Homebuilding?
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Topic: Homebuilding?
Posted By: frow3n
Subject: Homebuilding?
Date Posted: 08 Apr 13 at 10:24pm
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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 ? ------------- Laser Radial 201357 29er 1907 Queen Mary SC |
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Posted By: fab100
Date Posted: 08 Apr 13 at 10:35pm
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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 ------------- http://clubsailor.co.uk/wp/club-sailor-from-back-to-front/" rel="nofollow - Great book for Club Sailors here |
Posted By: Dave.B
Date Posted: 08 Apr 13 at 10:49pm
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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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Posted By: aardvark_issues
Date Posted: 08 Apr 13 at 11:03pm
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... ------------- http://www.aardvarkracing.co.uk" rel="nofollow - Home of Rocket Racing |
Posted By: johnreekie1980
Date Posted: 09 Apr 13 at 11:26am
| I am building a Class 950 in a shed in the garden. it is early days though. |
Posted By: Rupert
Date Posted: 09 Apr 13 at 2:02pm
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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. ------------- Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686 |
Posted By: johnreekie1980
Date Posted: 10 Apr 13 at 11:01am
| A Class 950 is a yacht. |
Posted By: Rupert
Date Posted: 10 Apr 13 at 12:01pm
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I guessed that... Just went and googled it - looks good. ------------- Firefly 2324, Puffin 229, Minisail 3446 Mirror 70686 |
Posted By: NickM
Date Posted: 10 Apr 13 at 10:01pm
| 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. |
Posted By: Presuming Ed
Date Posted: 11 Apr 13 at 9:28am
What design?
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Posted By: robinft
Date Posted: 11 Apr 13 at 9:39am
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Built 2 Contenders from scratch (including a plug and cold moulding 2 shells), after first getting a young Ed Dubois to take a look at the lines...
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Posted By: Reuben T
Date Posted: 14 Apr 13 at 11:13am
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The three most important things for beginners that I have learnt from building a boat: 1.Buy a surform, it will reduce the amount of sanding you need to do to get a smooth finish, and wont rip big chunks out. A bit of light sanding afterwards will give you a good finish. 2.Use satin paint, not gloss. The light reflecting off gloss paint shows up every single imperfection. 3. Mix sand with the paint to paint the cockpit, it gives you a professional looking grippy surface, and means you don't have to sand it either, its amazing what you can get away with.
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Posted By: Bootscooter
Date Posted: 14 Apr 13 at 12:11pm
We always preferred slapping on the paint then sprinkling sugar on top. Once the paint hardened you'd slop out with hot water that dissolves the sugar but leaves a grippy surface. Same result, but without carrying the weight of the sand around the race course. |
Posted By: Reuben T
Date Posted: 14 Apr 13 at 6:47pm
| I wish I had known that, I did think at the time that it would be heavy but didn't think of sugar. |