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OldNick wrote:
Seni-serious question. I know a lot of guys who are still happy building their boats 5 years on. But they often never get a boat. I may never finish either, but I will have taken my shot. Sat down at the table and played the hand, so to speak. I also think that it's horses for courses. You gotta be in OZ. I feel that you are an achiever, with a power history of doing stuff. This is not toadying, but simply an assessment of your ability as I have seen it portrayed. Not really, I just show up everyday. When I leave, something is done that wasn't done when I got there. I think that anyone who takes on a 55' boat as their "first project" is either mad, or a hero, or has done some serious stuff before. Well I did start building model airplanes when I was about 9-10. Why not wood? At all? Strip composite? Trying to maintain a totally wooden boat is like wearing a hair shirt IMHO. Here in SoCal as well as many other parts of the USA marinas will not allow wooden boats to stay at their marinas. Strip composite is another animal. How far are you down the track on your 55'er? The only answer I ever give is, "5 more years"G. Lew |
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Quite a few people with no previous experience build nice boats. I'd suggest choosing your preferred material and getting some experience working with it. You can get a lot of experience with materials and tools doing small non-marine projects around the home. Building a small boat will introduce you to working with molds, upside down, etc. As you go you can imagine how you would do it on a much larger boat. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ William R Watt National Capital FreeNet Ottawa's free community network homepage: www.ncf.ca/~ag384/top.htm warning: non-FreeNet email must have "notspam" in subject or it's returned |
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Jack wrote:
I have posted before regarding building/restoring an antique boat. Just a curious question to the experienced builders... How would you start your hobby if you were really interested in learning how to build a nice boat? I have the $$, space, and woodworking skill. Just curious of your recommendations. Would you start small, like a rowboat, or just bite the bullet and build something cool like a runabout? BTW, I am doing this to challenge my skills. Thanks again for your time. Choose something small though useful. Like a tender for that future boat. Maybe one that can also handle a sail and a daggerboard. Or keep it simple and go for the rowboat/tender. THEN watch and see if you see the project through to the end. Pay attention to how much fun you had. If you see it through to the end and have the desire to do more...do more. Just my opinion. -- Saville Replicas of 15th-19th century nautical navigational instruments: http://home.comcast.net/~saville/backstaffhome.html Restoration of my 82 year old Herreshoff S-Boat sailboat: http://home.comcast.net/~saville/SBOATrestore.htm Steambending FAQ with photos: http://home.comcast.net/~saville/Steambend.htm |
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On Mon, 08 Aug 2005 16:07:44 GMT, Lew Hodgett
wrote: OldNick wrote: Seni-serious question. I know a lot of guys who are still happy building their boats 5 years on. But they often never get a boat. I may never finish either, but I will have taken my shot. Sat down at the table and played the hand, so to speak. I also think that it's horses for courses. You gotta be in OZ. I take it you mean Australia, and not that _other_ land of idle fantasyG Not really, I just show up everyday. When I leave, something is done that wasn't done when I got there. I think that's fair enough. But I am trying to pout the idea of starting out with a 55' boat into perpective. Why not wood? At all? Strip composite? Trying to maintain a totally wooden boat is like wearing a hair shirt IMHO. Here in SoCal as well as many other parts of the USA marinas will not allow wooden boats to stay at their marinas. Strip composite is another animal. Ah. OK. I agree if you are talking unshetahed ply or wood. G I sort of assumed that just hardly happened these days! The only answer I ever give is, "5 more years"G. Mine was "Yes" |
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