Looks great Cheater, well done.

I am just a little envious. I am a handy wood worker with experience in boat maintenance with a desire to build a boat of some description dating back perhaps 30 years.....I have yet to lay a keel and probably never will.....Great job Cheater I have lived it vicariously through your posts.

spider25160 wrote:I am just a little envious. I am a handy wood worker with experience in boat maintenance with a desire to build a boat of some description dating back perhaps 30 years.....I have yet to lay a keel and probably never will.....Great job Cheater I have lived it vicariously through your posts.

Not sure what experience you have had with wooden boats, but they are actually amazingly easy to build, all you have to do is get your head around the maths of it, there are/were numerous books available on how to build wooden boats, i used to have a few years ago and the good ones have all the information required to complete your project, start with something small, even a scaled model using the exact same process to get the understanding of how its done

peatop wrote:

spider25160 wrote:I am just a little envious. I am a handy wood worker with experience in boat maintenance with a desire to build a boat of some description dating back perhaps 30 years.....I have yet to lay a keel and probably never will.....Great job Cheater I have lived it vicariously through your posts.

Not sure what experience you have had with wooden boats, but they are actually amazingly easy to build, all you have to do is get your head around the maths of it, there are/were numerous books available on how to build wooden boats, i used to have a few years ago and the good ones have all the information required to complete your project, start with something small, even a scaled model using the exact same process to get the understanding of how its done

Yes I have or have had the books I have ordered several sets of study plans and even purchased a full set for a 18 foot half cab and obtained the plans for a 30 ft yacht. Time or money or both have been a major issue along with the need for a suitable work space at various times.....opportunity lost

spider25160 wrote:

peatop wrote:

spider25160 wrote:I am just a little envious. I am a handy wood worker with experience in boat maintenance with a desire to build a boat of some description dating back perhaps 30 years.....I have yet to lay a keel and probably never will.....Great job Cheater I have lived it vicariously through your posts.

after I get a couple of other projects out of the way - next being a new kayak trailer , mines rusting out badly atm
it will be set up to carry up to 3 kayaks and also be able to carry a solo skiff

I have been sketching up a solo skiff to be done with the stitch and glue method from marine ply the very rough figures are about 13 ' long 5 ' wide should weigh in around 50 kg + motor and use a 10 - 15 Hp
at that size it would be easy enough to man handle down most beaches that a PA Hobie could be launched at - it would also fit over my camper trailer on the racks

a small modification has been done to the kayak - the foot pedal and heel brace - I had some off the shelf pedals but couldn'd get good leg drive so I've made up these



a bit rough but the results speak for them self - I have a little training coarse marked out from Warnett to Cannons Creek with a morning marker as a turn point this works out at a 6 km trip - 3 with tide and 3 against this takes out the advantage of tide assist

with the new foot brace I found it easier to balance and the better leg drive got me both a higher avg speed and less buggered doing it



my guess I could have done the coarse again and still kept the 9 kph avg - this was only my 3rd real paddle in the boat I think I will go quicker with some practice
the hull is fast - faster than me

The inside looks as good as the outside, and 9 kph average over 6 km hmm thats hmm well be careful the others might ask for a handycap start for you lol

spider25160 wrote:

peatop wrote:

spider25160 wrote:I am just a little envious. I am a handy wood worker with experience in boat maintenance with a desire to build a boat of some description dating back perhaps 30 years.....I have yet to lay a keel and probably never will.....Great job Cheater I have lived it vicariously through your posts.

Not sure what experience you have had with wooden boats, but they are actually amazingly easy to build, all you have to do is get your head around the maths of it, there are/were numerous books available on how to build wooden boats, i used to have a few years ago and the good ones have all the information required to complete your project, start with something small, even a scaled model using the exact same process to get the understanding of how its done

Yes I have or have had the books I have ordered several sets of study plans and even purchased a full set for a 18 foot half cab and obtained the plans for a 30 ft yacht. Time or money or both have been a major issue along with the need for a suitable work space at various times.....opportunity lost

Yeah i had those dreams, nothing wrong with having them either, the hard part is making them work, my last project boat was a cabin boy skiff, i had decided to go small as life always gets in the way of dreams, i only got as far as the moulds sitting on the strong back before life to over and after many months it was scrapped however today if i wasn't to busy fishing(out in my PA) all the time i could probably get into wooden boat building again if you really want to just make one? Just do it! Do what i decided and make a skiff (small, easy, fast, project ) unfortunately I've lost the urge to do it now.