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Re: Unlikely Boat Builder: The Essential Tools

John Almberg — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:35:48 GMT

... Huh... you must have read my mind. I like Juna, but would prefer an Atkin design. I guess I could bend on the double-ended requirement, but I really prefer

Re: Great bear, Little bear ?

j_fouser — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:18:12 GMT

That clears it up , Little Bear is a great boat for wandering around the coast . With a good used Atomic 4 , I could see along down the inland water way .

Re: Unlikely Boat Builder: The Essential Tools

j_fouser — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:02:48 GMT

... George Buehler has a few . but I'd have more faith in an Akin Design

Re: Unlikely Boat Builder: The Essential Tools

JohnA — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:34:37 GMT

... Wow... I never noticed Pocahontas before. That is a really nice little boat and perfect for the kind of 'dingy cruising' that seems to be getting popular.

Re: Unlikely Boat Builder: The Essential Tools

JohnA — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:25:44 GMT

... I'm already thinking about the next one... Haven't decided to do the sensible thing and build a flat-bottom boat, like Shore Liner or Great Bear, or a

Re: Vintage

gavinatkin — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:30:25 GMT

Thank you for your help John! Needless to say, I'm a great admirer of the Atkins' work - and and would still do so if I didn't share their surname. There are a

Vintage

John Kohnen — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:53:58 GMT

That _other_ Atkin who designs boats has nice write-up on Vintage in his blog: http://preview.tinyurl.com/yfze8l7 Thanks, Gav! -- John

Re: Chronology of Tunnel Sterns

John Kohnen — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:50:28 GMT

It's apparent from his published writings that what Wm. Atkin thought was his great innovation of the type was the _V-bottom_ Seabright skiff. He didn't

Re: Eric Junior?

John Kohnen — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:26:36 GMT

Between them, the Atkins designed around 900 boats. Only a fraction of all those designs are in the current Atkin catalog. Garnet may very well not be one of

Re: Sallie Hyde - which set of lines for this engine?

John Kohnen — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:24:23 GMT

That engine should push the original (not high-speed lines) Sallie Hyde along fine, though I'm suspicious about these new-fangled high-speed engines' abilty to

Re: Unlikely Boat Builder: The Essential Tools

John Kohnen — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:18:15 GMT

I've really been enjoying your Blog, John. I hope when you finish the Cabin Boy you'll keep building Atkin boats. Have you seen Clem Kuhlig's book on

Re: Great bear, Little bear ?

John Kohnen — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:10:37 GMT

"Great Bear" in PSBD never was really "Great Bear," it was always Little Bear. Why John A called the boat "Great Bear" in the book is a mystery, since he

Great bear, Little bear ?

j_fouser — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:18:51 GMT

The boat named "Great bear" in "Practical Small Boat Design" is the same as what is now called Little bear online . Why the name change ? JF

Unlikely Boat Builder: The Essential Tools

JohnA — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:35:31 GMT

For about 54 years, I was an unhandy guy. There was nothing I could do about it, it wasn't my fault, it was just the way my genes were wired. So, while Helena

What you get when you build a boat

JohnA — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:16:56 GMT

Whilst on my poor knees the other day, drilling away on the subject of a future blog post, it occurred to me that -- despite the sore knees and aching back --