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Saturday, December 12, 2020
Roman Dybala Launches His Homebuilt Glousterman Rowing Dory in Australia
Roman Dybala just finished up and launched this 15' [4.6 M] Glousterman Ultralight Rowing Dory in Melbourne Australia. It is a 42 lb [19 kg] stitch and glue design that is made from just two sheets of 1/4" [6 mm] plywood.
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Friday, December 11, 2020
More Pictures and a Description of Fred Carr-Smith's Ensenada Panga Build
Fred Carr-Smith sent me these additional pictures of his Ensenada Panga. Here's what he said in his email:
Hi Jeff,
It was a pleasure to build this Ensenada Panga, and it saw me through lockdown. It took 5 months of easy work, as much or as little each day I wanted to work. Think
it could have been done in 2 months working steadily. My active boating days are over due to arthritus and dicky hips. So when I finished it I put it on ebay and
was inundated with requests to build boats for people or refit what they had. It sold very quickly to a guy in Norfolk whose job in life it to inspect boats and give
them the CE mark, so he new what he was getting.
A lot of people said how clever I was but I always answered, "The clever guy was the one that designed it, in such an easy way for me to build it." It is undeniably a
pretty boat, Jeff and that's all down to you. I just stuck the bits of wood together. Isn't epoxy marvelous? The only thing I would change is the steering console. It
is just a tad too big and some of the angles are wrong. Hindsight is a wonderful gift, if we had it.
Cheers,
Fred
Fred did a great job, and obviously selected some great lumber for his build.
More information and free study prints may be found at: 14' [4.3 M] Ensenada Panga Boat Plans
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Wednesday, December 9, 2020
Rafa Cuello Launches his Hudson Skiff in Argentina
Rafa Cuello just completed and launched his 15' [4.6 M] Hudson Skiff in Argentina. Since it is early summer there it looks like he's going to have a blast with his new boat exploring and camping along the river this season.
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Tuesday, December 8, 2020
Fred Carr-Smith Completes his 14' [4.3 M] Ensenada Panga in Great Britain.
Fred Carr-Smith just finished this 14' [4.3 M] Ensenada Panga in the United Kingdom. He built it from the Metric plans. It came out beautiful!
More information and free study prints may be found at: 14' [4.3 M] Ensenada Panga Boat Plans
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Monday, November 23, 2020
Beau Smith Launched his Boothbay Dory built from FREE PLANS.
Beau Smith just finished this Boothbay, to teach his children about rowing boats. Here's what he had to say about it:
Hi Jeff,
Thank you for posting the blueprints for the mini dory. We had a ton of fun building it. I had never thought of building a wooden boat before. I stumbled across one of
your videos on YouTube looking at aluminum boat builds. I think I'm going to do a polling skiff next. I'm hooked on wood boats now.
Thanks again,
Beau Smith
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Sunday, November 22, 2020
Roman Dybala's 9' [2.7 M] Boothbay Dory built from FREE PLANS in Australia.
Roman Dybala just tried out his homebuilt 9' [2.7 M] Boothbay Dory, built in Australia. The FREE BOAT PLANS are available in either Imperial (feet and inches) or Metric (Meters and Millimeters) in my insider section.
You probvably have the materials to build this in your garage right now.
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Thursday, November 12, 2020
Andy Berry Launches His Bay Matagorda Rowing Skiff for Fly Fishing
Andy Berry just launched his Bay Matagorda Rowing Skiff and tries it out for fly fishing in a lake amid the autumn leaf change:
More information and free study prints may be found at: 13' [4 M] Bay Matagorda Rowing Skiff Boat Plans
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Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Brian Bailey's Chalmette Micro-Skiff Built in South Africa
Brian Bailey just sent me these pictures of his Chalmette Micro-Skiff. Here's what he had to say about it:
Hi Jeff,
Greetings from Plettenberg bay in South Africa. I've built my first boat using your plans. So far I'm very pleased and it's a sound fly fishing platform.
Thanks and Best regards,
Brian Bailey
More information and free study prints may be found at: 14' [4.3 M] Chalmette Micro-Skiff Boat Plans
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Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Dominick Rosa's Carolinian Dory
Dominick Rosa just flipped over his Carolinian and is now ready for a motor and trailer as he gets it ready for launching. Very nice paint job!
