Boat Builder Central

Nice V12 - What color is the hull? Whether Blue or Green or Black, you did an excellent prep job!! Oh ... the Mini project is sweet too!!!! Dave The paint and colour i used was 2 pack cellulose, i started with an etch primer filler which goes well on epoxy, several coats were applied and smoothed w...

I especially appreciated seeing your picture of stitching the two bottom pieces together along the entire length of the keel BEFORE stitching them to the sides. That's the first I've seen of that. And it looks like it may have saved you having to wrestle them together at the bow if you had stitched...

Thanks for the reply regarding displacement hull. It did seem strange to me why the boat didn't want to get leveled out with a bit more throttle, shows my knowlage of boat design, was going for a 2 stroke 2hp but the new regulations coming into force over here meant that from some time soon, 2 strok...

Just some pictures of my V12 being built, havn't made the sail yet but it row's perfectly and runs well with the outboard, one small niggle is that the 4hp Johnson 4stroke is a little under powered! can't get up on the plane, not sure but a 6hp might just do the job, wish i had spent the extra, inst...

Thanks Paul,

1inch sounds good, 3inches would have looked a bit strange, couldn't imagine how the boat was going look in the water with that much angle.
I'd better wait for the sun to come up to finish the job. Cheers, Martin...

I have a measurement problem with the mast. On the metric plan it says the mast is raked 3 inches but the measurements given from the center frame is a 21mm difference between top and bottom which in less than 1 inch ? should have ordered the imperial size plans.
Thanks, Martin...