Boat Forum / Building / October 2003

In the British Maritime Museum (in Greenwish, near London) they have a
sweet little 15 foot sailboat called the Dodo, initially designed by
Adam Bergius in the 1890s.  I am interested in possibly building a
replica of the Dodo and am lookng for plans.  The British Museum sent me

I'm looking for any informations ( web sites, books, museum, etc... ) about
oil tankers - not on the "ecological" point of view but on the life on
board, the engineering aspect, etc...
1000 thanks in advance,

I have a 73 Starcraft fiberglass boat on which the bow eye was beginning to
pull through. Upon further inspection I found that the wood on the inside of
the hull had disintegrated. I removed the fiberglass covering where the wood
used to be and removed all the wood particles. There ...

Hey gang!
I need some advice.
I have been restoring an older boat.  It had a overhead sort of like older
cars had, with the hollow areas behind the material.  It was stapled at the

I'm about to start learning in " MacNaughton Yacht Design School "
can you give me some information to help me decide taking it or not
thanks
dan

Anyone ever tried doing this?
Results, failures, how to?
All thoughts gratefully accepted.
Regards.

Have you compared the prices of epoxy and sundries between here in the UK.
and the US. ONCE AGAIN WE ARE TRULY BEING RIPPED OFF.
As per usual we live in the land of bloody crooks we had cars costing
thousands of pounds more than on the continent, yes we know about our high

I'm playing with the design of a 15 ft solo cruising sailboat, well for
weekends and short vacations anyway. I'm trying for as much freeboard as
practial to get interior headroom, plus a small cabin. I'd like to know
how to calculate the extra sail area and lateral resistance to ...

I have spent a year now looking for 1/2 -13 x7" flat head stainless
machine screws for my stem fitting.  I have checked with every vendor
suggested here and many others with no luck.  I found them by accident
yesterday at boltdepot.com.  Not cheap but beggars can't be choosers.

Hi
what oil do i put in my bulkhead mounted compass.
redrat

I am thinking of having my bare aluminum sailboat hull built by a
shop.  If my time can be better spent making money paying them may be
best.  Anyone have tips, suggestions, or experience with any builders
that do aluminum?  I am looking for yards in North America only.

AS many of you know I have been looking at many different boat designs for
my first boat project.  I couldn't wait to complete project so I picked up a
Baker Twin Tunnel for fishing the local tournaments, but I still have the
bug to build a boat.

anyone here with experience applying flock?  I am about to get hold of a
flocking unit but have never done it before.  I intend to apply the flock
fibres (electrostatically) while the fiberglass parts are still wet and in
the mold using the polyester resin as the glue.  Any problems ...

After considering for a while building a boat in aluminium, and developing a
design about that which is currently frozen, I'd like to understand better
sandwich and composites construction.
Can you suggest any book about the matter possibly aimed at boat building?

its the angle of heel in a 16 mph wind (one pound per sq ft wind force).
the formula is ...
57.3 x SA x h x l
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