John B 119 Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 This unit came up on trade me a month or so ago. The owner told me it was a Unitec boatbuilding school project but couldn't tell me whose design it was. Who do you think I should contact to ask , or does someone here know who it might be? It was unfinished ( presumably last years project), the guy I bought it off slapped a really rough coat of paint on it. I'm fitting it out with rowlocks (and centrecase for a bit of fun) and We'll take it away at christmas. Its a hell of a laugh, slips along really nicely under oars and is the quickest dang hard dinghy I've ever been in with a 2 hp. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 No idea about your sexy dingy but a question if I may. Do you find visibility a bit limited when you are steering your house from that wheel/binnacle? Link to post Share on other sites
wheels 544 Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 What a silly question KM. But I do have to say JB, that Binnicle and Wheel is going to look silly in that Hull. Link to post Share on other sites
John B 119 Posted November 27, 2009 Author Share Posted November 27, 2009 Do you find visibility a bit limited when you are steering your house from that wheel/binnacle? Certainly not, I can gaze directly at the garage and if I glance to port a bit , I can watch the grape and the bouganvillia vines .I do have weatherboard marks across my back , however its handy not having too much room in there as its easy to brace myself when the going gets rough.For example , someone gave me a margarita the other day, and that was character forming I can tell you. Link to post Share on other sites
John B 119 Posted November 27, 2009 Author Share Posted November 27, 2009 What a silly question KM. But I do have to say JB, that Binnicle and Wheel is going to look silly in that Hull. Hmm, so far I've been able to get three mast steps, a centrecase and six rowlocks in.. maybe there's room for the wheel too. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Do you find visibility a bit limited when you are steering your house from that wheel/binnacle? Certainly not, I can gaze directly at the garage and if I glance to port a bit , I can watch the grape and the bouganvillia vines .I do have weatherboard marks across my back , however its handy not having too much room in there as its easy to brace myself when the going gets rough.For example , someone gave me a margarita the other day, and that was character forming I can tell you. That's OK then and I didn't consider the rough weather aspect. Yes nicely set up for that and those nasty margarita squalls Link to post Share on other sites
wheels 544 Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Hey KM, you haven't started the White Island Race yet. Link to post Share on other sites
John B 119 Posted November 27, 2009 Author Share Posted November 27, 2009 This could be the friday humour thread. Link to post Share on other sites
wheels 544 Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 I have to say, she's a wee beauty John. So is the Workmanship as good close up?? Link to post Share on other sites
John B 119 Posted November 27, 2009 Author Share Posted November 27, 2009 Pretty good Wheels, Strip construction although I don't know what of and glassed both sides before the bouyancy etc went in. I said 'Cedar?', he said " lighter," he thought. Weighs 46 kg , is 15 ft long x 4 ft wide. I suppose it'll be 50 or so with a skeg/c case/ steps. 70 with the wheel. Actually it looks to me like a 12 or 13 ft dinghy design thats had the moulds stretched out for the run or had a couple of moulds added in the stern. CB is well forward. Pretty unusual with the girder/ centre thwart but it works ok and since the thing is so bloody tender( relatively), ahahaha keep em on their toes I say, its a pretty good idea really. tows unbelievably well.. finger and thumb weight /resistance Thats my concern really, I can imagine it surfing up on us. I'll have to experiment with painter length and maybe some water ballast. Solar showers or something. Link to post Share on other sites
Murky 3 Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 I said 'Cedar?', he said " lighter," he thought. Bit of paulonia starting to show up these days? Although some of those strips in the photo are quite red. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Is that what the Aussies call Kiri? How much lighter for equivalent strength, how about adhesion to epoxy and ease of working? Link to post Share on other sites
Murky 3 Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Ha ha, pretty much all I knew till you asked the question was that we look down on a road called Paulonia Way and the trees are quite striking in the flowering season. But yes, it seems you are quite right with the kiri connection. Google works better if you put the "w" in it i.e. paulownia - I searched "paulownia boatbuilding timber" and here is one of the relevant ones: http://www.woodenboat.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-3477.html Even mention of a proa! Link to post Share on other sites
John B 119 Posted November 27, 2009 Author Share Posted November 27, 2009 Hmm, Interesting, maybe it is. But I don't know . I pierced the hull for the centre case but there was no distinctive smell or anything. Not a WRC smell that I noticed anyway. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Regarding charging you when surfing - there's always tying the bow up on the transom with something soft between it and the boat - just drags it's arse then. Or lashing a lifejacket or something to it the bow so that it doesn't do too much damage when it has a go at you. Link to post Share on other sites
John B 119 Posted November 27, 2009 Author Share Posted November 27, 2009 jandal off the beach! Thats what I had the weekend we took it away to try it. Yeah the next thing is to come up with some gimmick for a buffer strip right around, Tangent. I'm thinking plumbers foam pipe lagging ( like pool noodles) zip tied on. Maybe... maybe with some fabric contacted on it? not sure yet. The boat will only be used as a tender at christmas and then it'll be roof rack toy to take off to a lake or estuary or something so it can be relatively light stuff I use. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 I guess more to the point, if this is the work that a UNTECH student can put out, then I say the wooden boat builder has not died. What a fantastic bit of sculpting. Link to post Share on other sites
wheels 544 Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 No that's not Kiri. It's too dark. Kiri is very light in colour. I am also not so sure Kiri would be a good timber for clinker. It's a fast growing timber and fast growing usually results in a more unstable timber. It is quite possibly Cedar. But you sure would know when you cut into it. Cedar always reminds me of Pencils. Link to post Share on other sites
VERGE 1 Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Unitec students turn out a couple or more of these at a time. Quite interesting seeing them go together. Not too sure but some would be constructed by nightclass aprentices already working in boatbuilding yards I think. Link to post Share on other sites
John B 119 Posted November 27, 2009 Author Share Posted November 27, 2009 Clinker? she's a stripper mate. smooth as strippers bottom outside she is. I don't know why it has ribs as they're mostly redundant.....Prolly for the education of laminating them in and perhaps because of the centre thwart I guess. Something to strengthen up the gunwhale given there's no bracing from thwarts. Link to post Share on other sites
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