rolandblais

I was thinking about installing these: (later, maybe as a winter project) I think if I can get them into the rail without doing too much damage they'll tie in nicely. Peace, Roland

One thing that can make the difference between your boat and "every other sailboat on the river" are some personal touches. Custom gratings, a laid deck, wooden transom, trailboards, nameplates, custom fenders, baggywrinkles, etc etc... There is a book called The "Sailor's Sketchbook" which contains a wide variety of these types of projects: (linked through a search from Frank's store). Peace, and fair winds with your new boat, Roland

Zeroice, What tow vehicle do you use, and how fast have you driven with that trailer & your weekender? The reason I ask is that I think that trailer solution would work for me but them's some tiny wheels.... Peace, Roland

Any pictures?

Thanks, Mike, I now have a new wallpaper! Peace, Roland

Mike, thanks for the sportflyer plans! In all sincerity it is a very cool thing to post the plans for the ones you no longer sell. That's class. I may not build one (who knows?), but it is an interesting read, as always. A quick question about some other plans you used to sell (not a request)... What was the basis for the hot tub? Was it a traditional round barrel type design, or something different? Peace, Roland

Maybe something like this? I think the plans are in Payson's "Build the new and instant boats", although I can't remember exactly where I saw them. I think putting the paddles mid boat, and having them much larger then on most of the paddleboats I've seen is a step in the right direction. I've been out on paddleboats a couple of times this year and the experience was, well, let's just say less than satisfying. Peace and good luck! Roland

to tailcoat on the great info here, I used raka epoxy, with no blush hardener, and have been very happy with the results. Peace, Roland

Norm Did it. It was during an episode of The New Yankee Workshop, which I used to watch avidly, where I saw Norm build the 10 foot Clancy sailboat. I was fascinated with the idea of transportation without fuel. And that I could build it myself! One thing led to another and the clancy (or any other durn project) never got built. Then, a couple of years later, I was perusing WoodenBoat and there was an ad for the Weekender. The rest is, as they say, History. Peace, Roland

I've used both windows xp and Mac osX for movie editing, and both are pretty functional. Considering that both had the basic tools included (moviemaker for windows and Imovie for the mac) as part of the basic os package, it was worth the price paid (free!). I have a Canon powershot G2 difital camera that can take up to 30 seconds of video. I found out that it is entirely possible to create a viable movie using takes less than 30 seconds long ;-) One of the better features of Imovie is that it has a built in "Ken Burns effect". That's when you have a still picture and can pan across it and zoom at the same time. It makes slide shows or still images more interesting. Windows can do this in "photostory" - but the free version can only do 5 pics at a time, and you have to export it as a movie and then import it into moviemaker. There are 3rd party plugins that will do that but they co$t. The other thing is that Imovie seems to handle trimming "clips" better than moviemaker. But might just be a personal preference. Peace, Roland

Yeah, I have a cool boss: (clickable) He ordered one for each tech on my team. I think there's a few here who would get the reference. Peace, Roland

How about *building* one? Glen-L Wild Thing... I keep saying maybe, someday.... Peace, Roland

Stump - Nice reference. Adla - keep up the good work! Peace, Roland

I like that Swiftshure... I can probably talk the admiral into that then the Privateer... http://www.celtfilm.com/privateer.html Both shore are purty....

Found an ad in the local classifieds that said "search ebay for 'electric lawn chair boat'". So I did. Too pricey, but tre' cool: Check the link for specifics but this baby's loaded!

Found an ad in the local classifieds that said "search ebay for 'electric lawn chair boat'". So I did. Too pricey, but tre' cool: Check the link for specifics but this baby's loaded!

I call my weekender "Maiden Nevada" because I think it's punny. This is a decent book of boat names (clickable): Found this there too: 300,000 names on a cd-rom. Hoo-Ha! Peace, Roland

Well ASdla,you've surpassed my progress. Your workonyour boat has motivated me to get my act in gear and finish mine, and Sat was to be my glassing day. I'm glad to see that yours went well; mine was an absolute failure. I documented my tale on the "other board", but suffice to say that the main issue was that the fabric didn't wet out well at all... And at the time I was ready to forego the fiberglass, and even the boat. But after rethinking the problem, I have a strategy to try and if it works, great, if it doesn't that's fine too, I'll pursue another course. In the meantime I'll be checking up on your progress and trying to keep pace Thanks again for the inspiration, Roland

I was stationed in Biloxi for several months back in '86. One of my favorite weekend things was to rent a boat from the base and explore all around the area. We did that almost every weekend. Good memories of that place...

Greg, the link for the "tinycat" in my previous post is titled: Tiny Cat (or Bobcat) Inspired by the famous Beetle cats. I think it would be safe to assume that the tinycat=bobcat. The book that the plans are in is "Build The Instant Cat Boat" I don't know if its available from H.H. Payson as specified on thier webpage, but the book is out of stock @ amazon.com, unavailable @ barnes&noble.com, and I only found 1 copy @ abebooks.com. I'll not buy it yet in case you want it - I won't be building any *other* boats just yet...

Check here: http://www.instantboats.com/tinycat.htm It's also called the "Tinycat". Peace, Roland

Was the Columbia sailing around when you were there? (seen in the background) As a side note, don't ever, ever go there during thanksgiving week/weekend: I love Disneyland! I hope you had a great time. And took lots of pics!

If I posted this into the wrong forum, apologies... Yes, this is a comercial solicitation - it's a fundraising event for a local sailing group here in Northern Nevada. I think that it would benefit anyone interested in cruising. http://www.nvsailing.org/main/lib/Cruiser1.html --------------------- World Cruiser

A small suggestion might be to glue the bulkhead in place *after* positioning the mast box - that's what I did. I screwed the deck in place (the stringers for the top of the bulkhead were already attached) and then positioned everything just so, marked my lines for the edges of the stringers, and then screwed them in place, then reassembled everything, with glue. Worked out fairly well. My problem was that after trimming the bottom of my mastbox to fit - it didn't. the rear ended up being to short by about 1/4". No biggie, it got covered up by the foot.

Konrad - didn't you have a pic of you & the One Sheet Skiff with a HUGE outboard? :shock: