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Steering with the tiller while motoring sounds like a good idea. Can you buy linkage to achieve this or are you going to fabricate something custom yourself?

I have built an FL-14. I would like a sailboat and I am planning on the Caravelle next. I was thinking it would be real nice to have one of those Honda 2hp four-stroke engines to use on both boats. It is comes in 15” length and 20” length. The 15” would work ok on the FL-14, but if the Caravelle wou...

check out the prices on the Meranti BS6566 at http://plywood.e-boat.net/index.php . I think it is cheaper than what I paid for marine fir plywood locally on my FL-14. I am seriously considering building the Caravelle next. I plan on using Meranti BS1088 but if I start pinching pennies I would use th...

I couldn’t decide whether to build a trailer or buy a cheap bolt together one from ebay or harbor freight for my FL-14. I wasted so much time on the Internet searching. I finally found the best deal at my local boat dealer. They had the size I needed in stock with 12” wheels, galvanized and set up t...

That looks like a slick setup. I will give the round horn style a try. I seen the "oar leathers" for sale in my Jamestown Distributors catalog, but it didn't give a description of what they are used for. Now I know, Thanks

Thanks! I will add those pics to my gallery once I get them.


Madrus,
I see under your signature that you are choosing between the OC17 and the Nina. Good luck, they are both great looking boats.

I am finished building my FL14. :D I took her to the lake this Sunday and she worked great. Rowed great, & was easily propelled with a 34lb thrust trolling motor. She also just skimmed the surface, very shallow draft. :D It is a very good feeling, building and launching your own boat! I posted a...

That is a great looking boat! Good job! I've painted the outside of my FL14 and will paint the inside this week. I am going to put in her in the water the first week of April. These are such great designs, that I am already planning my second boat before my first boat is wet! Isn't that sick or what...

My goal is to get by with as small of an outboard as I can, in the 40 to 50 hp range. Okume looks like a good weight savings. I was making sure that I am not sacrificing structural quality of the boat for the weight savings though.

Thanks for the info.

Solid Edge works good as far as the solid modeling, but it is not very good at all when you have to put your ideas on to paper! I am a Draftsman so I have a preference to Autocad, which is much easier to create more professional drawings (in my opinion). If I was wanting to make my final drawings l...