Tag Archive for boatbuilding
Side Stringers
The side stringers are the sides of the boat. So…
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Keel and Skeg Stringers
It most conventionally built wooden boats, the frames refer to…
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Epoxy is Stressful
You know the scene at the end of any action…
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Angles and Precision
I have experience in the housebuilding, construction world. I used…
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Making Sawdust
The whole process of building a boat involves cutting a…
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Organization: How To Make Boatbuilding Not Suck
Boats are made of lots and lots of funny precision…
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First Build Day: Building Form
After months of hemming and hawing over plans and possibilities…
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Questions for the Old Man
I didn’t expect myself to be talking to the old…
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Boat Plans: Choices Made and Not Made
So it looks like we’re building a boat. Not merely…
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Boating errand in the flattest dryest spot in North America
“Ha ha,” said Alex when we took off with the…
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Tips on how not to die in a fiery ball of twisted metal on the highway
Anyone know anything about trailer tow hardware like sway bars…
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Destruction and Creation
Sometimes the treasure hunt of creating something from salvaged materials…
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Bruce’s Pontoons
We were planning to use Bruce’s pontoon boat that he…
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Math is Hard – Calculating a Waterline
Who would have thought boatbuilding would involve so much math?…
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Karaoke Doodles
So far, I’ve ignored the inside cabin layout, thinking that…
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Beyond Napkin Plans
I’m trying to turn my shantyboat speculations into something that…
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Folding Gable Ends
We were aware that this beast with its generously gabled…
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Boat Builder Porn
Is it hot in here, or is it just me? …
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WANTED
You know how many marinas there are in the Sacramento…
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Walls and diagonal bracing
I was worried that since we were planning to sheet…
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A Madcap Boat Scavenging Journey
Kai and I took a mad motorcycle trip up the…
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Inspiration
Looking around, shanty boats have been around for a long…
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A Mad Idea Fueled by Gin
It started with Camp Tipsy. Alex and I started talking…
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Sketchy Napkin Plans
As with all great projects, this one started with a…
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