Mark Hughes

Wow! And I thought my wife was doing good allowing me to loft a rafter in the living room! No cutting, glueing, or any of that, just drawing lines and I still had to put newspaper under the thing!

Welcome Jim! That's a looker you have going there! You must really like your brother (or your trying to get money out of him)! Have you started planning your next boat yet?

Hmmm... whiskey compass! I like it. Always good to know where the closest whiskey is, even in a fog! Does it differentiate between Scotch and Bourbon?

I love that deck! I've seen a few done similar. Looks like quite a bit of extra work, but well worth it! Hmmm...planked deck, wonder how far that would push back my launch...hmmm...

Real spiffy! Mind if I use it for inspiration when I design mine?

Frogman, me thinks. Make mine a lager. :drinking:

Good question! I'm using quite a bit of brass on my boat and have been wondering the same thing. I thought about the laquer, but figured it would be more difficult to clean it off once the tarnish started showing up underneath it.

Beauty of a boat, Ed. Congratulations!

Not having a compass handy, I took a small thin scrap of plywood, measured off the radii I needed on it, and drove a small finish nail through one end of the line. I then drilled holes just wide enough to accomodate the pencil tip at the radii I wanted. It worked so well, I hung it on my tool rack for future use.

Wow! Slick website! And that hatch cover is a beauty! I just cut and framed my hatch opening last night, and lost a couple of hours of sleep thinking about a hatch cover design, but I didn't come up with anything approaching this! Outstanding!

Finally made it to 3d this weekend. The deck is now screwed and glued (stop, reverse that) and my centerlines all lined up without any adjustments. Well, I had to push the deck about a half inch to the right at the transom, but it didn't require any major exursions to accomplish. The only bug was the angle of the deck and the angle of the top of the stem didn't match up. So, I lowered the notch about 3/4" and took the planer to the stem top, and bingo! I laid a good straight board from the bottom edge of the foredeck where it attaches to the forward bulkhead to the tip of the stem and the only dip was a slight one about halfway down the deck where it has bowed down slightly. Still contemplating that one. I might add another 1x4 to the bottom of the panel joiner to stiffen it a little. before I go further I'm going to sand down any of the rough surfaces of the interior (and the glue drips I missed!) and mark out where everything else attaches to the floor. I think I'll mask the joining surfaces and go ahead and paint the floor and bulkheads now before I have the sides and interior fixtures in the way. I'll get some pics in here when i get a chance, but still using low-tech 35mm cameras, so no digital instant gratification!

Well, Capt. Neverperfect, looks like you'll have to change that moniker. She looks pretty much perfect from here! Now where are you going to find a bottle big enough to put around her?

Thanks! I couldn't tell if there was a number there to the right. I see what looks like brackets from the top height to the top of the 1-1/2" end, and assumed there must be a dimension there. Knew I should have scanned the prints in for safe keeping!

Anybody got a set of Vacationer plans handy? I'm working on the top transom stringer, and that number for the height to the top is right on the crease, which on my copy has worn and seperated. Can't even come close to seeing what it was originally. It's on the bottom left of figure #6.

Why pay someone else for the priveledge of enjoying the satisfaction of a job well done? If you want it done right... I want to go sailing with my kid before he's too old to think it's cool. My wife won't let me decorate the house. My dog doesn't like to swim.