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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Yet another boat . . . .
By:Dave Gentry
Date: 7/6/2009, 12:58 pm
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: Yet another boat . . . . (Clayton Plunkett)

: Hi Dave,
: Your work looks excellent from the pictures.
: That is a beautiful skin boat.
: It must be fun to row you said you couldn't stop laughing.
: I wonder where you got the offsets or did you measure an existing boat?
: You wouldn't consider making them available would you?
: Thanks for shearing with all of us.
: Clayton Plunkett

Thanks!
I used Carlsons HULLS freeware to get the offsets that I wanted. But, of course, this boat is modeled on a number of other, similar boats, mostly wooden. Reinventing the wheel would have been silly.
Ken Basset's "Liz" and "Firefly" designs, as well as CLC's "Annapolis Wherry" were all inspirational, but there were others, too. I haven't rowed any of those three I mentioned, but the more-capable-than-a-scull, but less-ponderous-than-a faering/dory/peapod/etc concept really appealed to me.

I'd be happy to make the .hull file and offsets available to anyone who might want to build one. There's no instruction manual, though . . . .

I'm calling this my RUTH design, after both of my Grandmothers.

Mike, I might have to install a rear view mirror.
Thanks again, guys!

Dave Gentry

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: Yet another boat . . . . *Pic*
Dave Gentry -- 7/6/2009, 2:52 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Yet another boat . . . . *Pic*
Dave Gentry -- 7/9/2009, 11:42 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Yet another boat . . . .
West -- 7/10/2009, 1:00 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Yet another boat . . . .
Bill Hamm -- 7/8/2009, 6:35 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Yet another boat . . . .
West -- 7/7/2009, 6:20 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Yet another boat . . . .
Dave Gentry -- 7/7/2009, 10:36 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Yet another boat . . . .
Etienne Muller -- 7/7/2009, 5:12 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Yet another boat . . . .
kelly t -- 7/6/2009, 9:05 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Yet another boat . . . .
Doug S -- 7/7/2009, 8:08 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Yet another boat . . . .
Bill Hamm -- 7/8/2009, 6:41 pm
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Mike Savage -- 7/7/2009, 2:39 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Yet another boat . . . .
Clayton Plunkett -- 7/6/2009, 10:07 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Yet another boat . . . .
Dave Gentry -- 7/6/2009, 12:58 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Yet another boat . . . .
Mike Savage -- 7/6/2009, 4:06 am
Another pic *NM* *Pic*
Dave Gentry -- 7/6/2009, 2:53 am
Re: Another pic
James -- 7/6/2009, 7:39 am
Re: Another pic
Dave Gentry -- 7/6/2009, 12:44 pm