's how I'm understanding it. I'm speculating, too, that...

Here I am living in what's probably one of richest timber nations in the world, wondering where the heck I'm going to find this or that wood species specified in various plans! Moreover, I live in...

Another thought on "modern" and its relativity, which PAR points out. As some realize, the term "modernism" as it applies to art and architecture, really only carries truck up to the mid-sixties or...

PAR,
Your historical synopsis is very much appreciated. So many points of departure for further learning you've introduced here. As you describe it, cutting edge technologies have exerted a much...

I've seen several poster make sailing dinghy references to "modern" and "traditional" or "classical" hull design. I've also seen some critical commentary where a particular hull is judged as...

Judging from the genuine candor of your thought processes throughout this build, it looks like you've learned as much about yourself as about boats. I wonder in what ways you may approach the GIS...

Alex,

I've been lurking in this forum quite awhile. I'd just like to say that I think you've made an very important contribution to neophytes like myself, and masters alike, through your tireless...

Hi,

I just joined the Michael Storer forum here, after lurking for awhile to get a feel for group. I'm a "Bluenoser", a moniker applied to anyone from Nova Scotia, Canada. I discovered the group...