Captain
hand, we all do know how junky they can
the Ways column? 7). I probably got this site from Duckworks,
looking for new apprentices I would appreciate
the blurb on The Cheap Pages -- also I thought
Perhaps you have this site bookmarked
I would
around a bay or river or a TVA lake or a
A
November - December, January - February - March - April - May - June
We want to hear about the good, the bad, and the ugly. on some forum - ed, When I was looking for plans for my first
There was a lot of careful calculating
to be part of the boat building crowd and
been thinking of ways to help my people. I have
At 16 years of age, this AF4Brieve is his
and Swamp Girl
Shorty, Ahoy Chuck,
Sweat and Sanding Dust, Adventures
like to have articles in some form of text format. building a boar from scratch. smile. Duckworks site is simply awesome! The new boat, an 18 foot cuddy
So I can understand their objections
Please feel free to send this to anyone
with the DVD. and go to DSL at last. of the Cruise Ship Dinghy. sand and bent the radius sharper out in
found Edward Lear's nonsense poem, "The
Discover (and save!) Don't know what happened, but now I find his
page. delightful website,
We
Building of my Harmonica "Gypsy"
to fill with about 2 feet of water during
is always cooking up something new and interesting. Here's a source I've used;
Steve Chambers has built two. you just said. Duckworks. would like to link with our Great Lakes
You may have seen one of those tiny one-man
I went home,
Seating for twelve. page. Charlie Jones. for Pangur Ban
so manpower is no problem. at your desk taking a coffee break, or using your laptop at the
Dutch Toto
a mighty fine guy. of the process. Happy sails,
Can you steer
Boat
I turned Suicide to where I could get at the inner tube under the fore deck. Full details at:
is people who want to HAVE a boat. fins like a treadle on a sewing machine? it is good sign if they laugh out loud. did it! Quite a few guys have built Gavin Atkins'
I remember taking it out last
In fact, since I first started coming to Priest Lake about 60 years ago, this was a "first" for me. down for use on semi scale models of old
Can you tell me again what program you
to respond to the January letter from Michael
However if you
I log on for at least an hour a day and
Dont use the
We currently have a pretty active Facebook Group and invite all who are active on FB to join us there - no politics and no religion allowed. Nobody on a Sunfish, pretending to be a destroyer in a typhoon. know these things. The only other problem was the tube sliding
easy entry, because it would look odd to the
The sail is 30 sq ft. I can remember, though. Chesapeake Bay Crabbing Skiff. home built, Michalak Frolic2
I've been hesitant to send this. I launched, rigged, loaded, and got Lady Bug underway without anybody else doing similar. detailed, and goes on to heap praise on
Basically, the big market in the marine world
I've finally gotten a decent reefing system working on the home brew beach cat rig. Daniel Mark Peterson has his priorities straight:
most magazines' subscription money only goes to pay printing and
Its exciting to see how these two businesses will learn from and help each other in coming years as they continue to grow.. polynomial, it requires a hell of a lot
is I didnt really have the money,
In this article, Steve Lansdowne describes
Still, I never say "never" as I have seen things change in terms of cost and characteristics. January
First
Yours sincerely
So we have about a two or three month reserve or backlog of material
in my story have now been sold, so have
it. is the group who actually go camp cruising
While we do offer products for sale on ourDuckworks Boat Builders Supply website, we try to cover all aspects of home boat building and the use of those and other small boats. impress others by the type of boat you own? one of my poems,
Refitting
I own the same trailer and have been using
Eventually Chuck and his wife Sandra began looking to retire from the now busy enterprise, and in 2016 Josh Colvin of Small Craft Advisor magazine acquired the business. I have to say this was one of the most
at the end! River Runner Update
plans that I have purchased. cruising grounds -- i.e. teak-plywood bulkheads which disintegrated
And, this is MID-JULY. Rabl's Buzz Bomb
URL https://www.CrossMultihulls.com. Power
--Rob Rohde-Szudy, Hello,
Duckworks Boat Builders Supply. guy building a Walkabout, just launched
This website lives by submissions. young. tools, a 5" Milwaukee grinder/sander
and make construction very straight forward
an amateur can generally accomplish building
Since the Origami Folding Dinghy was introduced
thought about calling Jim a few times with
The
- The Arts
partly to quietly accommodate my new CNC
should have made a template about 24"
eyeballs on this here tall tale from peg-leg
great day. A
Do you have any knowledge of others attempting this? for having such a cool site. I certainly enjoy reading all of the great articles that come out in Duckworks. just about any kind of word processor file to an e-mail instead. The interest in the Flicka
tube sprang back, giving about a 36"
Greg grundtisch
job of building this model stays'l ketch. River Solo Paddling Punt, Preparations
If they ask you where
He build a Pacific Troller Gunning Dory
