DIY dinghy – Streaker?

   There are a couple of recently home built streakers at my club, but the chap who built them does have a good bit of wood boat experience. 

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JimC Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 17 May 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 6662	Post Options Post Reply Quote JimC Report Post Quote Reply Topic: DIY dinghy – Streaker? Posted: 10 Mar 14 at 8:39pm
	There are a couple of recently home built streakers at my club, but the chap who built them does have a good bit of wood boat experience.

ChrisB14 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Posting king Joined: 29 Oct 13 Location: London Online Status: Offline Posts: 101	Post Options Post Reply Quote ChrisB14 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 10 Mar 14 at 8:26pm
	I don't quite know, if it's an indication of a looming midlife crisis, but I have this sudden wild idea that building a (wooden) dinghy might be a wonderful means of spending (wasting?) my time. Not having undertaken a similar project before, it should be something fairly straightforward and ideally the result would be something fun to sail as well (paddle duck racer is out of question). There is no huge rush to have a boat on the water, rather I am looking for a project to fill those windless weekends. Having spent a bit of time reading, it appears that a Streaker might be a good boat to start with. Keith Callaghan's designs look really interesting, but I expect them to be well outside my capabilities as a first time builder. To get to the question: who else out there has built a wooden dinghy themselves and are there any resources that you guys would recommend? Surprisingly, searching on the web turned up a surprisingly small amount of detailed information. But that might just be Google not liking me ;) Any advice and comment is much appreciated. Including the ones telling me that I am a complete nutter and/or on the wrong forum board. Chris
	B14 GBR 748 Bullet B In build: Farr 3.7 GBR 410 (both sail number and the current number of loose parts)