Boat Forum / Building / July 2007

I am thinking of using plain old copper tubing (the type you get from
Home Depot) to cool the winding section of a a generator by wrapping a
few turns of the copper tubing around the casing and then pumping sea
water directly around the tubing.  Can anyone advise whether this is

Been out of work, and I just
can't afford to buy one new.
But, my daughter and I are really
missing being able to do a little canoeing.

I have a traditional dutch anchor winch with two speeds a chain gypsy
- vertical - and a drum end. One shaft has a sprocket wheel to enable
it to be motorised. I have decided to go electric and would like to
fit an electric motor. The winch maker recommends 750 - 1kW at 50-60

I have a free hobie 18 foot cat without sails but with mast boom. The
Tramp would need to be replaced. The hulls are solid. I have been
trying to come with ideas with what to do with it.
I built a puddle duck racer and thought of making a trimaran using the

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I seem to have a problem here.
Victor F-100, 0, 00, and #3(?) tips (aircraft project stuff),
regulators, small dia hoses, and tanks in a dolly.
No, the rig works fine, but I'm moving into a rental house and noticed

Since this is a boat building forum, my link may be of interest.
<http://LewsSailBoat.googlepages.com/home>
Would appreciate if those of you with websites would considering adding
my link to your site.

Got Orson Wells' film "It's All True" on VHS from the public library.
Documents a trip by four fishermen along the coast of Brazil in 1941
on a sailing raft. Interesting shots of raft construction details and
under sail. I've seen drawings of the rafts which are steered by

I own a 1976 31' Harstad Motor Sailor.  It has two large sliding
windows in the main cabin which used to slide.  However, one of the
previous owners siliconed these closed because the felt sliding rotted
away and the rubber splines became dry rotted.  I would love to

# This is a duplicate of a post I've just made to rec.woodworking,
seeperately posted here in the hope that someone here might be
able to help. thanks. #
Hi folks, this is my first post to this esteemed group. I'm

I am going to build some floating docks but before I re-invent the
wheel I would like to get some opinions. They will be 16' long by 3'
wide and at either end I would put a plastic barrel under it, inside
the frame. The frame would be 2X8 rough sawn Juniper and the decking

Beckson is constantly adding to their Over Run specials.  Ports, Deck
plates, Cover plates and available.  Take advantage of 1st quality
Beckson products at closeout pricing.   Limited colors and quantities.

So I have posted here in the past about my outrigger sailing canoe
project but have not had much time to post progress updates.
First, we are going with 27' long.  The plans use this as the example
of measurements for stretching the hull so the math is much easier

I am a recent graduate of Chapman's School of Seamanship Marine
Surveyor course. One of the things I was looking forward to learning
about was the treatment of rot in wooden hulls. The school didn't
spend much time on it because (and it's true) the majority of the

It seems that virtually no spare parts for the old Navico Corus
masthead unit, especially the wind cup wheel, are available. Does
anybody know about a source?
A few calls to local and regional dealers were disappointing.