Boat Forum / Building / September 2005

An item of interest posted on another (fishing) group
Bronze Age Boat Sets Sail, Sinks
By Paul Garwood
Associated Press

Is he designing cars now?
--
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
William R Watt    National Capital FreeNet    Ottawa's free community network

I'm looking for a new (or used) swivel mainsheet block for a small, old,
12 ft sailboat. All the online sources I've found (WEST marine,  
Defender, etc.) either don't have them, or it looks like the blocks are
for much larger applications.

DDC 16V92TA Marine Pleasure Craft Engine, Qty 1, Unused
Model 81627400 Pleasure Craft Engine, rated 1400BHP at 2300 RPM equipped
with SAE# 1 housing and f/w, 5670 injectors, hydraulic governor, 24 volt
starters and alternator, tach drive, heat exchanger and raw water pump.

I'm not sure if this is where to ask, but I've tried writing some
people who make canoes/boats for a living and most don't seem to want
to respond (can't say I blame them).
Is it possible to make a decent living making canoes (cedar strip

First off, Thanks everyone for yoru guidance.  I received numorous
complements about how good the boat looked.  One guy with a camera for
a local access show, said I must have been doing this a long time, as
the boat looked so good.

I've got a 1979 Evinrude 115hp outboard. It needs to have
the power head put back together. The guy who "was going"
to do it got it appart, but won't be putting it back together
again. I know someone who feels he can do it if I get a manual.

I got tired of looking for a way of shipping an aluminum mast for the
SC22 down from Denver, so after work on Friday, I drove an hour to
Lawton, and looked over what  wood, Sutherland had in stock.
They had two by fours of  #2 northern spruce in 8, 12, 16 and 20 ft

Dear group,
     I was recently cruising around the web looking at some shanty
boat plans, and noticed that none of the 5 or 6 plans i saw had any
bulkheads in the framing that would prevent the entire one piece hull

I would like to drill a couple holes in my mahogany daggerboard (on a 13'
boat) and fill them with lead.
Although I am sure the boat can handle it, I am not so sure about the
daggerboard.  I am thinking of sanding an 1/8" of an inch off it all around

  I noticed that during idling, my engine vibrates enough
to constantly hit the water pump on the fiberglass engine
foundation. The last two or three big jumps the diesel does
when stopped bang the water pump into the fiberglass really

Subject: loads on masts

Someone said not to use them as they would dissolve from the saltwater
in 6 months after turning the surrounding wood black. Is this true? I
guess bronze would be the thing if you wanted a more traditional look
to stainless? I had planned to varnish over them. Thanks as always.

Starting a new thread as the old one led to dead ends.
For a précis on the background, see the thread "Antennas, again, sorta" -
but I'm trying to find an up-the-mast single-item (or single box, anyway)
which will see my wifi connection in my laptop as well as shore points.  To

Greetings all,
I thought I'd put up a link to the blog my wife is writing
about our catamaran construction/demolition project.  We
bought a 40' open bridgedeck cat for cheap and added a big