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Sunday, November 8, 2020
John Davis's Key Largo Carolina Dory Video
John Davis gave me the OK to publish this great videos of his homebuilt 24' [7.3 M] Key Largo, Carolina Style Dory running in the inland passage of North Carolina. The video is great and includes a lot of great drone fiitage. He did a fine job on the build and the boat really runs fine in that water.
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Complete Boatbuilding Tips and Tricks Blog Index for 2020
- Saturday, December 12, 2020: Roman Dybala Launches His Homebuilt Glousterman Rowing Dory in Australia
- Friday, December 11, 2020: More Pictures and a Description of Fred Carr-Smith's Ensenada Panga Build
- Wednesday, December 9, 2020: Rafa Cuello Launches his Hudson Skiff in Brazil.
- Tuesday, December 8, 2020: Fred Carr-Smith Completes his 14' [4.3 M] Ensenada Panga in Great Britain.
- Monday, November 23, 2020: Beau Smith Launched his Boothbay Dory built from FREE PLANS.
- Sunday, November 22, 2020: Roman Dybala's 9' [2.7 M] Boothbay Dory built from FREE PLANS in Australia.
- Thursday, November 12, 2020: Andy Berry Launches His Bay Matagorda Rowing Skiff for Fly Fishing
- Wednesday, November 11, 2020: Brian Bailey's Chalmette Micro-Skiff Built in South Africa
- Tuesday, November 10, 2020: Dominick Rosa's Carolinian Dory
- Sunday, November 8, 2020: John Davis's Key Largo Carolina Dory Video
- Monday, November 2, 2020: Juan Perez Launched his Carolinian Dory in Florida
- Sunday, November 1, 2020: Ian Dickson's Nova Scotian Grand Banks Dory Build Video
- Saturday, October 30, 2020: Eric Rush's Tillamook Pacific Power Dory Construction
- Monday, October 26, 2020: Boat Building Podcast Launched
- Saturday, October 24, 2020: Shane McClure's Tillamook Pacific Power Dory
- Friday, October 23, 2020: Andy Berry Completes His Bay Matagorda Rowing Skiff in North Carolina
- Tuesday, October 20, 2020: Iain Neish Splashes his Puchie Special Garvey/Dory in Bali, Indonesia
- Saturday, October 17, 2020: Andrew Van Duyke Completed His Labrador Banks Dory in Alaska
- Wednesday, October 14, 2020: Leonardo Cortez Launched his Seneca in Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Saturday, October 10, 2020: Kevin Fredericks in His Mackinaw Drift Boat in Minnesota
- Friday, October 9, 2020: Travis Wade Launches His Wye River Garvey Dory in Michigan
- Saturday, October 3, 2020: Ross Travels In His Home Built Carolinian Dory
- Sunday, September 27, 2020: Kelvin Jubb Launches his Wye River Garvey Dory in NSW Australia
- Saturday, September 26, 2020: Ralph Puertas Splashes His Carolinian Dory in Michigan
- Friday, September 25, 2020: Daniel Helft Launches His Carolinian Dory in Argentina
- Monday, September 21, 2020: Mike Vigorita Launches His Home Built Glousterman Ultralight Dory
- Saturday, September 19, 2020: Mark Menesale Completes his Seneca Pacific Power Dory
- Thursday, September 17, 2020: Matthew Sanders Launches His Veracruz Panga
- Tuesday, September 15, 2020: Sean McSweeny Just Launched his Homebuilt Champlain Skiff
- Wednesday, September 9, 2020: Dan Jurusz Splashed his Cheyenne Pacific Power Dory in Alaska
- Tuesday, September 8, 2020: How to Build a Glousterman Video Created
- Monday, September 7, 2020: Shawn Decaire Just Launched his Carolinian Carolina Dory
- Saturday, September 5, 2020: Sangam Tari Just Completed his Walden Skiff in Goa, India
- Monday, September 1, 2020: Charles Lindsey Launches his Haystack Beach Surf Dory
- Sunday, August 30, 2020: Andy_Berry's Frame Layout and Construction
- Wednesday, August 26, 2020: Lonnie Black Finishes Two Boats, Glousterman and Boothbay Rowing Dories
