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24th January 2007, 01:35 AM
Thread: Eureka Canoe
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Sticky: Peter, I was told that the boat looked quite...
Peter,
I was told that the boat looked quite good in the water when I was paddling it on my own with the back seat in the original position.
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23rd January 2007, 07:53 PM
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Sticky: Seats and stability
I am back from my holiday and I have nothing but good news!
The fatter Eureka performed perfectly and seemed quite stable now even though the seats were just sitting in the boat and were pretty... -
1st January 2007, 02:13 PM
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Sticky: On reflection
My summer holidays have arrived again and I started looking at my Eureka to get it ready to go away. It is a fine looking craft! I have still to replace the seats and so I think that I will just...
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Thank goodness
I thought that it was disguised swearing.
I know that in some English word 'F' is spelt 'gh'.
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22nd June 2006, 08:20 PM
Thread: Tinaroo Raid (Wooden Boat Assoc)
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T shirt,
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22nd June 2006, 08:14 PM
Thread: Eureka Canoe
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Sticky: Technique
Well I am not much of a boat builder but I have made my living for many years thinking of the best way to tackle a problem.
I try to think of how to do a job rather than how not to do it.
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14th June 2006, 08:30 PM
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Sticky: By the way, Miss Trish looks very nice!
By the way, Miss Trish looks very nice!
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14th June 2006, 08:29 PM
Thread: Eureka Canoe
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Sticky: Problems
There are some of the problems!
It is supposed to measure 856 at the centre spreader - a fact I was only told after I had tipped it over.
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27th May 2006, 02:53 PM
Thread: canoe plans for a novice?
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The Eureka is ideal for the conditions you have...
The Eureka is ideal for the conditions you have mentioned except that I do not believe that it will fit into your budget.
If you look at the building thread you will see my estimated costs.
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27th March 2006, 10:53 AM
Thread: Eureka Canoe
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Sticky: The cost
I bought all of the material from Duck Flat.
The original pack cost about $750.
I spent $82 on varnish but I have about half of it left.
I ran out of ply from 2.5 sheets.
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4th March 2006, 12:50 PM
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Sticky: Loverly weather for Ducks!
Loverly weather for Ducks!
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3rd March 2006, 11:48 PM
Thread: Puddle Duck world championships
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Expanding the fleet.
I met up with a couple of mates tonight armed with some information from the internet about the PD and we have all agreed to construct a boat for the 2007 Goolwa PuddleDuck World Championships.
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2nd March 2006, 05:43 PM
Thread: Puddle Duck world championships
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It must be the heat!
Having tackled building the Eureka after a break of 40 year from boatbuilding I think years of alcohol abuse must have addled my brain as I am giving serious consideration to building a PD for the...
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27th February 2006, 06:34 PM
Thread: Eureka Canoe
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Sticky: Second sea trials
Hi,
I also had my Eureka in the water late last evening [Sunday February 26}.
It was a fairly windy day at West Beach and I had the same nervous and inexperienced crew that I tipped out on the... -
18th February 2006, 12:10 PM
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Sticky: Finished again!
I have widened the canoe to the designed [but uspecified] width and repaired the damage that caused.
I have finished it without the seats as I will settle on seat heights after the sea trials.
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8th February 2006, 06:29 PM
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Sticky: More questions
The real question is - has anyone completed an Eureka so that they can compare notes with me?
I suddenly feel all alone venturing into uncharted territory where no man has gone before.
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6th February 2006, 06:01 PM
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Sticky: I actually meant when it was in the water not on...
I actually meant when it was in the water not on the work bench!!!
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6th February 2006, 01:03 PM
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Sticky: Others
I wonder if other people have experienced the instability that I found with the Eureka?
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4th February 2006, 05:53 PM
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Sticky: Fat boat
What a bugger of a job.
The sides of my canoe are as stiff ..... well they needed a lot of force to distort them.
As is usual for a computer programmer I spent a lot more time devising a... -
2nd February 2006, 06:52 PM
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Sticky: May the force be with me.
OK, I've taken the seats out and cut the spreader close to the gunwale [there was no way that the screws were coming out].
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31st January 2006, 06:39 PM
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Sticky: Getting fatter
Hi Michael,
I have been exercising my mind all day [whilst also grinding out a computer programme or two] on how to tackle the widening.
One of my thoughts was to cut the spreader at the... -
30th January 2006, 06:26 PM
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Sticky: Seats
Peter,
I think that your slotted seats look very nice.
Maybe I will take the easy way out and do that. I mean - easier than trying to import seats from the USA!
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29th January 2006, 11:33 AM
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Sticky: My spreader is that shape because I was in a...
My spreader is that shape because I was in a great hurry to take my canoe on my annual vacation. I am unhappy with the stability of the boat so I will most likely try to make it a bit more beamy.
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27th January 2006, 08:03 AM
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Sticky: Spreading
Thanks Michael,
As you know my boat is currently 745mm at the spreader. You told me that another boat was 800mm. I still do not know what the designed beam is at the spreader.
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25th January 2006, 05:37 PM
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Sticky: Times
I don't know exactly when I started but I see from the photos that I had it all stiched up by 15/12/05 but no glass yet. I took it away coated but not varnished on January 6. According to my Visa...
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25th January 2006, 12:20 PM
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25th January 2006, 12:18 PM
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Sticky: Thanks for the photo editor help. I have made...
Thanks for the photo editor help.
I have made my living programming computers for over 40 years and I am completely up-to-date on some programming techniques but I cannot keep up with all of these... -
25th January 2006, 11:01 AM
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Sticky: One of my problems was that I could not find any...
One of my problems was that I could not find any mention of the designed width at the centre spreader and I didn't trust that little drawing to be to scale.
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24th January 2006, 10:57 PM
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Sticky: Maiden voyage.
I am back from Stansbury on the Yorke Peninsular and I have completed the first sea trials of my Eureka.
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24th January 2006, 10:38 PM
Thread: Eureka Canoe
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Sticky: For now I am using $10 a pop paddles from...
For now I am using $10 a pop paddles from Glasscraft until I make two single paddles using Michael's free plan.
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4th January 2006, 06:46 PM
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Sticky: Me too
Hi. I am also in the thros of building a (an) Eureka.
The truth is, I suppose, that I finished the structure this afternoon and tomorrow I want to finish the coating.
The rush is that I want...