Boat Builder Central

Hi , I do not want to distract from the interesting conversation about supplying your boat with perfect electronic devices but while I was reading in your thread I wondered what happened to featherpram ? Will you take it along as the new tender or stick with the R13 or will the nicely cleaned blow u...

Hi, As I need the guiding poles only when I get the boat out of the water I made them removable so they are again in the cars boot when I trailor the boat home. I just stick the smaller aluminium square tube with its vertical plastic pipe into the permanently mounted aluminium traverse and put a bol...

Hi, I would just use oil like line seed oil 3 to 4 times always with a drying time of 2 weeks in between. It becomes really water resistent and has the advantage that it looks perfect because it lets the grain of the oukume come out more. The disadvantage is that one should do it every year again. M...

It really looks good and fits into the new building space perfectly. With what did You paint it just oil ?

Hi, Beautiful pictures, this is exactly what I also want to do as soon I can take my Adelie to the water. Now it is still too cold. I have one question about the picture with a red plastic container behind the transom. Is this a petrol tank for your outboard and how did you attach it ? Is it permane...

Hi, As You all know a boat is never finished and therefore I show you what I have done to make my life easier when I slip my boat. It takes me 20 minutes at the slip until I am ready to push the boat into the water. I tested this at a shopping centre parking lot without the boat on the trailer so I ...

Hi,
Beautiful pictures and at last a real boost for potential AD builders. I hope they look at your post. I am so glad to have my AD14 built over 6 Years and in May I will sail her again.
Greetings from Karl

x5 Karl

Hi, I used all three of them for all my boats fillets always 40 % woodflour 40 % microballoons and 20 % silica and mostly I achieved that by adding 1 teaspoon full of silica and 2 for wood flour and micro balloons. I stirred the ingredients into the epoxy after the epoxy was stirred for 5 minutes by...

Hi, It looks like birds have left the nest, I preferred it with the boat in it. All the best for the new start. Hopefully you will still keep posting on a regular basis. As I mentioned earlier that my first glance into the forum are your posts I wish I would find them more often again. Greetings fro...