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Poll Question: Have you ever home built a boat?
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    Posted: 08 Apr 13 at 10:24pm
I'm sure there are some of us who consider building boats but who's actually done it and do any of us have some interesting stories to tell ?
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Built my Mirror in the school woodwork room one easter holiday. The advantage of having a teacher for a mother. No shortage of tools either.

Discovered Universal Clear Primer really does moisture cure - would not go off until I turned all the taps on, the room was so dry.

Also gave the foils etc a coat of 2-pot polyurethane paint in my bedroom every night. Had amazing dreams and big headaches the next day.

But at least it went thru the door. My best mate, they had to take the whole window frame out
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Done it - well nearly anyway !
Enjoyed the whole process, including the many challenges. I purposely didn't set a completion deadline but it has still taken a lot longer (over a year), than I expected and is not a cheap solution.
I read somewhere:
You're a boatbuilder when .... you don't buy that nice wooden boat for sale for £2k because you can build it yourself for £6k and spend 2 years doing it ..  
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Originally posted by fab100


But at least it went thru the door. My best mate, they had to take the whole window frame out



My old man built the crossbeams for a Formula 40 in the house with no means of escape and then proceeded to knock a hole in the end of the building. Definite misspent childhood for me...
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I am building a Class 950 in a shed in the garden. it is early days though.
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Whats a Class 950?

I've built flat bottomed canoes and sailing canoes, all small scale, playing with ideas for cheap and simple designs. The most used canoe is only 6.5 feet long, built for my daughter when she was 5. At nearly 11 she will soon have got too big for it, which is a shame. I expect she will demand a 7.5 foot one to replace it!

Rest of the boats have always been re-builds, which is a totally different game.
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A Class 950 is a yacht.
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I guessed that...

Just went and googled it - looks good.
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I home-decked a Plycraft Fireball from a kit in 1970 during Uni spring holidays in a dampish garage.  That probably does not count as boat building.  Anyway impatience, inexperience and iffy varnish drying conditions led to a poor job as I heard it had to be reglued a couple of years later. I don't think I have the patience and skills ever to try it again, but I am full of admiration for those that have.
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Originally posted by johnreekie1980

A Class 950 is a yacht.

What design? 
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