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What is it with daughters and red boats? :D I think most of these designs are creeping up in size and weight for your requirements to wheel it down a hill by hand. Also, once you start configuring for remote steering the weight will jump too. You have done a nice study of the size you are thinking,...

Why does the forum change "Bowdidge" to "Nathaniel"? Is there something I should be aware of wrt other designers' names?

With regards to which type of boat she wants, I showed her a number of different designs; Bateau FS12, https://bateau.com/proddetail.php?prod=FS12 Selway-Fisher Sand Martin 12' runabout, http://www.selway-fisher.com/Mcup16.htm#SAND Selway-Fisher Little Harrier 9'6" Motor Dory, http://www.selway...

Wish you luck with your purchase but be careful with a seller. I have recently purchased a brand new Princess 55 Flybridge from Princess Yachts UK and I have not been able to enjoy my new boat as I dreamed of, except for a few occasional weekends when I could find a window between repair works. Thi...

Posts with someone's name as the title always gives me the chills - for some reason I always assume they died, had a terrible accident or similar. Happy to find out he's only on vacation for two weeks, and hopefully I didn't jinx him.

Yessssssssss! Skinnydip pics again!

Thanks for all suggestions and comments; they are highly appreciated. I'll respond to each below. :) The Runabout 12 is mighty good looking and with a small engine it would be a nice displacement speed vessel that could grow with the kids and allow a larger engine and more speed as they gain experie...

My daughter wants a boat. She's nearly 7 years old. Norwegian law dictates that; a) a person under 16 years of age can, without a boating license, lawfully drive a boat that; i) has a length of less than 8 meters (~25ft) ii) has a motor producing maximum 10HP iii) has a maximum top speed of 10 knots...

Christer it would help us to suggest a boat for you if we knew a little more about what you were going to use it for. How far offshore, or intercoastal waterway. Type of fish you are targeting. Are you going to close in structure and wrecks. While I love the C17 and was very close to building a con...

A huge problem for me is that if I buy 3-4 complete plans, my OCD won't let me rest until I've completed building all the boats I have plans for... :help: Maybe if you used a little from each plan to make "the plan" you could bypass your OCD. :) You could build model size of each plan. So...