Boat Builder Central

I have a C-12 hull (Meranti) with CB trunk in place and seats cut out free to whoever can pick it up in Woodbury NJ. A check of Mapquest will show Woobury to be opposite Philadelphia across the Delaware 5 minutes off 295. I'm relocating to smaller accommodations and can't take it along. I hate to ta...

I like to use the sandwich bags. It's worth trying to master I think. Also, I find the more fillets I do the less material I use. My first on an FL 11 were way too big. The C-12 I'm working on looks about right. Some of you who have posted pictures are at a fillet place that I aspire to.

I got the frames in my C-12 and sheetrock screwed them in place throught the side and into the frame. Material is too thin for that. I should have screwed blocks along the side and screwed through the side and into the block then filleted the opposite side, removed the block, etc. It's a one man cho...

Yes. . .Have to sail it in June. I'm 56, the shadows are lengthening. Life no longer looks like the vast expanse that it once did. I have to slap a drop dead date on some things and get them done. I don't want my wife on this site asking if anyone wants the hull her late husband left on saw horses i...

I bought the birdsmouth router bit from Lee Valley and someday I'm going to rout 8 staves just to see what happens. The process and end product look so elegant but I have to believe its very labor itensive. Unless you can get 20 foot stock your ripping 8 staves, routing 8 staves then having to someh...

My PC random orbital seized up. I took it apart and freed up the bearing. I'm blowing it out with my small compressor after use. I think a 4.5 inch angle grinder with a sanding wheel or a pneumatic sander is the way to go in the long run but who does that much epoxy sanding? I like the PC for other ...

My machine will sew 4 layers of packcloth. It was the only performance criteria. It does that easily. I have not used a real heavy gage thread but will try it. You might make a test run with your machine. Might do the job depending on how you have to lap the seams. I'm counting on the Sailmakers App...

Great; gives me some detail ideas for my C-12. Be proud, you 'da man. Now lets get some fish guts smeared on that nice finish.

On my FL 11 I did what you did and also epoxeyed to the garage floor. After I got it off the floor I just filpped the sides and made the outside inside. since I wasn't using real bad wood both surfaces were suitable for painting. Worked OK. I made so many mistakes on the FL 11 that the C-12 is going...

It's guys like you that make me get a coat of paint on my boats as fast as possible. Are the fillets straight woodflour? Very nice work.