OldNick,

Which designs are you referring to?

The hartley is indeed a nice looking boat, but I'm continuing to
swing in the lap lap/ply direction.

As far as buying a used boat of the common local type - I enjoy
building. I'm not trying to build a cheap boat or anything along those
lines - I'm on my third boat now and this will be the fourth. The
process of boat building is where I find my "happy place"!

Thanks for the comments guys - keep them coming!

Further refinement - I can go up in LWL to about 18'. Willing to go as
high as 2000 lbs displacement. Eun Mara, Wee Seal are both front
runners right now.

Thanks!

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OldNick,

Which designs are you referring to?

The Hartley Trailer Sailors that Frank Thomas mentioned.


The hartley is indeed a nice looking boat, but I'm continuing to
swing in the lap lap/ply direction.

I can see why. Some of the designs like Eun Mara made me weep. Not
cheap though. There was mention there of Eun Mara or Grey Seal being
built for Aud$35,000???

Actually Eunamara is a famous-ishboat of a completeoy different style
IIRC.

I actually have an old glass stink boat that has a clinker style
finish. It looks good, although the boat itself is an old mess. It
also softens some pounding, I reckon, and stiffens the boat's skin.

As far as buying a used boat of the common local type - I enjoy
building. I'm not trying to build a cheap boat or anything along those
lines - I'm on my third boat now and this will be the fourth. The
process of boat building is where I find my "happy place"!

Thanks for the comments guys - keep them coming!

Further refinement - I can go up in LWL to about 18'. Willing to go as
high as 2000 lbs displacement. Eun Mara, Wee Seal are both front
runners right now.

Dunno why you bother! With all that building you will never _use_ the
thing anyway! GG I actually get as much or more from building as I
do from sailing, although I love sailing. In fact I often think I
should build boats, then buy other ones to sail. The ones I build are
too precious to me, so I spend my time worrying. I could never restore
a classic car, for instance. You _know_ ot's going to get bent one
day!