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by Netpackrat
Fri Mar 08, 2019 3:36 pm
Forum: Sail Boats
Topic: An All-Season Trailerable Sailboat
Replies: 43
Views: 34500

Re: An All-Season Trailerable Sailboat

Not trailerable. :( But still a cool boat. Getting my entire wish list in one boat may indeed prove to not be possible or practical, but unfortunately I live too far from any usable water to buy or build a non trailerable boat. If it comes down to that, I will have to compromise somewhere else.
by Netpackrat
Fri Mar 08, 2019 1:08 pm
Forum: Small Boats
Topic: Does this look right??? Fs14ls
Replies: 18
Views: 14225

Re: Does this look right??? Fs14ls

He's like that. 20+ years ago I was trying to finish a boat, not even one of his designs (some awful Stevenson Projects thing), and he patiently and thoroughly responded to my questions posted on the Usenet group rec.boats.building (if anybody else remembers that). He helped me a lot and told me pre...
by Netpackrat
Fri Mar 08, 2019 12:58 pm
Forum: Builder's Sail Boats
Topic: AD16 (Tipsy) Myrtle Beach
Replies: 2046
Views: 227291

Re: AD16 Myrtle Beach

And nearly every sailboat is also a power boat.

That Freedom cat ketch reminded me of another trailerable design that I like; I posted a link in the All Season Trailerable thread I started. Not a Bateau design but still a neat looking boat.
by Netpackrat
Fri Mar 08, 2019 12:53 pm
Forum: Sail Boats
Topic: An All-Season Trailerable Sailboat
Replies: 43
Views: 34500

Re: An All-Season Trailerable Sailboat

The Freedom cat ketch posted in Bogie's build thread reminded me of this boat that I liked: https://bandbyachtdesigns.com/princess26/ Not a Bateau design and a bit too long for my current building space, but it looks like a neat boat. A year ago back east there was one built in foam sandwich for sal...
by Netpackrat
Fri Mar 08, 2019 11:09 am
Forum: Builder's Sail Boats
Topic: AD16 (Tipsy) Myrtle Beach
Replies: 2046
Views: 227291

Re: AD16 Myrtle Beach

I have looked at a lot of different sailboat designs in my quest for the perfect trailerable, and that nose shape seems to be pretty common. You will be rounding it when fairing it. Thinking of all the daysailers I owned and some had a very broad bow too, not flat. Nice flat place to add a figurehe...
by Netpackrat
Fri Mar 08, 2019 11:04 am
Forum: Anything else and for sale. . .
Topic: Threaded Insert rivets
Replies: 19
Views: 953

Re: Threaded Insert rivets

Possible stupid question.... I saw in your build thread where you have already made your other parts to match the contour of the mast section, so that is what you've got to use, but is there some reason why a normal piece of rectangular aluminum tubing would not have worked in this application? They...
by Netpackrat
Thu Mar 07, 2019 6:41 pm
Forum: Builder's Sail Boats
Topic: AD16 (Tipsy) Myrtle Beach
Replies: 2046
Views: 227291

Re: AD16 Myrtle Beach

I have looked at a lot of different sailboat designs in my quest for the perfect trailerable, and that nose shape seems to be pretty common.
by Netpackrat
Thu Mar 07, 2019 6:30 pm
Forum: Anything else and for sale. . .
Topic: Threaded Insert rivets
Replies: 19
Views: 953

Re: Threaded Insert rivets

I am sure they make SS rivnuts, but I don't think I have ever seen one. An aluminum rivnut would seem to be perfect for your application, you just need to select one with the right grip length. Even if you use an SS fastener and it causes the aluminum rivnut to corrode, you can always drill them off...
by Netpackrat
Thu Mar 07, 2019 5:13 pm
Forum: Small Boats
Topic: D5 Sprit Mast, Mast Step, and Mast Partner questions
Replies: 14
Views: 1513

Re: D5 Sprit Mast, Mast Step, and Mast Partner questions

I cut mine after the bulkhead was installed and glassed in. What type of circle cutter did you use? Normally I use a circle cutter jig for my router, but that isn't going to work here. I could just 'free hand' it with a jigsaw, but it would be nice to have something a bit more precise. I used one o...
by Netpackrat
Thu Mar 07, 2019 3:26 pm
Forum: Anything else and for sale. . .
Topic: Threaded Insert rivets
Replies: 19
Views: 953

Re: Threaded Insert rivets

I have used rivnuts quite a bit, what do you need to know about them? Only issue I can think of is the ones I have used tend to be designed for thinner material than you are talking, so they may not upset properly. You will need to be sure what you have is intended for your material thickness.