NOHOME said:Go big.
These guys even nade the lumber from like Trees!
Is that acorn to arabella?
I follow two boat builders on youtube. No plans to ever build a boat, but its quite enjoyable watching others do it. I follow them, as well as tally ho. Highly recommend both.
Check out Scarano Boats. Local boy done good.
Quite a builder! Made a reproduction on "America" but below the waterline it's a 12 meter. If you're thinking about building, maybe you shouldn't ....
lnlogauge said:NOHOME said:Go big.
These guys even nade the lumber from like Trees!
Is that acorn to arabella?
I follow two boat builders on youtube. No plans to ever build a boat, but its quite enjoyable watching others do it. I follow them, as well as tally ho. Highly recommend both.
1-Acorn to Arabella pictured above: grassroots learn as you go effort. Builders have never sailed anything to this day.
2-Tally ho: Leo is an experienced shipwright doing his work. Building Washington's Axe perhaps, but good to follow along.
3- Salt and Tar. Very grassroots couple five years into a ground up wood boat. In the water and living aboard while completing the build. Minimalism at its best.
4-Odd Life Crafting Young couple in Brazil reviving a beautiful steel yatch after 20 some years on the hard.
5-Life on the Hulls. Crazy Australian building a foam core composite catamaran using a mold that he bought. Exceptional work with a work ethic in a climate that would kill me to death. You can learn a lot about composites
Some honorable mentions....
SV Seeker...used to be awesome. Then his fame went to his head.
Building Brupeg: Cant get into it for some reason, but if you like big steel ships
Ceiba; Giant wood boat being built in South America. Arabella would make a good tender for this boat! Amazing build, but somehow does not capture the viewer.
Six Points Marine: Wooden trawler build. Very Grassroots. Videos are far between but the boat is coming together.
I enjoyed the 15 part series Nick Gates put together. I love his car too, a Morris Minor (maybe?) with a wooden bed on the back that would rival the looks of some boats
I need to get the race car done, the. I can maybe get some plywood in to do something.
i appreciate the offers to help, would need to be closer to Houston to work. I'll make sure to start a thread when I do.
Just to add, I've never sailed. I can work on engine. For a small one person/kid what would recommend? Shove a kid into a sail boat, or a too fast "speed boat".
if you want to build. I suggest a kit for your first boat. The Chesapeake Light Craft "Jimmy skiff" is a nice little powerboat that does not need a lot of power to get up onto plane
In reply to Thinkkker :
Compromise and go find a hobbie 16 and refresh it.
Nothing beats the thrill of flying a Hobbie hull
Hobie 17 won't pitch pole as easily.
In reply to NOHOME :
Check out Tips from a Shipwright on Youtube if you haven't already.
I have sailed a few times with a friend in her 12' boat of unknown origin.
I did this once. Got to sail a 36' on Lake Ponchartrain. Winds were pretty hefty so we got to a good 30-pitch tacking upwind.
NOHOME said:In reply to Thinkkker :
Compromise and go find a hobbie 16 and refresh it.
Nothing beats the thrill of flying a Hobbie hull
Until they turn turtle which you'll do a few times until you master the balance of wind and wave. Ask me how I know!
Thinkkker said:I need to get the race car done, the. I can maybe get some plywood in to do something.
i appreciate the offers to help, would need to be closer to Houston to work. I'll make sure to start a thread when I do.
Just to add, I've never sailed. I can work on engine. For a small one person/kid what would recommend? Shove a kid into a sail boat, or a too fast "speed boat".
I'm a car guy. But teach them the art of sailing and it will reflect on so many parts of their life. We have several great sailing schools here on Lake Minnetonka but the time they spent with their old man of the sea (lake) is what they always talk about.
On my list of retirement projects is to build a glen-l barrelback:
https://www.glen-l.com/designs/hankinson/barrelback19.html
I think it is just stunningly pretty, and would be a fun lake boat to cruise to the town dock for a beer or ice cream:
In reply to NOHOME :
I had no idea they've never been sailing. Also, thanks for the other recommendations. Will definitely check them out.
