wrote:

Good comments,
My email was intended to be a brief description on how its done not a
step by step procedures.
Twelve years ago my daughter build a 11'2" Shellback sailing Dinghy
applying four coats (as I have described) of epoxy (No cloth layed over
the panels, just at the seams) plus coats of UV paint. Since then this
sailing dinghy has been stored outside 12 months a year along the rocky
edge of the La Have river NS behind her property. During the Canadian
winter its covered with show and ice. This sailing dinghy is used about
4 - 5 time every week during the summer. Kids are often dragging the
dinghy on the rocky beach, So far the only maintenance done was painting
it with a good quality latex outside house paint every 2 to 3 years. A
quick survey was done amongst her friends that have build the same dinghy
at the same time using only on coat of epoxy and storing it outside all
year.
The finding revealed that none of these dinghies were in use anymore.
Water, snow, ice, rain and quick freezing temperature and melt down have
caused water infiltration and below freezing temperature causing
delaminating of the material used. So far my daughter's Shellback is
holding up good. Every time I visit her I keep telling her to cover the
boat during the winter.

Would that be this one?
http://www.woodenboat.com/store/nutbacks.htm
Or is it a different design?


Yes, the design is from the book "How to build the Shellback Dinghy" by Eric
Dow.
The boat and sail are exactly the same configuration as shown on the book's
cover.




That's a sweet looking little boat.

While a bit more involved to build than a plywood pram type, it would be
something to be proud of when finished.

Certainly has a chance as the one...

Thanks

Richard