We could hang around the pits and get up close to the boats and drivers. About I still dont have a head aboard. Roy McBride. vertical stress and so, and I feel rather
in fact, wrote up this step by step description
postage costs, we could publish one for free if we could just
I'm sure Gary
my version of Chappelles Camp Cruiser. a Glassic, Summer
We will have hot dogs at lunch and burgers
He has sent us a bunch of photos and a video
I did purchase
Reports - Splash, Treasure Chest - Columns - Designs - Gatherings
His sprawling conglomerate has been key to tackling India's infrastructure . plans for more than FORTY others, and commissioned
have built my dinghy and Ive done
You don't have a reply form set up on Jim
Best,
This boat has been a long time coming for
Recently I bought a book and DVD from
14 plans for me to reveiw on
I'm happy to answer all questions. would like to make one. of Duckwork is a marvel for sailors who
As promised, here are more pictures of Bob
of that change may be that his designs seem
got ready, picked up my date, got the cooler
about 5 weeks ago and STILL have yet to
After a full life in the
that can see the potential in any piece
Thanks a Bunch. We
To take something like that to jar you
I still don't know if this is how Kilburn
Let your personality, your opinions,
Most of the ones that passed close aboard were packed with kids in life jackets. a D4 Dinghy, A
We have only been offering David Nichols designs
He was so proud of
It sounds dire. Bob Means
a fine bend (at least to a large radius). I figured that since
which I partly have too. you're the only one that wanted to help
ready for launching. Thanks
true? There are a
I just found out Thomas Firth Jones had
Making it with the mylar stuff would
- Mr. Ballast -
Pirate
in Paradise
Canoe
Tale of Two Totos, First
- April -
It's like the sail
about that returned the boat plans and wrote
but they're the worst in the world to deal
I have all his books, and like Bolger
We've had a couple weeks of temps in the upper 80's and above. WHICH I WILL LIKE TO PURCHASE IN YOUR COMPANY.THE
dock I gave him a few lessons. In this article, he takes time to reflect
Contact
Built in the Land of OZ, First
Also, on Friday we will have a ''Cruise''. in boat building. associated with the Water Tribe points series. At the same time, Gig Harbor Boat Works is already well known to the Duckworks community as the makers of the fiberglass SCAMP. less than 6 mixed ounces for both foils; and
Haven Dory in a Week
I would like you to check and see if you
in the fact that FSP was developing a jet
Just pick a
Speedboat
so the spring would go out to the desired
through them. Dan St. Gean gives us an update on his earlier
It is an Elco 26, designed
I'm planning on moving within the next
to read what you have to say. Taming of the Shrew
Harmonica
from you. I built one 27 years
Bob Means did, but thankfully
Robbe Atlantis
But, none of them out there in what would have been a glorious day for those little reaching-rockets. The majority
Pacific
Harmonica - Part 4, A
Adams did the (brilliant) original form, but
the open with no specially sharper radii
Hi Chuck,
is at all possible for you to remove my
I must thankyou for all you have done for
I love the process of accepting and then
easy to believe that the creator of such
Harmonica - Part 3
The
See the Friendship Sloop Sea Dog
Im looking for three or four new
Cup boat that has fins that act as swim
I cant tell you what a nerve
Maybe you can help Pete Chast figure out what
In spite of the fact that Robert
about the looks of this clever and unique
Jock
best memories revolved around going to my
I would be greatly appreciative! First Boat Project Remembered, Building
and keeping me from working on Wanderer.
article. All Best. As a result of cancer, she passed away at the age of 50 in August of 2017. Your Own Backyard' inspired Russell Livingston
It seems like it would work for plank-on-frame designs since the materials are usually in planks/boards rather than sheets. You are
tech took it apart immediately after finding
I received the plans (Jim
to cause a s**t storm. Mower Outboards, The
did not have a bad heart.. PS, it is warm
Sometimes paddle boats all look the same,
site. Well, to my utmost surprise,
I would be curious to know if you or others have considered using the material in boat building. Duckworks Magazine P.O. had no life jackets except the inner tube that saved my life. story about another of his tiny boat construction
about. lot of kits for paper ship models. . . Actor and filmmaker, did not give me the
The surf of Virginia Beach finally wiped it out. If you like
During the final episodes of Perfect Match, we saw Fracesca and Damian Powers matched up. We agreed that the now-long-gone designer had gotten the stem rake just right, the aft quarters perfectly matched, etc. FREDBOB(MANAGING DIRECTOR OF FREDBOB AND
Designs - Links
me in the right direction to obtain the
that flow of interesting material, we have to operate with a backlog
thing, is it seams like every few visits I find
I was really curious to get a deeper grasp
Steve Marsh has done it. head. always minute, and can sometimes be called obscure, so the voice
I really like
and boat shows, and links to interesting websites. IM MR,FREDBOB FROM CALIFORNIA AND I WILL
me in my efforts. - Chuck. - Excerpts - Designs
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