Boat Forum / Building / October 2005

  I was very worried about how to tell my wife I was building the
Tolman Skiff but I had a pic of one on the Alaska Inside Passage as
computer wallpaper.  She saw it and asked about it and I told her that
was what I was building.  Since the Inside Passage (via cruise ship) is

The deckhead in my boat is fiberglass and condenses water readily. I would
like to clad it in a thin layer of foam to prevent this, to add a modicum of
insulation, and to assist with sound deadening. Does anyone know of a
paint-on foam product that could be used to create a more ...

Why  I need  a lever  powered propeller -
It  is  fun to stand up high and sight cast  for fish.
I am working  on a design  for a casting platform.
Something small for ponds that don't need  a 200 HP  bass boat, just  the nose.

If so, I have a problem at home that has me stumped, and would
appreciate some advice.

For a small fishing boat
I need  info on a propulsion system based  on a hand  powered propeller / outboard  drive  system.
No gas motor, just human power.
Seems  there used  to be something that was similar  to an out board  that had  nothing  but perhaps a few bevel gears and a ...

How do the boat lifts that use air work? If they have a check
valve to let water out the bottom when they force air in, how
do they let the water back in to sink it? I thought maybe a
solenoid valve, but don't see any wires running to the float

    --Anyone know of a central archive of boat lines? I'm *still*
trying to find something better than the one or two photos of the type of
vessel I want to build (semi-planing wave piercing monohull), but I've
come up dry..

My outboard, 20hp Honda, jumped off my transom yesterday and hit the
pavement at 20-25mph.  No critical damage but knocked a gapping hole,
the size of a golf ball, in the cast aluminum lower pan, the one below
the power head, next to the tiller handle. Fortunately, I have the

A friend bought a boat that had a diesel set in the boat, but not
hooked up. The motor was very stiff so I pulled the injectors, put in
penetrating oil, turned her by hand the next day, then on the starter
and she loosened up alot; but little fuel came out of the

I used 1088 ply and glued a fitch (?) of excellent looking vaneer over
the top with elmers waterproof glue. I spread both surfaces  and let
them dry then ironed the vaneer on. I looked perfect, very
professional and with the varnish was rather impressive though I say

Tiki 21 plans for sale. Complete. Unused. Original purchaser. Will verify
plan # etc. with buyer. $300.00. Dave.

Just put the finishing touches on the forward stateroom.  The last thing was
a 6 drawer stack.  Stainless full extention slides with push-pull latches.
Perfectly aligned with an even 1/32" clearance around all the drawer faces.
As I was admiring my work I suddenly remembered that ...

Looking for some software to loft a kayak so I can use a CNC router to
cut my forms. Anyone know of anything? Thanks

I am restoring an old steel boat, 32ft. steel double ender, similar to
the Tahitiana, but with one chine. All measurements are equal to the
Tahitiana set of plans, which I have, but for the one chine.
The title says the boat was built in 1950, which seems very old, and

Can anybody explain in very simple English the moment of inertia of a
mast, and how the Ixx and Iyy numbers work - I am a little like Pooh
Bear, I have a poor brain so any help is appreciated.
A million grovelling thank you's in advance