- Thursday, August 20, 2020: Neil Nottle Just Completed His Ensenada Panga
- Sunday, August 9, 2020: Wade Colclough's Recently Completed Champlain Skiff
- Saturday, August 8, 2020: Earl Vidler Just Launched his Caladesi Carolina Dory
- Friday, July 24, 2020: James Prokos Just Launched his Kachemak V-Bottom Dory
- Friday, July 17, 2020: Jim Ritchie's Tillamook Ready for Summer
- Thursday, July 16, 2020: Michael Howell Updates His Willamette River Kayak
- Wednesday, July 15, 2020: Keith Prager Completing his Home Built Veracruz Panga
- Wednesday, July 8, 2020: Greg Pardee's Huntington Harbor Kayak Launched in Michigan from Free Plans
- Tuesday, June 30, 2020: Kevin Beatley Launched his Nova Scotian Grand Banks Dory
- Sunday, June 28, 2020: Ian Dickson's Nova Scotian Grand Banks Dory
- Sunday, June 28, 2020: Build a Wooden Boat - Grand Banks Dories Video
- Saturday, June 27, 2020: Don Walsh Just Completed This Walden Skiff
- Thursday, June 25, 2020: Red Lyons Launches His Homebuilt Carolinan Dory
- Wednesday, June 24, 2020: Boothbay Dory Completed in Australia
- Friday, June 19, 2020: Dominick Rosa's Carolinian Project Gets Started
- Thursday, June 18, 2020: Perry Morgan Just Completed His Albion Pacific Power Dory
- Wednesday, June 10, 2020: Juan Perez Launches His Bahia Mini Panga in Florida
- Sunday, June 7, 2020: Tiburon Panga by Tyler's Workshop Creations, Part 1 Video
- Tuesday, June 2, 2020: Paul Gerle Launches his 16' Nova Scotian Grand Banks Dory
- Monday, June 1, 2020: Finishing the Inside of Ply-on-Frame Boats
- Saturday, May 30, 2020: Taco Slifka's Oscoda Mini-Tug Completed in Hawaii
- Saturday, May 16, 2020: Anthony Remy Launches his 13' Walden Skiff
- Saturday, May 9, 2020: Tony Eagle's Huntinton Harbor Kayak (Free Boat Plans)
- Saturday, April 18, 2020: Jerome Suggs Just Completed this Bahia Panga
- Friday, April 17, 2020: Todd Bollick's Ixtapa Offshore
- Wednesday, April 15, 2020: Jason MacDougall's V-Bottom Hatteras Dory
- Friday, April 10, 2020: John Davis Just Completed His 24' Key Largo Carolina-style Dory
- Wednesday, April 8, 2020: Jim Richie's Tillamook Power Dory Completion
- Sunday, March 29, 2020: Paul Horn's Tiburon Panga Flipped
- Friday, March 27, 2020: Alan Lymbery Just Launched His Seneca Pacific Power Dory
- Tuesday, March 24, 2020: Jim Richie's Tillamook Pacific Power Dory Interior Coming Together
- Sunday, March 22, 2020: Andrew Luttrell's Canadian Drift Boat Launched
- Tuesday, March 17, 2020: Pat Provost's Alamitos V-Bottom Dory
- Monday, March 16, 2020: Steven Paci's Beautiful 15' Hudson Skiff
- Sunday, March 15, 2020: Bill Smeaton's Recently Completed Carolinian Dory
- Saturday, February 29, 2020: Jason Thompson's 16' Wye River Garvey Dory
- Monday, February 17, 2020: Marcus Leodolter's Recently Completed Otters Point Grand Banks Dory
- Sunday, February 16, 2020: Yes, You Can Build a Boat! - Boat Building Tools Video
- Friday, February 7, 2020: Bahia Mini Panga Nearing Completion in Australia by Justin Ackland
- Wednesday, February 5, 2020: Mission Bay Stitch and Glue Skiff Recently Completed
- Sunday, February 2, 2020: Kevin Beatley's Nova Scotian Grand Banks Dory
- Saturday, January 18, 2020: Peter Rowell's Galveston Garvey Dory
- Sunday, January 12, 2020: Yes, You Can Build a Boat - V-Bottom Boat Video
- Saturday, January 11, 2020: Michael Bender's Tillamook Pacific Power Dory Finished
- Thursday, January 9, 2020: Yes, You Can Build a Boat - Flat Bottom Boat Video
- Tuesday, January 7, 2020: Stephen Britt's Tillamook Pacific Power Dory Launched
- Sunday January 5, 2020: Yes, You Can Build a Boat! Do you have the skills? Video Series
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