JEM Watercraft

Hi neon,

Find the pumps to be a great cost saver(5:1 mix, always overusing hardener) and more consistent mixes unless you only need a tablespoon full. Measuring cups sort that out though.

Cheers John

Hi Matt and All and Sundry, Merry Xmas and happy new year to all. I see there was a Blue Fin 12' prototype build ... did this ever get drawn up? I would like to second that question. 15' a bit long for the cook and as she is developing arthritis, she is having difficulty getting into her Laker. Am p...

Hi all, had a reweigh of the boat before the test paddle, bare weight has come up to 45lb12oz. No doubt will gain a bit more when the hatches are in but I don't think it will go over 50lb. Anyway it floats!!!!!!!! :D :D :D :D http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/y407/snipa57/Northwind%20Build/79d22e1...

Hi Bob
Is this more along the lines of your expectation

Must say you look younger than I expected too.

G'day Brenden, Sorry mate can't really help you much, this is only the third boat I have made. http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/y407/snipa57/Northwind%20Build/eddfa4ff-1c45-49c2-b2b0-0c531ab9f69c_zps3f608840.jpg As you can see a plywood S&G Laker, a homegrown 7'10" S&G Laker/pirouge ...

Thanks people, much appreciated. Very neat job there John, will look fantastic on the water. Brace yourself for some extreme cases of carpark syndrome - there'll be so many people wanting to ask about it that you'll have trouble getting to the water. Since I've recently become unemployed, one would ...

Just about ready for a test float. A couple of coats of resin, then widen the graphite on the bottom. Seems to be too narrow to my mind. Weighed in at 40.48lbs/18.4kgs without the seat fitted. Seems strong enough. Paulownia does weigh light. Can hardly wait. Will test drive and then do the hatches, ...

Strips cut, glued back together, 12 hull panels cut to shape and run through the thicknesser.

With a bit of luck they should look more like a boat than a heap of wood cut into odd curved shapes 60 mm high on the bench.

Let the fun part begin!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks Ron for the quick reply. Thought gluing the panels together, especially as there would be no gap between them like the normal stitch and glue method, may have caused a problem. Being a pedantic old fart, I like to keep ahead of the game. Your right of course, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. ...

To Ron, Darrel, Matt or anyone who may know, A couple of questions. 1. I plan to glue the panels together much like Ron SS&G Northwind and imagine that the frames will be needing to be trimmed as internals of hull may be diminished. If this is so, roughly by how much and is this on all faces of ...