What did you mean by building Washington's axe? Tried looking up the reference and couldn't find it.
In reply to lnlogauge :
"The handle has been replaced ten times and the axe head four times. But its still George Washington's axe"
The Tally Ho build is a 108 year old boat with all new wood stem to stern. Reminds me of some of my car projects.
Curtis73 (Forum Supporter) said:I have sailed a few times with a friend in her 12' boat of unknown origin.
I did this once. Got to sail a 36' on Lake Ponchartrain. Winds were pretty hefty so we got to a good 30-pitch tacking upwind.
that also depends on the boat. Older "full" or "long" keel boats like my old SeaSprite 23 liked to sail like that all the time.. Rail just kissing the water, but it would take a mighty gust to push her past that point.
Sorry - not sorry.
Due to Corona Virus, I just collected my last pay check so a mini-tug build is out of the budget. Looking at the dead sailboat soon.
NOHOME said:2-Tally ho: Leo is an experienced shipwright doing his work. Building Washington's Axe perhaps, but good to follow along.
SV Seeker...used to be awesome. Then his fame went to his head.
I used to follow SV Seeker, but got tired of his rants.
Tally Ho is interesting, especially now that it's actually starting to look like a boat again. It is a massive project.
NOHOME said:In reply to Thinkkker :
Compromise and go find a hobbie 16 and refresh it.
Nothing beats the thrill of flying a Hobbie hull
My cousins disagree with you, and say that a Nacra beats a Hobie (they're on their 2nd Nacra after 2 Hobies).
If you want a free boat look at Boneyardboat.com It's about people who want to get rid of wood boats. Some are fantastic old cruisers or sailboats that need a little work.
Eork the original owners can no longer do because of age, health or other life complications.
Many a boat I've lusted after and thought was fantastic. One of the troubles is most assume any motor may need an expensive rebuild when a fresh water pump, tube up or something else minor is all that is really required. It's extremely rare for a boat to ever get even 10,000 miles on it.
mine that I've had since new in the fall of 1978 has maybe 3000 miles 4000 miles at very most.
yet the oil is changed every year sometimes with a few hundred miles on it.
No these aren't in showroom condition. They often represent many hours of work to salvage.
But some just take my breath away. The lines the details, the age.
So you replace some planks, a few ribs maybe even a lot. It's a boat and not fiberglass. All finished up with a shiny coat of varnish and bright work all polished , you'll turn a lot of heads.
frenchyd said:If you want a free boat look at Boneyardboat.com It's about people who want to get rid of wood boats. Some are fantastic old cruisers or sailboats that need a little work.
Eork the original owners can no longer do because of age, health or other life complications.Many a boat I've lusted after and thought was fantastic. One of the troubles is most assume any motor may need an expensive rebuild when a fresh water pump, tube up or something else minor is all that is really required. It's extremely rare for a boat to ever get even 10,000 miles on it.
mine that I've had since new in the fall of 1978 has maybe 3000 miles 4000 miles at very most.
yet the oil is changed every year sometimes with a few hundred miles on it.
No these aren't in showroom condition. They often represent many hours of work to salvage.
But some just take my breath away. The lines the details, the age.
So you replace some planks, a few ribs maybe even a lot. It's a boat and not fiberglass. All finished up with a shiny coat of varnish and bright work all polished , you'll turn a lot of heads.
I was shocked to learn how many old boats that I thought were fiberglass were really wood. Apparently it used to be quite common to make a wood hull, then glass over it.
I want a wood boat, a la classic Chris Craft... but no money or time.
In reply to mtn (Forum Supporter) :
The reason people glass over wood is because wood leaks. It's designed to leak. Not a defect, rather a characteristic . It has to leak.
Wood shrinks when it's dry and swells when wet.
put a freshly built boat in the water and it's not leaking? You messed up.
Let it sit with water in it, leaking water out of the bilge for a few days. Then when you put it in the lake it will be nice and dry.
People who coat a wood boat with fiberglass are saying, "I don't care if the wood rots I want a dry bilge."
I haven't, but this is probably what I'd do if I dared. Less boat, more "mobile drinking platform" idea.
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