JEM Watercraft

Well after a lot of procrastination, swearing and occasional work I have finished Pen-gooin. The plans provided were excellent and gave very thorough information. A few points of constructive feedback however to Morty and those interested: CNC files for those of us with access to CNC routers would c...

I'm talking about covering the same kind of distances using a dinghy as you would in a yacht. I thought it was called extreme cruising or something like that. I am rigging my Dinghy Vee for sail (gaff rig with job) and (electric) motor with 2 x 65Ah leisure batteries. When there is no wind I can at ...

Hi all,

A quick question/advice about minimal/extreme cruising. I'm not sure if this is the correct term or not.

Do any of you have any experience of this, I am very interested in looking at this seriously but would like some pointers or advice first.

Cheers,

G

Hi, I am in the process of finishing my dinghy vee (much slower than expected due to work commitments but hey) I have completed the interior with my small modifications namely turning the center into 2 watertight compartments for the batteries which will power the Rhino motor I have got for the boat...

Wow thats a lot of hours. is that normal or are we looking at some real perfectionists here?

I have ordered the study plans and I cant wait to get them. Hopefully I will receive them before this weekend or they will take more time to get to me as they follow me around the world. I am looking to start building a boat around 2009/2010 ish as I will not have enough pare time to finish the buil...

Firstly many thanks for your time in helping me with this. The timelines for this build are well in the future and to give you an idea I will am building one of the stitch and glue from boatplans.dk (how i got to know your website btw) to get a feel for working with epoxy and to have something I can...

I am looking at the Roberts Spray centenial 38 or the Roberts 370E. Just for my learning on the subject, what in the design would affect the size of the bevel and cove strip and the FG used?

Many thanks in advacne.

Gaffers

I was considering epoxy coating the strips but only when I was fitting them instead of coating each one, then having to sand them before glueing them to one another with more epoxy. obvioulsy the whole hull will need a sanding before putting on the FG sheets but is this type of construction really t...

I am looking at building, some time in the future, a 30-40' cruiser which I hope to sail across the Atlantic with my dad. I have been looking at some plans on the web and the materials I have available locally and there is a local timber merchant who supplies cedar strip in 'bead and cove' or 'rapid...