The New project: The boat part 5. 15′ Glousterman Dory
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A Nutcase survivalist production.
The New project: The boat part 5.
15′ Glousterman Ultralight Dory, a Stitch and Glue DIY Boat.
Just remember: measure twice! Cut once!
Duration : 0:10:6
read comments (9)The New project: The boat part 4. 15′ Glousterman Dory
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A Nutcase survivalist production.
The New project: The boat part 4.
15′ Glousterman Ultralight Dory, a Stitch and Glue DIY Boat.
This is the fourth part in my series on the family project, The Boat.
we h ave already made, do to our haste and inferior boat building skillz, made two mistakes, One, we let the patch slip, two we used to big of a patch, we should have cut the 1/4 sheet in half. Oh well, Live and learn. From what we can see it will not affect the boat in the end. I am sure this is not the last mistake we will make, however the next one we build will be much better.
Duration : 0:8:42
Patrick Knowles Designs on Travel Channel 1 of 3
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An interview with world renowned yacht interior designer Patrick Knowles. Take a tour with him on Trinity Yacht’s Destination Fox Harb’r at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show
Duration : 0:7:29
Boat Building; Wooden International Moth Scow
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Chris H. of New York builds an International Moth scow to the Bunyip design by R Hilton of Australia.
These hulls weighed between 21-28 kg when finished.
Music by Michael Rogers; “Sauropod Shuffle” from the complilation CD “Sound of Light”
Duration : 0:3:55
The state of Maine has a long boat-building tradition. Ralph Stanley has spent most of his eighty years designing and buildings boats in the town of Southwest Harbor, Maine.
RALPH STANLEY: “Takes a lot of skill to work with wood, to build a boat out of wood. Those skills are something that have been acquired over thousands of years and passed on to people. And, if somebody doesnt keep on building out of wood, it will be lost.”
Stanley is retired from boat-building. But he worries that many builders are using materials like fiberglass to make copies of the boats hull, or body of a boat.
RALPH STANLEY: “Fiberglass came along and I thought about going into fiberglass. But if I did, I would have to have a mold and I could never change that mold. And every boat Ive built I see something I would like to change on the next one.”
Stanleys son Richard also builds boats. Richard Stanley says wood is able to take up the full energy of shocks. He says fiberglass is thicker and beats back the shocks.
Kerri Russell is head of Maine-Built Boats. The group provides support for the states boat building industry. She says many boat-builders have good reasons for using use fiberglass.
Russell worked for a company that makes boats with fiberglass. She says it strengthened the hulls, weighed less than wood, and required fewer repairs.
CUYLER MORRIS: “This boat sails away for three hundred eighty-five thousand dollars.”
Cuyler Morris is head of Morris Yachts, an award-winning builder of sail boats. Those boats sell for up to one million four hundred thousand dollars.
Morris says his company is always looking for the best materials and using them with the best design. He says usefulness is an important quality. Morris father started the company thirty-eight years ago. Morris Yachts now uses electrically-operated parts instead of hand-powered ones.
CUYLER MORRIS: “There are all sorts of things that have made boating easier, like this little jiffy sail cover here.”
A machine-powered sail cover protects the sail until it is needed.
Morris says the device is better than hand-powered winches. A winch is the name of a device used to open and close the sail. Kerri Russell says many boats are equipped with new technology because boat-builders want to increase sales among busy families.
Russell says technology is helpful for people who might not have time for traditional boats.
Cuyler Morris says something is special about boats built in Maine. He says Maine is all about quality — whether you want a small wooden rowboat or a super sailing yacht. People just do it the right way.
The recession has deeply affected Maines boat industry. But Morris is hopeful about the future.
CUYLER MORRIS: “Seventy-two percent of the world is covered with water. People are always going to boat. There is always going to be a demand for boats built in Maine because of quality, so Im really optimistic.”
The future is less clear for builders of wooden boats. Ralph Stanley now spends a lot of his time playing a fiddle made from the wood he long used to build boats. I’m Shirley Griffith.
Duration : 0:4:11
Boat Building; Carbon/Nomex International Moth
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Follow composite boat building gurus, Bill B. and George S. as they lead a team in building carbon/nomex parts for a Hungry Beaver foiling International Moth.
These guys are dedicated amateurs building out of a garage.
Music is “Lester had a Coconut” by the “String Cheese Incident” from the compilation CD “Pack of Dogs”
Duration : 0:4:25
Boat Building; Wood strip Classic Moth
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Bill B, George A, and Rod M build a wood strip Classic Moth to the Tweezer D design.
Music is “Wave” by Mike Auldridge from the CD “Dobro Sessions”
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Duration : 0:5:23