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Well it finally happened - on 11th January we launched my Goat Island Skiff, now named Dancing Cloud.

It wasn't possible to carry the boat directly down to the private dock on our property, so we...

No ropes on this goat (that I can see ;))

Goat Island Skiff Amateur Style and the Sea Pearl 21 Too: Float Test

Does anyone know off-hand what inboard (distance from handle end of the oar to the bearing face of the collar) they are using on their 9ft goat oars? Hand over-lap or not?

Using page 6 of this...

So do I, it took 2.5 years to come to me....

My please and thank's for organizing this map:

Location: Lake Atitlan, Guatemala (should be an easy search in Google Maps)
Boat Name: Dancing Cloud
My Name: Matthew McCarthy

Some info for you:

Mik has some info at the beginning of his plans regarding tools required. His suggestion for cutting out the plywood panels is to use a jigsaw. This is what I used and it...

GIS update.

Minus six screws the hull is finished. It isn't the best paint job in the world, some areas are better than others, but it mostly looks fine from a distance and will hopefully be...

Progress update and some photos.

I've finally got around to painting the outside of the hull (except the transom). There were a few problems, but generally the LPU paint went on well. I had some...

Thanks for the comments Paulie. I'm full speed ahead at the moment and decided to ignore all the small dings to the rails that occured when we we moved the boat recently. I still have some of the...

Here is another photo from yesterday with the boat right way up. As the primer has cured it has formed a very nice film.

Anyway next steps are to fill some dings on the rails, which happened when...

I think the boat looks pretty good right now, but the photos don't show some of the imperfections. I was expecting that the primer would highlight even the smallest of problems but it seems to have...

Some photos with primer on the outside of the hull. Three coats of System Three Yacht Primer. It went on pretty well after we worked out during the first coat that we weren't putting it on thick...

Some timely information - I decided not to spend to much time on the bottom. We put some primer on the outside of the hull today.

Back again.

I've been working on the boat for the last month or so, but it has been the case of two steps forward one back.

We were coating the outside of the hull with three coats of epoxy,...

I think there are a myriad of designs that should work. I'm currently leaning towards a derrick/crane type lifting device. Given the other uses the dock has I think a ramp would take up to much real...

We actually live on a fresh water crater lake (Lake Atitlan). There is no road access to our section of the lake; so it is either walk or travel by boat.
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FYI - the hull is going to live here on this platform and sailed from this point so there will be no need to use a trailer. I haven't worked out how best to get it in and out of the water yet, but a...

I think the only reason I have for adding it now is as a point to chain the hull to the dock once out of the water. If that is the only good reason to add it, then I'll see if I can come up with...

Apologies for offending anyone with my pasty white legs in that last post.

So I am debating whether to add this u-bolt to the stem. I notice from looking at some finished Goats that some seem to...

Card reader is fixed and back from vacation. Here's a photo for any road cycling fans.

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And here are some photos of the holes for the oarlock mounts.

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I'm still cleaning...

Thanks MIK. The majority of the information on the blog is mirrored on my thread here on the forum. The blog is missing some of the discussion (questions asked and answered) from my thread but is...

Where we live is very pretty. We went for a 3 hour walk around our section of the lake this morning but it will be nice when we can go for a row or a sail.

I don't have a working memory card...

Back once again. I've got about a month before holidays/work interrupt again, but during this period I'm going to try and get as much done on the hull as possible. Starting with some sanding...

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I'm back for my third "big" push - though there are holiday and work distractions on the horizon so it...

OK so I have pretty much finished shaping the rear end and glued on the rear knees. I think it looks fine; back corners look a little "pointy" from some angles so I may yet do some additional...

Thanks for the info again Paulie and Beaton!

Beaton I'm glad to hear that bevelling the top edge of the transom looks OK - I think I am leaning towards that approach. I planed a bit much of the...

Thanks for the info Paulie. Most of the pics on flickr aren't at the right angle or of high enough resolution to show exactly what is going on in detail. But I think the biggest problem I am having...

I am getting ready to glue on the rear knees and am having problems visualising how all these angles will come together neatly.

Assuming I should leave the transom alone the only option I can see...

Had a few days free before christmas and glued on the runners.

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I can second that - hope for the best, plan for the worst.

Hi Josh - welcome to the "GIS boat builders guild"!

Others may have a different opinion but my thoughts:

1. Best place to start? The hull panels really aren't that difficult or daunting. They...

Front knee on and tidied up. Still need to finish of the knees at the rear of the boat and plan down the underside of the outside layer of the gunwales. Not sure how much progress I'll make over the...

Hi Pontus, thanks for your reply.

Yeah that primer ratio looks strange. Just went and had a look at the cans and it indicates that it is 1 part Part A (resin) to 4 parts Part B (hardener). It's a...

Can anyone point me towards some good information / books etc about how to paint a boat (and prepare it for painting)? I have already purchased paint and plan to do a pretty standard goat paint job...

Pic with amended side arms (wedges installed) at BH #3 and #4 on the port side.

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What I ended up doing was pretty much what you describe in splitting the side arms at BH #3 and #4 away from the plywood and inserting a wedge. Just cutting the arms away from the plywood relaxed the...

RDWHAHB! (In my case it's mostly cider and wine...)

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Thanks for all the positive comments but I had to at least make some effort to "fix" the "problem". Anyway I have tried a few things...

Hi Dave - thanks for chiming in. First the reference to the runners was to use them to clamp on to the gunwales to smooth out the sheer. I don't think I made that clear in my post. For instance: the...

Just pulled off the clamps and planned down the gunwale capping on the starboard side. This side looks much smoother/fairer - there may be a flat spot but it is significantly smaller then the one on...

Thanks for your thoughts and experiences Beaton1. I'm giving all of this some considerable thought this morning. My current plan (subject to new inspiration) is:
1). Continue work on the gunwales...

I have glued on the gunwales and I now notice that there is a pretty significant flat spot around BH#3. Apart from this location the rest of the gunwale is smooth and fair.

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Glueing on the gunwales. Only had enough clamps to do one side at a time. The dock needed to be lifted up (due to rising lake levels) and we took the opportunity to widen one of the "ramps" so that...

Looking really nice Northstar. If it's easy to do now, before it's glued up, you can coat the area above BH#1. There is no side frames at this location. Made the same mistake myself.

Many bottles!

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Thanks Pontus and Dave. I have already made these arms from 45mm stock but they fit poorly and look a bit skimpy. So I was planning on remaking them anyway (from 45mm timber) - they should turn out...

Can anyone tell me where this piece of framing is used?

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Is there any reason not to coat (with epoxy) the top face of the tank/seat tops before installing them? Perhaps taping off 5-10mm on the edges where the fillets go.

I'm putting the rear deck plate on the tank top close to the transom. I thought this would provide good access to install the rudder hardware and also for storing stuff when out sailing.

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Spent quite a lot of time today fitting the centre seat. I decided to combine it with a centre case "cap" that a few other goat builders have pioneered. I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out.
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The rubber timber industry is pretty advanced here in Guatemala! Thanks corrected.