Boat Forum / Building / July 2003

has anybody ordered and looked at the CDs from
www.duckworksmagazine.com
they look interesting.
regards malcolm

I have a need to drill holes to mount a cleat. The surface is carpeted. I
know someonehas a handy dandy way to keep from ruining the carpet. My
experience in the past is that it is very easy to pull a runner int he
carpet.

Im an considering buying a 39' motoryacht with 2x450HP DD engines.
It's equipped with Waterjet engines.
I can see that most other motoryachts in the same class can perform
around 30 knots max speed and about 25 while cruising. But the yacht i

We recently bought a used Sabb Diesel with 8 hp (build early 1970).
The engine is very easy to start and runs like a charm, but there is
an annoying "noice" that is a little bit worrying. The noice seem to
be related with the transmission as it's not heard when the

I recently aquired an 86 Sea Ray 230 weekender from my Brother.The gas in the
tank is over a year old.Stablizer was added last summer and there is approx. 20
gal in a 50 gal tank.I recently replaced the impeller in the Alpha one outdrive
and have made the adjustments to the shift ...

I'm starting to play with XFOIL a bit, just to compare lift/drag of
a few common foil sections at a Reynold's numbers from around
200,000 to 600,000.
What number should be entered as the mach number variable?

I am building diesel and watertanks from 15 mm ply. I coat the inside
with 6 layers of epoxy. The corners are reinforced with 350 gram
glass. I would like to leave the epoxy on the inside of the tanks
uncoated. I would like to know if anybody has experience with the

We have to let go of our William Fife 1935 6metre. This being a rather
special boat can anybody point us in the right direction. Thanks in
advance

you might find this interesting.
http://www.pursuitdynamics.com/default.asp
radical new form of water pulse Jet for Boats.
regards malcolm

I need to scarf 3 sheets of half inch ply together before I can start
lofting, for a stitch and glue boat I,m building.
How strong is the joint once glued and will I have to beef up the joint with
battens to enable me to handle the ply once together?

I have a question. I am restoring an old sailing boat type vrijheid,
5.5meters long.
While doing it I asked myself a question, what is the best way to rebuild
it.

My cousin went to buy a self steering device for his 28ft stell yacht
last week. The mechanical type, an arm that expands and contracts and
it attached to the tiller, uses 1 amp approx.
Price was about $600 Aust ($400 US)... good so far.

Many years ago 1960's or 1970's  there was a sailboat and plans in one
of the do it your self magizines like PS, or PM or mechanix ill.  I can
not remember.
the base shape was simular to the summer breeze sail boat or more like a

Hi, I'm a complete novice but expect to build an optimist from plans
using stich and glue technique. I was wondeing if there is any "best"
way to cut the sections out of the ply with regard to grain direction
and stiffness.

This is my 1st post here,
I've decided I need something to fill up my time other then my job and my
computer (damn counterstrike sucks up my life).
I'm a big time fisherman, and I often take a small aluminum boat w/ a small