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Thursday, October 16, 2008
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Exterior Wood on Metal Boats—Just Say No
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September 8, 2008 10:57 AM
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Electronic Writer said...
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Garcia Bateaux off the coast of Normandy, France are superb boat craftsmen/women and they work exclusively in Aluminum.
Their boats typically have a lot of wood on the topsides (from what I have seen), but they have been building boats for a long time, and might be able to help.
http://www.garcia-bateaux.com/
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Electrical systems and aluminium yachts
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Thursday, May 22, 2008
The "c" word - corrosion
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Thursday, February 21, 2008
The S word - stability
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Monday, February 4, 2008
A practical cruising rig
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February 6, 2008 11:10 PM
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Creative Virtual said...
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Looking forward to seeing more details about your OVNI, aprticularly the interior arrangement. I am looking to purchase my own at some point
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
A practical interior at sea or in harbour
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December 6, 2007 5:27 PM
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palette said...
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Colin
Thanks for your ideas.I have a 40ft alum pilothouse design , currently modifying the interior .
Totally agree with buying quality .
First task for me with a new boat is a lavac , they are the best. My
galley is along the port side . Works fine with a belt to tie in the cook. Have always liked the lifting keel idea . Park on the beach , explore shallow areas . Would appreciate seeing more photos also the exterior.
Robert
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Self defence in harbour
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Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Making the most of aluminium
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Monday, September 24, 2007
A boat built to travel
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Friday, September 7, 2007
Choosing a suitable boat - new versus old?
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Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Turning the dream into reality
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Friday, August 24, 2007
A new voice at Attainable Adventure Cruising
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Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Our Next Boat? (John)
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We love the “Cloud” and hope to go on sailing her for many years to come, but when you are three years into a one year refit, as we are, small and simple starts to look awfully good. (I should say at this point that the three years includes one year spent on family health issues, not boat refitting.)
At the show I saw several small sailboats I liked, including several based on Herreshoff’s classic 12 ½ design, but the real standout for me was the Norseboat, designed by one of my favorite boat designers, Chuck Paine.
From her lines, rig, and what I hear, I’m certain she sails beautifully and her fine easily driven hull augurs well for speed under oars; so no motor required for those calm days—what could be more simple than that? Unlike the Herreshoff, which is a tiny keel boat, the Noreseboat is a big dinghy with all the ease of launching and retrieval that that implies and the special nippiness that only un-ballasted boats have. (I was once, long, long ago, a dyed in the wool 505 sailor and so have a special fondness for dinghies, even one as different from a 505 as this one.)
The guy leaning on the Norseboat in the picture is her developer and builder Kevin, who is grinning, I suspect, due to the success of his brain child.
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Hello, for several years I have considered buying a hull and finishing it off myself. Finally decided not to because of the huge amount of time and energy. Ended up buying a boat which was custom finished by someone else. It was one of the rare custom build boats where the interior was really done with a lot of taste and craftmanship. Most custom boats have a dreadfull interior with a combination of different materials and colors that don't really match. Probably due to a lack of overall vision at the start, or lack of budget as the project progresses. Another problem is the layout which is often very personal. One thing many custom builders seem to forget is that one day they may have to sell the boat again. As a result the final product is too much custom (and personal) and too little mainstream. I ended up with one of the rare prodcuts that does not suffer from these mistakes. Check her out if this can be of help. Go the site of the Cruising Club of America to "The boats we sail" and Man-O-War. If you want more pictures I can send them to you. Bon courage
Philippe from Crazy Goose (formerly Man O War)
Hi there,
I'm actually building a boat. I'm in touch with many other builders all over the world and can agree with certainty that the comments about it taking longer and costing more are universally true. My build is near completion after almost four years but we planned on it taking about two and a half... It's cost about a third more too, and we tried to be very pessimistic with our original costing. That said, I've enormously enjoyed about half of the work and got considerable satisfaction from finishing most of the other half!
If you decide to self build be prepared to be pushed to the limit mentally, physically and financially; don't do it unless you actually want to BUILD a boat, if you just want to go sailing this is not the way!
Very best of luck if you go for it!
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