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Scamp sailboat

My SCAMP Build

  • -SCAMP navigation page
  • -What's a SCAMP
  • -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
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Kayak

  • -My kayak came with a simple dolly
  • -Made a spray skirt
  • -Free Paddle Plans
  • -Free canoe and kayak Plans
  • -Canoe and Kayak boat plans, many free
  • -Make a kayak paddle float
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Kayaking

  • -Explored Black Creek off the Niagara River
    • -Kayaking around the Abino Point Lighthouse in Lake Erie
    • -Checked out a nice stream near Port Colborne
    • -Kayaking in Wainfleet Wetlands Conservation Area, Quarry
    • -Went exploring Port Colborne and the mouth of the Welland Canal
    skerry sailboat with polytarp sail

    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
    Rowing an apple pie dinghy

    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
    getting a Tanzer 22 sail boat

    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 sail boat maintenance links

    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 sailboat building

    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 fiber research

    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
    viking ship draken harald farhagre

    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
    Carbon fiber research

    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.
    Birds mouth mast and Carbon Fiber mast

    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
    My ten essential knots for sailors

    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 Material, dyneema, spectra, nylon, polyester

    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 of boat related things

    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
    Dragon Boat Racing

    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
    Strip Boatbuilding

    Wood Strip Boatbuilding

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

    Coroplast Boatbuilding

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

    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
    row boat

    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
    tender boat

    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

    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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