Boat Forum / Building / November 2003

What would happen to initial stability if you took a double chined
stitch & glue dinghy design and rounded it off so that it could be built
with cedar strips?

Has anyone worked on, (heard of) or have any information on Scotty Craft
Boats?  From what I can tell they are mostly pre-1970 boats, but I have
found one that is in good condition in need of Power and cabin outfitting
and am interested.

Can anybody advise what oars were used on these boats? length? wood species?
flat blade or spoon?

For those of you who might be wondering what keeps me out of the bars at
night and away from wild women on the weekends, below is a link to the
latest boat pics.
http://tinyurl.com/t3ka

Does anyone know where to find good instructions,how to make templates for
boat interior renovation?
THANKS,Ytter

There are aussies on this group.
I've been told that powercats are popular boats in autralia?
then there must be some people that can help a Dutchman to some plans for a
commercial power catamaran of 12 metres  with approx 300hp total

Read the website and they announce that they are the first for radial
bottoms in a recreational boats. Thats crazy as there are numerous others
who do it now and have for years.
If this is not quite correct are there any other things that are not quite

I took a look at the new spec sheet for the SW30-2540.  It looks like
they have increased the area of the membrane from 23 to 28 sq ft.  That
is about a 22% increase.  Maximum flux rate is up 12% so the maximum
recovery rate is now 13%.  Up from 10%. Total product flow is now up

I have looked at previous postings in this newsgroup and although I
can find references to people looking to make similar changes, I can
find no postings from people that have actually done it, for good or
bad.