Boat Related Stuff

My SCAMP Build

• -I've decided to build a SCAMP Sailboat next.
• -Lofting and Cutting
• -Parts are cut out
• -Made a Centerboard
• -Centreboard pivot pin
• -New portable drill stand
• -Made a Mast
• -Rudder is shaped
• -Guilding Frame made & squared
• -Bulkhead 4-6, Centreboard case
• -Transom gets made
• -Stem and Bow
• -Water tight locker doors
• -Floor
• -Front Cabin

Kayak

• -My kayak came with a simple dolly
• -Made a spray skirt
• -Explored Black Creek off the Niagara River
• -Went exploring Port Colborne and the mouth of the Welland Canal
• -Free Paddle Plans
• -Free canoe and kayak Plans
• -Canoe and Kayak boat plans, many free
• -Kayaking around the Abino Point Lighthouse in Lake Erie
• -Checked out a nice stream near Port Colborne
• -Kayaking in Wainfleet Wetlands Conservation Area, Quarry

My Skerry Build

• -I built a CLC Skerry, stitch and glue boat including Birdsmouth mast and polytarp sails and kept detailed record
• -Deciding on a Skerry boat
• -Faerings were the inspiration for the Skerry
• -Leathering my Oars
• -First row with new oars
• -Sailmaking Experiments
• -Skerry Capsize Test
• -I made a boat cover
• -I added a jib

Apple Pie Tender

• -Day by Day record of building Chuck Merrell's Apple Pie Pram as a tender for my Tanzer 22 boat. Video link of launch.
  
• -Estimate for building a Cadillac version of the Apple Pie from scratch buying all the materials. includes cost of the rig.
  
• -Stitch and glue boatbuilding

Tanzer 22
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• Took the plunge and got a keel boat. What a great adventure.
• -Had a survey done and I have a ToDo list for my Tanzer22!
• I get a new motor
• Gas/Ethanol is bad for boats
• I crossed lake Ontario and Went through the Welland Canal

Tanzer 22 Projects

• -Replaced rotten core in cockpit floor
• -Made cockpit cushions
• -Replacing bulkheads / bent chainplates.
• -DIY Sail and Tiller Cover
• -Cleaning my sails
• -New Furler for Tanzer
• -New Furler test Sail
• -Cut Motor Mount Plate
• -Winch Maintenance

Puddle Duck Racer

• -Puddle Ducks Racer, I start
• -Puddle Duck goes 3D I get my hull number
• -Flotation compartment
• -Daggerboard case and seat
• -Bottom gets fiberglassed and Gunnels added
• -Mast step, plus side and front decks
• -Making the daggerboard
• -Finish the mast
• -Making the sprit
• -Finishing the hull
• -Adding Hardware
• -Making the rudder
• -Making the Sail

Carbon Fibre

• -Carbon Fiber properties
• -Carbon Fiber suppliers
• -Carbon fiber, kevlar and glass comparison
• -Youngs Modulus is a Measure of Stiffness. Carbon fiber is very stiff.
• -Heat Conductivity of Carbon Fiber is exceptional

Draken Harald Harfagre

• -Viking ship reproduction photos part 1 from trip to Great Lakes and through the Welland canal 2016.
• -Viking ship reproduction photos part 2

Materials

• -Kevlar, Twaron, Aramid Characteristics
• -Carbon fiber, kevlar and glass comparison
• -Composite boat building Teminology
• -Marine Plywood Grades
• -Marine Plywood Glues
• -Youngs Modulus is a Measure of Stiffness.
• -Brass
• -Corrugated Plastic (Coroplast)
• -Silica used to thicken epoxy.

Mast Making

• -My Carbon Fiber Mast
• -Research-Carbon Mast
• -Carbon fiber Properties
• -Birdsmouth mast building with link to video.
• -Larry McInnis sent me photos of the birdsmouth spars he made

10 Essential Knots

• -My 10 Essential Knots
• -Bowline
• -Figure of Eight
• -Round Turn and two Half Hitches
• -Sheet Bend
• -Highwayman's Hitch
• -Rolling Hitch
• -Cleat Hitch
• -Constrictor Knot
• -Anchor Bend
• -Reef knot

More Knots

• -Fireman's coil keeps a rope tidy and untangled.
• -Buntline hitch
• -Bowline on a Bight
• -Truckers hitch
• -Farmer's Loop
• -Chain Splice
• -Whipping end of rope
• -Paracord
• -4 Strand round braid, sennit

Rope Characteristics

• -Rope Trade Names
• -How ropes are Made
• -Nylon Rope
• -Polyester Rope
• -Spectra/Dyneema
  /HMWPE
• -Aramid, Kevlar, Twaron
• -Polypropylene ropes
• -Rope Comparison
• -Kevlar & Technora rope strength comparison

