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Re: Instant boat masts

the doctor — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:15:01 GMT

Reminds me of the time I sailed a 28 ft. keel boat up a creek looking for an overnight mooring..... the creek was about 20 ft. wide.... Ever try backing a 28

Re: Instant boat masts

Patrick Crockett — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:38:57 GMT

... Wow -- I did that once! When I was a Boy Scout we camped on Lake Sam Rayburn in East Texas and someone brought an aluminum John boat. We used a sapling for

Re: Instant boat masts

the doctor — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:40:00 GMT

Aww no,,,, keep on sailing !!!! Oars take muscle and thought !!!! Those of us who haven't made a mistake sailing,,,, haven't been sailing !!!!! doc

Re: Instant boat masts

Alan — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:14:55 GMT

Hi Doc, [:))] Well, I might as well have been forest sailing... There was a thicket of trees lining the shore and they were overhanging the water... And I just

Re: Instant boat masts

the doctor — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:59:33 GMT

Sailing in the forest again ??? doc ... From: Alan Subject: [Instantboats] Re: Instant boat masts To:

Re: Instant boat masts

Alan — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:27:04 GMT

Hi Scott, Good catch on the mast size... I just assumed boats like Teal, June Bug, Surf, etc. used the same sail, so they used the same mast. To be honest, I'd

Instant boat masts

Scott — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:30:43 GMT

My first Bolger boat was a Surf and I plan to re-use the mast from that rig for Ruben's Nymph. I just discovered the Surf mast for the same sail is .75 inches

Re: Fiberglass / Resin Question

lazyd0g61 — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:49:28 GMT

... Reading other parts of the book where Dynamite lists a bill of materials, it appears to me that he considers polyester resin to be a separate item. I

Re: Fiberglass / Resin Question

alan_speakman123 — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 04:00:31 GMT

Hi Steve, This is an area that can be confusing... (I built my first boat, the "Teal" about 30 years ago, and it was even confusing back then.) Here's my

Fiberglass / Resin Question

paradox_4 — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 03:06:56 GMT

I've been looking at Instant Boat Building and had hope to clarify something, In the book (pg 9) under Weldwood Plastic Resin Glue it says "I've used hundreds

Instant kayak photo

Ned Asplundh — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 02:09:33 GMT

The shot I have of my son is not in profile; it's port quarter. Thought I could easily lay hands on it, but no so. Will dig around and post.

Re: Instant kayak

Mark Albanese — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:10:31 GMT

I thought someone posted a photo of the Instant Kayak in profile w/ a child aboard. Darned if I can find it again. Was that you, Ned? Any help? Thanks, Mark

Re: Car Topper...

alan_speakman123 — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 06:08:18 GMT

Hi Andrew and Doug (and anyone else), I just put some pics of my CarTopper model over in the "Model" section of the Instant Boats Message Board... Alan ... for

Re: Car Topper...

lazyd0g61 — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:52:49 GMT

Hi Andrew, I am ordering the plans for cartopper. Planning on doing the model for a winter project and building her in the spring... that's the plan. You might

Re: [Bulk] [Instantboats] Re: 12-foot kayak

Christopher C. Wetherill — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:16:30 GMT

Thanks, I was looking only at the page with the plan thumbnails. I was afraid I was missing something and I was right.