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02 Dec 15 - 01:12 PM (#3755179) Subject: BS: Who builds wooden boats? From: GUEST,leeneia My Dear Husband (DH) and I have built four wooden boats. Well, he builds them and I help. I wonder if any other catters build and use small wooden boats. |
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02 Dec 15 - 01:23 PM (#3755181) Subject: RE: BS: Who builds wooden boats? From: Megan L Dauvitt learned the skill from his uncles who were the boat builders for his mothers island they made the Orkney yole which was a clinker built boat when you look at them sitting in the water you can see their Viking ancestary. |
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02 Dec 15 - 01:28 PM (#3755182) Subject: RE: BS: Who builds wooden boats? From: Stanron In the past I built two or three small boats and sailed them, also a canoe and small tender. I'm too old for all of that now. Still I've got some pleasant memories. |
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02 Dec 15 - 01:31 PM (#3755183) Subject: RE: BS: Who builds wooden boats? From: GUEST What sort of 'wooden boats'? The term could mean a myriad of different things. Could you elucidate further, please? Thanks. |
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02 Dec 15 - 07:52 PM (#3755257) Subject: RE: BS: Who builds wooden boats? From: Gallus Moll Cal-Gael (I think that's how it is spelled) is a charitable organisation based in (Govan?), Glasgow. Organisation was set up to help people acquire new skills and self esteem through building wooden boats -- quite large ones, like Viking longboats> _ I have to say I am writing this off the top of my head, I should have checked all the facts first - - apologies. But anyone interested should be able to find out the correct facts online- - - |
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02 Dec 15 - 07:59 PM (#3755262) Subject: RE: BS: Who builds wooden boats? From: GUEST,HiLo I once helped a traditional Lunenburg dory. It required great craftsmanship , I was thrilled to be part of it even if all I did was sand, paint and sweep. She is still afloat and is called "Wishes and Dreams", lovely, yes ? |
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02 Dec 15 - 08:24 PM (#3755274) Subject: RE: BS: Who builds wooden boats? From: EBarnacle I've built a sailing kayak [forms available for free, PM me] and maintained several others as well as completing and building several whitehalls, both for myself and for Floating the Apple, here in New York. |
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03 Dec 15 - 09:18 AM (#3755385) Subject: RE: BS: Who builds wooden boats? From: Richard Bridge My mate John Morgan who is also a folkie has built several at his house in Canada, and is restoring a couple at his house in Yorkshire, one of which said boats I towed around the country a couple of times because he forgot to organise anyone else to do it. |
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03 Dec 15 - 09:34 AM (#3755390) Subject: RE: BS: Who builds wooden boats? From: CupOfTea Leroy Jethro Gibbs builds them in his basement, though I'm pretty sure he's not a Mudcatter. |
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03 Dec 15 - 10:03 AM (#3755398) Subject: RE: BS: Who builds wooden boats? From: Manitas_at_home I can't work out how he gets them out when he's finished unless he has a setup like Dr Phibes where he has direct access to the River Styx. |
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03 Dec 15 - 10:32 AM (#3755403) Subject: RE: BS: Who builds wooden boats? From: Megan L ah Manitas how does one get the ship in the bottle or out :) |
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03 Dec 15 - 10:55 AM (#3755408) Subject: RE: BS: Who builds wooden boats? From: Manitas_at_home I know that one -it's collapsible masts. |
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03 Dec 15 - 11:36 AM (#3755418) Subject: RE: BS: Who builds wooden boats? From: GUEST,leeneia Thanks for your responses. The Lunenburg dory and the whitehalls, especially. The DH has built a ship in a bottle, too. We have built two kinds of rowing boat - two jon boats (almost flat bottomed, about 14 feet long and very safe) and two Delaware duckers. One ducker was for a friend and didn't last. The ducker is clinker-built. We have had a hard time keeping the ducker from leaking. And I haven't found it easy to get good, clear directions on using modern adhesives and fastenings on a traditional boat. We live in the Midwest, and we take our boats on rivers and on the upstream reaches of reservoirs, where the birdwatching is good. Our boats have to survive occasional collisions with undetectable sunken trees. When two people are rowing and one is paddling and the current is carrying the boat, and suddenly you hit a log - then you understand what "shiver me timbers" really means. We used to subscribe to Wooden Boat magazine but gave up because the emphasis seemed to be on beauty. (What I call the boat in aspic.) There was no place in their world for mud-stained, log-battered, rock-scratched boats like ours. |
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03 Dec 15 - 11:40 AM (#3755420) Subject: RE: BS: Who builds wooden boats? From: GUEST,leeneia Our ducker is like the boat in the lower right corner of this page. http://traditionalsmallcraft.com/Duckers.html But we put a transom across the stern to save time and in case we ever wanted to put a small motor on the boat. |
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03 Dec 15 - 06:24 PM (#3755519) Subject: RE: BS: Who builds wooden boats? From: GUEST,Arkie Ages ago when I was building dulcimers, I spent two weeks at the American exhibit at Expo in Montreal. There was another craftsman there who built a boat during that two week span. I wish now that I could remember his name. He was an exacting craftsman. He is one of the few people that I remember. |
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03 Dec 15 - 07:01 PM (#3755526) Subject: RE: BS: Who builds wooden boats? From: GUEST,Mrrzy I've heard you can't make any money at it. They aren't just free, they're very free. And easy. |
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03 Dec 15 - 07:44 PM (#3755536) Subject: RE: BS: Who builds wooden boats? From: GUEST,HiLo Good one. Mercy. I like that, lol. |
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03 Dec 15 - 07:58 PM (#3755541) Subject: RE: BS: Who builds wooden boats? From: GUEST,Hilo Sorry Mrzzy , dam auto correct! . |
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04 Dec 15 - 10:38 AM (#3755652) Subject: RE: BS: Who builds wooden boats? From: GUEST,leeneia We don't want to make money. It's a hobby. Here's a debate that's been going on for a while. I read in a book that it's important to round the sharp edges off the planks of a clinker-built boat. The DH doesn't believe it. On the whitehalls and dories, was that done? Any views on adhesives? |
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04 Dec 15 - 10:39 PM (#3755798) Subject: RE: BS: Who builds wooden boats? From: GUEST,julia L Nik Apollonio, master guitar/ cittern builder also builds wooden boats |
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05 Dec 15 - 04:06 AM (#3755818) Subject: RE: BS: Who builds wooden boats? From: GUEST,Phil My first build was a cypress 15" flat bottom skiff, scantlings transferred from a Cuban one impounded by the U.S.C.G. (I was raised a child labourer liveaboard a 1928 Matthews Express '65 "woodie" ;) Rounding over, chamfering, etc: I always try to avoid a crisp edge under a painted or bright surface. It won't take or hold an even coat; is more prone to chipping and is going to get broken over anyway during sanding; surface prep and/or hard use. Not having to needle nose 2" wood slivers out of your quadriceps is another plus. Adhesives: SystemThree for epoxie$ and plain old DAP Weldwood 204 (what plywood is made with.) See also: Adhesive Bonding of Wood, TB#1512 (USDA Forest Service, Aug. 1975) Merry sawdust! |
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05 Dec 15 - 10:42 AM (#3755894) Subject: RE: BS: Who builds wooden boats? From: GUEST,Mrr Thanks Hilo, I was rather proud of myself, and surprised at your pre-corrected correction! |
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05 Dec 15 - 11:27 AM (#3755905) Subject: RE: BS: Who builds wooden boats? From: GUEST,leeneia thanks for the info and the memories, Phil. I'll look into those adhesives. |