Sails

• -Experiments with several polytarp sails on my Skerry boat. 3 Spritsails and a Jib so far.
• -The jib was particularly successful
• -Spritsail article
• -Junk Rig article
• -Cleaning my Tanzer 22 Sails
• -Installed a roller furler on my boat
• -Sail Related Nautical Terms

Photographs

• -My Photos
• -Boats around Toronto
• -Boat Club Icicles
• -Storm April 2011
• -Toronto Skyline, mostly from the Water
• -Cloud Photographs
• -Niagara Falls
• -Tall Ships in Toronto
• -Welland Canal Trip
• -Draken Harald Harfagre Viking ship

Boat Plans

• -Lots of Boat Plan links
• -Stitch and Glue Boat Plans
• -Free Stitch and Glue Plans
• -Free plans for making wooden paddles and oars
• -Free Canoe and Kayak Boat Plans
• -Free Punt Plans
• -Free canoe paddle plans
• -Rowing boat plans
• -Surf and Standup boards plans
• -Boat related Links
• -Plans for Skiffs, some free
• -Motorboat Plans
• -Free rowboat plans
• -Canoe and Kayak boat plans, many free
• -Link Page to All my Plans
• -Multihull Plans

Anchors and Anchoring

• -Anchors
• -Anchoring a Boat
• -Attaching an anchor to boat, rollers
• -Anchor Bend Knot
• -Chain Splice
• -Anchoring terminology
• -Drogues and Sea Anchors
• -Free Drogue / Drift Sock Plans
• -Articles and Videos about drogues and sea anchors

MISC STUFF

• -Home, James!
• -Towing a Boat Safely
• -Keelboat Launching
• -Learning to Sail
• -Cats at Work
• -How to heave to
• -Nato Spelling Alphabet for radio
• -International Flag Alphabet and Numbers
• -There are 2 diving flags. Which flag should you use.
• -Radar and Reflectors
• -GPS and Chart Plotters
• -Effect of alcohol in Gas
• -Make a marking gauge
• -Tools needed to build a boat
• -Cutting my own sanding pads for multitool saves money

Dragonboats

• -Exciting Dragon Boat Race!
• -Dragonboat Equipment and Organizations
• -Joining a Team

BoatBuilding

• -Deciding What kind of boat to build
• -Hand made Launch Dollies at my club
• -Making Wooden Cleats
• -Anti Fouling Paints and Coatings
• -Varnish Article
• -Tar Based Coating
• -Stitch and Glue Boatbuilding
• -Maing a Boat Cover for my Skerry
• -How to sharpen Chisels and Planes
• -Boatbuilding books

BoatBuilding2

• -Row boat terminology
• -Nautical Terms relating to hulls and boatbuilding
• -Boatbuilding resources and links.
• -Making a scarf joint
• -Making puzzle joint with my router

Glues and Fillers

• -Polyurethane is sometimes used for boatbuilding
• -Resorcinol is a poorly understood star of boat building projects.
• -Urea Formaldehyde glue
• -Phenol Formaldehyde glue
• -PVA glue
• -Fumed Silica
• -Micro Balloons

Boat Types

• -Skin on Frame boat Style
• -Take Apart Boats
• -Folding Boats
• -Faerings
• -Peapods
• -Punt boat style
• -Rowboats
• -Ultra light boat building
• -Dories
• -Canoes
• -Cedar Strip Planking
• -One Sheet Boatbuilding
• -Choosing a Tender

Wood Strip Boatbuilding

• -Boatbuilding using wood strips
• -Boat style, Stripper
• -Plans for cedar strip building

Coroplast Boatbuilding

• -Coroplast for Boatbuilding
• -Coroplast Folding Boats
• -How to work with Coroplast
• -Glue Test for Coroplast

My Folding Coroplast Boat

• -Building a Coroplast folding boat, why build, design and model.
• -Transfer of design
• -Scoring and folding the coroplast.
• -Floor, bracing, stiffening
• -First sea trial

Rowboats and Rowing

• -Rowboats characteristics What makes a good rowboat.
• -Rowing and Rowboat Terminology
• -Rowing using a Sliding Rigger instead of a sliding seat
• -Rowing forward facing
• -Free Oar and Paddle Plans
• -Rowing boat plans
• -Free rowboat plans

Tenders

• -Chosing a tender
• -Comparing tenders
• -My Tender is a plywood pram I built
• -Free Pram Plans I found in an old book

Welland Canal

• -Getting Ready to cross Lake Ontario
• -Crossing Lake Ontario from Toronto to Port Dalhousie
• -Some useful Info about getting ready to go through the Welland Canal
• -Going Through the Canal and Gates
• -Port Colborne to Crystal Beach.
• -Some Welland Canal Photos

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