Archive for December, 2009
Terence McKenna- “Build Your Own Boat” part 1/9
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Terence McKenna- “Build Your Own Boat” part 1/9
Duration : 0:9:8
read comments (16)Vertical Center of Buoyancy
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Video tutorial capturing the process of finding the vertical center of buoyancy to assist high school students with their boat design entries for the Apprentice School SNAME (Society of Naval Architects & Marine Engineers) Boat Design Competition.
Duration : 0:6:22
Cardboard Boat Project – Cody
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Cody sets sail in the cardboard boat she built for her school project…and makes it across the pool without sinking! Woohoo!!!
Duration : 0:1:37
NARROWBOAT IDENTIFICATION NEW WORKING CANAL BOAT DVD
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NARROWBOAT-IDENTIFICATION-NEW-NARROW-CANAL-BOAT-DVD_W0QQitemZ350272222989QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Collectables_Nautical?hash=item518dd9f70d
This volume is intended to give the viewer a basic knowledge of the types of working narrowboat which were once common on our waterways. It is not a definitive volume of all types and sub types of craft but a guide to features by which you cam learn to understand where the boat was built and who owned it and what it did.
The film covers, Fellows Morton & Clayton, The Grand Union canal Carrying company, Severn & Canal Carrying Company, Nursers Dock, Thos Clayton, The Northern boats, the BCN tugs, station boats, Bantocks, Admiral class and more.
I try to describe in a simple way how the boats differ and guide the viewer to the distinctive features.
The film also features plans of craft and some of the graveyards that existed with many discarded boats.
Separate to the main film is a in depth view of a Grand Union motor boat plan.
Also included is a film of a large boat parade in Birmingham to allow you to test your knowledge of what you are seeing.
Running time 91 minutes.
Duration : 0:0:39
boat building
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building of a 5.7m runabout.
designed by Ian Dunford and under construction by his 2006/07 boat building class.
Duration : 0:1:52
How to build an ultralight boat
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How to build an ultralight boat by http://www.dreamcatcherboats.com/how-to-build-a-boat.html, skin on frame
Duration : 0:8:47
SNAME Boat Design Competition 2009 Race Day
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The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers Apprentice School Chapter presents the final culmination of the 2009 Boat Design Competition. The four high school finalists race head-to-head to win the champion title and coveted trophy. The steel boats were built by the Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding – Newport News Apprentice School students from the best boat design submitals from over 20 team entries.
Duration : 0:9:19
Jon boat decking project 3/4 plywood test
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Jon boat decking project 3/4 plywood test
14ft x 38 inch bottom
Duration : 0:0:34
Boat Plans Now in Ebay
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Some of the easy to build boat plans now available on ebay
Duration : 0:3:10
KINGSTON — A breeze off the Jones River wafts through the open door, swirling the dust and curled wood shavings covering the cement floor. The smell of wood — some weathered with age, some freshly cut — hangs thick in the warm air.
Smiling, his forehead beaded with sweat, Reuben Smith pops up from the belly of a 24-foot Fenwick Williams canoe yawl.
Somewhere amid the sawhorses, schematic drawings, handmade benches, tools and boxes of nails, a telephone rings.
“Your boat will be done by next Memorial Day!” Smith shouts toward the sound.
He laughs, but there is a kernel of truth to what he said. The owner of the Tumblehome Boatshop knows that the traditional restoration and building of boats is a long, slow, careful process.
Smith grew up in the Adirondacks. His father and uncle, whom Smith started working for at 15, were boat builders.
Smith, who now lives in Plympton, Smith began teaching classes in boat building at the Hull Lifesaving Museum in 1997.
Working out of an old diesel box truck, he would travel from town to town, plying his trade.
Smith said there are still a few little shops like his up and down the coast, as well as a handful of expert craftsmen to supply them with the tools and fittings they need. Together, they form a unique collective that is carrying on centuries-old traditions.
“All of us find identity through tradition. We’re bookish,” Smith said. “Artisans today have to be part scholar, part grunt. You have to go to libraries, museums So much about the techniques we use used to be common knowledge.”
There are power tools all around his shop, but Smith depends mainly on the original tools of the trade. He plucks a heavy black chisel from a workbench and carefully runs the blade along a raw plank. A wisp of wood falls to the floor.
The surface is as smooth as porcelain.
“This is my little buddy,” Smith said of the chisel. “You can’t find this anymore I found it at an antique store for $50 — a bargain.”
Sometimes he creates the tools he needs, relying on knowledge gained during hours of research, and on his own ingenuity.
In creating the frame for the hull of the 24-foot canoe yawl, Smith bolted together a wooden chain to make a form flexible enough to fit in the hull but rigid enough to hold a shape.
“It’s like a 14th-century tool,” he said, “but it works.”
And it’s “surprisingly fast” to boot. At least in this line of work.
“It got so I could do one in six hours,” Smith said. “I’d estimated eight to 10, so six is good.”
By KAREN GOULART
The Patriot Ledger
Video by Molly Trust
For The Patriot Ledger
Duration : 0:4:0