GreenHorn

After almost a year and a half of flying sawdust and stretching my budget to the limit, here is my finished pocket cruiser. It's set up to be a motor-launch. There are few good sailing waters in this area, but some great cruising on the Ky river. I pikced up a 1955 Johnson 5hp motor in good shape ... I hope it's enough to fight the river current. I can still modify it for sailing , should I change my mind in the future. I'm beginning to wonder if I will EVER be done with it. I still have lots of plans for stuff I want to do on it, but I plan on launching it next week. Thanks to everyone for some great adivce along the way! [attachment over 4 years old deleted by admin]

I have a question about anchors. What kind of anchor does everyone use? I will be motoring my Pocket Cruiser on the Kentucky and Ohio Rivers, anchoring in small streams and such over night or for lunch breaks. What type and weight anchor(s) would work best for this? Thanks.

As soon as the weather warms up a bit, I will be getting my Pocket Cruiser ready to put on a trailer. All I need is a trailer. I have found a couple of older fiberglass boats with trailers at different junkyards. The boats are obviously beyond repair. Neither junkyard owner will sell me a trailer without the boat, but the price for the boat/trailer combo is very tempting. My question is, since I do not have 100 acres to hide the old boat under the weeds, what does one do with an old unrepairable boat? Also, how many people will I need to put the pocket cruiser on the trailer? (I was able to flip it with four people) Any and all suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.

Russ, I am a fan of nautical history novels. There is a series by Patrick o'Brian that I was not able to put down. The setting is the late 1700's - early 1800's, and follows the adventures of a young commander and post captain in the British Navy. The first in the series, I believe, is titled 'Captain and Commander'. I found this series to be exciting, educational, comical, and provided a real taste of what life was like on a British vessel during the Nepolianic era. last I heard, Russel Crowe was making a movie based on the main character of these books. It was supposed to be released this summer. As of last october the movie was going to be titled 'The Far Side of the World'. There is also a series by James Nelson which is set during the pre-American revolution era, which follows a spunky young American merchant captian who gets roped into helping to form a navy for young America. This series is a great read, but it's not as rich, historically speaking. Of course, the Horatio Hornblower series is also pretty good. Have fun on your vacation!

Then the weather turned cold?????? I don't think I could take that kind of climate! I'm with Russ on this one. 50 is about the lower workable limit for me. But it's different for everyone. In the winter we have the thermostat set at 72, and the wife is cold .. in the summer, it's set at 76 and she complains about being hot! Go figure ...

I was surfing the 'Net looking for ideas for cabin lighting when I came upon a boatbuilding company selling a DEMO weekender. They asking $18,000!!! http://www.harmonyboatworks.com/newboats.html A little steep ain't it??

I may be getting ahead of myself, (I can't help but daydream), but I am about to start the cabin of my Pocket Yacht and was wondering what some of the options are for the port windows. As I am considering using this boat for crusing (up to a week or more) it would really be nice to have functional ports with windows that can be opened or closed as needed, as well as screens for bug protection. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks,

I've gone 3d with my Pocket Cruiser, and am just about ready to put the side panels on! Even though this is my first woodworking project, things have gone fairly well so far. She won't be the work of art some other boats are, but hopefully she will float for a season or two. While I was working on it Sunday, and guy from down the street stopped by to see what i was doing .... turns out he's also been itching to build a boat! We spent about an hour talking about building, plans, etc .... I let him borrow the Weekender construction videos I got when I ordered the plans from Stevenson... now I think he's got the bug too! I never thought building a boat could be such fun!

I am at the point in building my Pocket Cruser where I'm going to need to order massive amounts of Epoxy resin. Before I crack open my dusty wallet for this, I was wondering if anyone out there has used the epoxy resin from Clark Craft? www.clarkcraft.com (there site can be kinda slow) They seem to be less expensive than Raka or System 3, but, in so many things, you get what you pay for. Any comments or input would be appreciated. Thanks.