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rowboat -- lightest but easiest to build
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says... On 6/22/2011 7:47 PM, scp wrote: Thank you. It's in the short list. I want it as light as possible but steady enough to fish from. Any fabric on frame options? It may be sacrilege to say this on a boat building group but a twelve foot aluminum is hard to beat. I live in what is called cortege country. Seems like there's one of these little fishing boats tied up to 90% of the docks around here. Some of them are older than the trees that produced the wood you will use and may well be around long after your wooden boat has returned to the forest. A used twelve footer in decent condition around here may sell for less than the cost of the wood to build a boat that size. LdB Well, for the most part you are probably correct. I think part of the problem is most noobies consider building a boat to save money, but it won't happen, you have to build for other reasons or it really isn't worth it. That being said, everyone should build a boat at least once in their lives to this may be reason enough for the original poster... and I hope it is. Anyway, although the eight foot pram might seem a good bet, it's very small for two, and quite frankly harder to build than say a 12 foot skiff, skin on frame version of this boat: http://smallboats.com/images/stanleysie3_500.jpg The lightest (with skin on frame method, not depicted in the above photo) that I have ever built one of these is about 125 pounds. It's a bit wide for a standard roof rack, but one can get it onto a pickup bed easily by themselves. A nice tradeoff that can be built at about 85 pounds is this: http://smallboats.com/kc_01.htm type of boat. (I have built them as light as 80 pounds but a beginner is probably going to use more epoxy and such so figure 90 lbs) A 10+ foot pointy skiff with a narrow tail for easy rowing or very small (2 horse or under) engine... This one would fit on a modified (widened) standard roof rack on most cars... The 12 footer boat is great for two, and a dog, a cooler, poles, etc. although crowded with all that gear, you just can't safely do it with an 8 footer. 8 footers are really better suited for tending a moore. The ten footer will hold a lot too but it is strictly for protected water. Here is a pic of on with well over 500 pounds of my friends aboard, it will hold quite a bit... Here is a picture of the light weight ten footer with two of my buds in, each well over 250 lbs... Check out the freeboard still available: http://smallboats.com/images/jimandrandy_250.jpg Ok, in conclusion, I think your best bet is a pointy skiff of skin (6mm occoume) on frame (douglass fir, or spruce)... from your original post, I think the 10+ foot "rowboat" which accommodates a very small engine might be your best bet... Just my .02... Scotty -- Team Rowdy Mouse, Banned from the Mall for life! |
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