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Wednesday, February 17, 2021
Marco Parrino Launches his Kachemak V-Bottom Dory
Marco Parrino just launched his 17' [5.2 M] Kachemak V-Bottom dory. He posted these pictures on his Facebook page and our group,"Boat Building and Builders." It came out beautifully! He did a fine job on the construction, too.
More information and FREE study plans may be found here: 17' [5.2 M] Kachemak V-Bottom Dory Boat Plans
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Monday, February 15, 2021
Yes, You Can Build a Boat #18 - Installing the Chine Log
Here's the eighteenth in my "Yes, You Can..." series of videos, all about installing the Chine Log.
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Tuesday, February 9, 2021
Aaron Triplett Completed Two Huntington Harbor Kayaks
Aaron Triplett finished two Huntington Harbor Kayaks for his sons.
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Sunday, February 7, 2021
Phillip Tinker Launches His Courtenay Offshore Power Dory in New Brunswick
Phillip Tinker lauched his 17' [5 M] Courtenay Offshore Pacific Power Dory in New Brunswick, Canada. He says he has had 4000 lbs in it. This about double the design load, and he says it handled just fine. He used 3/4" ply for the decking to hold the load.
More information and free study prints may be found at: 17' [5 M] Courtenay Offshore Pacific Power Dory Information
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Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Robert Lee Completes His Tillamook Pacific Power Dory in Pennsylvania
Robert Lee recently sent me these pictures of his Tillamook Pacific Power Dory he recently completed in Pennsylvania. He also sent me this note:
Hello Jeff,
My name is Robert Lee. I live in Pennsylvania and have recently completed building one of your boats. The plans I bought were very easy to follow and for my
first boat build all went pretty well. The boat took me approximately 4 months of weekends to build and was a great quarantine project.
Thank you for the great plans and all your guidance with the project,
Robert Lee
More information and free study prints may be found at: 15' [4.6 M] Hudson Row/Power Skiff
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Monday, January 25, 2021
Dave Nelson Completed this 16' [4.9 M] Oysterman Carolina Dory
Dave Nelson of Sapulpa, OK sent me this picture of his 16' Oysterman.
More information and free study prints may be found at: 16' [4.9 M] Oysterman Carolina Dory Boat Plans
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Sunday, January 24, 2021
Jim Coulter's Hudson Skiff Ready for Sea Trials
Jim Coulter just sent me these pictures of his Hudson Row/Power Skiff. He also sent me this note:
Hi Jeff,
Just finished my Hudson 15' row/power skiff. Hope to get it in the water as soon as the weather permits. Thanks for your help during construction.
Jim Coulter
More information and free study prints may be found at: 15' [4.6 M] Hudson Row/Power Skiff
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Saturday, January 23, 2021
Tom Siemens Just Launched his "Scanoe" Powered Cajun Canoe
Tom Siemens just sent me these great pictures of his Scanoe powered Cajun Canoe. Looks like he's ready for some hunting and fishing in the Louisiana Bayous.
More information and free study prints may be found at: 17' [5.3 M] Scanoe Powered Cajun Canoe Boat Plans
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Thursday, January 21, 2021
Charles Woolfe completes his Wye River Garvey Dory
Charles Woolfe just sent me these great pictures of his 16' [4.9 M] Wye River Garvey Dory.
I also included a copy of his Carpenter's Certificate. This is required in some places to register, like Alaska, and it servers as a Birth Certificate for your homebuilt boat. It'll also work with receipts to demonstrate that you built the boat, you didn't just fix up a boat you found floating in the weeds that wasn't originally registered to you.
I supply signed Carpenters Certificates to any boat builder who builds one of my boats and sends me photos and build notesof his project and requests such a certificate.
More information and free study prints may be found at: 16' [4.9 M] Wye River Garvey Dory Boat Plans
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Saturday, January 16, 2021
Jeff Crippen's Anacapa Offshore Pacific Power Dory Nearing Completion
Jeff Crippen, who is a pastor in Tillmook Oregon is just finishing up this Anacapa offshore-style Pacific Power dory. These are used for beach launching in the North Pacific to troll for Salmon, and fish for the large bottom fish, like Link Cod, in deep water rocky banks. He just started it this fall and it looks like it'll be ready for salmon season in the spring.
More information and free study prints may be found at: 19' [5.8 M] Anacapa Offshore Pacific Power Dory Boat Plans
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Complete Boatbuilding Tips and Tricks Blog Index for 2021
- Wednesday, February 17, 2021: Marco Parrino Launches his Kachemak V-Bottom Dory
- Monday, February 15, 2021: Yes, You Can Build a Boat #18 - Installing the Chine Log
- Tuesday, February 9, 2021: Aaron Triplett Completed Two Huntington Harbor Kayaks
- Sunday, February 7, 2021: Phillip Tinker Launches His Courtenay Offshore Power Dory in New Brunswick
- Wednesday, January 27, 2021: Robert Lee Completes His Tillamook Pacific Power Dory in Pennsylvania
- Monday, January 25, 2021: Dave Nelson Completed this 16' [4.9 M] Oysterman Carolina Dory
- Sunday January 24, 2021: Jim Coulter's Hudson Skiff Ready for Sea Trials
- Saturday January 23, 2021: Tom Siemens Just Launched his "Scanoe" Powered Cajun Canoe
- Thursday January 21, 2021: Charles Woolfe completes his Wye River Garvey Dory
- Saturday January 16, 2021: Jeff Crippen's Anacapa Offshore Pacific Power Dory Nearing Completion
- Tuesday January 12, 2021: Chris Falty's Hudson Skiff, Construction and Storage Method Video
- Monday January 11, 2021: Boatbuilding Adhesives Video
- Sunday January 10, 2021: Jeffrey Cady's Tillamook Pacific Power Dory Framing
- Saturday January 9, 2021: Ply-on-Frame or Stitch-and-Glue? Video
- Friday January 8, 2021: Jim Speerstra's Home Built 15' [4.6 M] Hudson Skiff Video
- Wednesday January 6, 2021: Fiberglassing Home Built Boats Video
- Sunday January 3, 2021: Tillamook Pacific Power Dory by Jim Ritchie Video
- Saturday January 2, 2021: Yes, You Can Build a Boat - All About Flotation Video
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