Epoxy warfare on my deck

16.06 in big, Boat Plans, cursing, deck, epoxy, my, on, out, sorting, the, those, urethanes, wakes, warfare

AFTER PAINTING TWO BOATS with twin-pack polyurethane paint, I thought I knew all about polyester urethanes. I was wrong.After I had finished the second boat, the surveyor came along. Tap, tap, tap, he went, all over the hull and decks of my sweet little 22-foot Santana.He approached me with a long face....

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Motor Well A Mini Project Unto Itself

16.06 in a, Boat Plans, cabin, itself, mini, more, motor, planning, project, unto, well

Oh, the motor well.  Seems simple enough.  Build a box that bolts to the back of the boat, upon which the motor clamps.Ive been working on the motor well since the days of the Troublesome Skegs and before the Boat Flip.Turns out that though this earns only a brief paragraph in the Glen-L Waterlodge...

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Never ask to pass the port

15.06 in ask, Boat Plans, never, pass, port, the, to

THOSE OF YOU who have experienced civilized upbringings must sometimes wonder why we always pass the decanter of port to the left after dinner in the main saloon. Well, the fact is that we don’t always pass it to the left, or clockwise. We only pass it to the left in the northern hemisphere. In the...

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Why pets and boats dont mix

14.15 in and, Boat Plans, boats, brain, dont, from, lame, mix, pets, poppycock, port, question, starboard, tricky, why

A young couple readying their boat for long-distance cruising want to know what kind of pet would be best to take along on their 35-foot sloop. Well, I have definite ideas about pets on boats, and I couldn’t do better than refer them to a column I wrote several years ago. It went like this:EVERY SUMMER...

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Smoke without the mirrors

06.48 in at, Boat Plans, boats, how, hurt, mirrors, never, sea, small, smoke, survive, the, will, without, words, you

IF IT LOOKED like you had drowned in Massachusetts in the 18th century, someone was certain to come along and blow smoke up your ass. That was the published instruction, although more politely expressed. The official version was that victims of drowning were to be revived by blowing tobacco smoke up...

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Columbia Gorge Fishing Report October 12th

00.19 in 12th, behind, Boat Plans, by, columbia, curtain, dale, fishing, for, gorge, looking, mertens, october, report, the, trout, velvet

Pic: Steelhead Outfitters - Sam SicklesFishing Report This could be a tough week in the region for steelheaders, but last week was on the verge of epic from what we’ve heard. Chinook Salmon are definitely declining in quantity and quality as we are seeing post-spawn fish washing down the river. ...

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A Real Sharpie

20.56 in a, Boat Plans, come, does, from, interest, real, sharpie, such, where, wierd

Our Panama skiff was very handy, and I had been reading Chapelle; thus, when we arrived in Alabama, with its big reservoirs on the Tennessee River, I decided to build a sharpie. Real sharpies have two masts and are over 20 long. I designed a sharpie 20 1/2 long by 6 wide (4 beam at the chine). In order...

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Squeezing in berths and heads

15.20 in ads, and, berths, boat, Boat Plans, heads, in, mean, really, squeezing, the, what

A READER called Eric asks: “Why do boat builders insist on putting TWO toilets/heads in a boat as small as 32 feet? Cmon, how many 400-square-foot apartments/houses on land have two bathrooms?”Well, Eric, if I had to take a flying guess I’d say it was the boatbuilder’s sales department that demanded...

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The most wonderful mystery

13.14 in better, Boat Plans, boats, deserve, joy, most, mystery, of, old, simple, small, the, these, wonderful

A READER in Newport Beach, California, says she would like to know what the Bible means when it says:  "There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:"The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea;...

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A thing of beauty is a job forever

13.25 in a, beauty, Boat Plans, dishes, excuses, for, forever, horror, is, job, not, of, rife, sometimes, thing, washing, why

WHEN I LIVED in South Africa I once owned a 30-foot boat that had bulwarks, a caprail, and a rubrail made of beautiful hardwood. I couldn’t help myself, I varnished it. And varnished it. And varnished it.  That hot sub-tropical sun burned through the varnish as if it were melting butter. Every...

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R L Winston The Difference!

12.53 in 19th, Boat Plans, columbia, difference, fishing, gorge, l, october, r, report, the, winston

Handcrafted in Twin Bridges, MontanaAll Winston rods have a "Feel"! When I first fished a R. L. Winston Fly Rod I felt something was very different about it. I couldnt quite identify what made it different from other fly rods but I continued to fish that rod and very soon we became "One". From...

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The Cabin Has a Floor

12.18 in a, Boat Plans, cabin, floor, has, itself, mini, motor, project, the, unto, well

Lets put in a floor!  This is the floor that will be inside the cabin.Remember the beautiful old redwood I got from the chicken shed that Jen, Kai, Alex and I salvaged last year? I wanted to use these thick 1x12s for flooring in the boat. The also have the advantage of putting some weight...

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Gorge Fly Shop Fishing Reports January 19th

10.46 in 0, 19th, 3, Boat Plans, comes, fishing, fly, gorge, january, light, ology, reports, shop, skagit, the, to, trilogy

Gorge Fly Shop Weekly Fishing Report"Fly Fish the World with ...

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In praise of beautiful overhangs

09.44 in a, about, beautiful, Boat Plans, boats, in, learning, little, lot, many, of, overhangs, praise, thanks, to

I FOUND A PROFILE of a Pearson Vanguard in a boating book the other day and I couldn’t help but be struck by how beautiful she was. That man Philip Rhodes could design a mean sheerline. Combined with low freeboard, Vanguards still look gorgeous 50 years or so after they were built.The bow, in particular,...

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More Cabin Planning

23.11 in Boat Plans, cabin, fancy, more, new, pants, planning, renderings

If youve been following the blog, you know that one place that Im diverging from the Glen-L Waterlodge plans is in the cabin.  While I have been true to the plans while building the hull, I am increasingly going off into the wild blue as I design and build the cabin.  The original...

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