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IDEA19: a lethal weapon on ORC club racing ? Michele, the owner/builder of IDEA19 “Muchacha”, after a few season of successful racing in a simplified “no rating” system club racing,  chose to “go big”  and few weeks ago decided to require an official ORC rating certificate for his boat; (ORC […]

IDEA19: a lethal weapon on ORC club racing ?

serious sea-trials for a serious  seakayak   …and an everything but serious paddler… Let’s start form the beginning: I live in Sardinia, wich is basically an awesome deserted island at the center of Mediterranean Sea: 1,6 million of  people , half million in the Cagliari’s urban area; so the rest […]

serious sea-trials for a serious seakayak

How to build a seakayak /PART 8 Eighth part of our tutorial on how to build a seakayak Bette 500 HV, using plywood and epoxy resin , with the so called “stitch and glue” system building the seat and assembling seakayak deck and hull time required: building and gluing the seat […]

how to build a seakayak/ PART EIGHT

Bruno and Salvatore, aka Barbamasu (www.barbamasu.com ) , are building the Hull n.1 of my design Hirundo 750; she is a sporty 7,5 metres trailerable sailboat with a good amount of interior volume; or that was, in my intention…. Barbamasu decided to turn her into a serious small cruiser, so […]

Tayloring building plans to builder’s needs

How to build a seakayak /PART 7 Seventh part of our tutorial on how to build a seakayak Bette 500 HV, using plywood and epoxy resin , with the so called “stitch and glue” system   working on the hull time required : internal stiffening with glass fabric strips : 3 […]

How to build a seakayak / PART SEVEN

Homebuilding your own boat in time of crisis/ PART 1 Trying to save money and build a sound, seaworthy and beautiful boat We’re experiencing times of economical chrisis; this article is a sum of several experiences collected in the last few years , worjking side by side with homebuilders struggling […]

Homebuilding your own boat in time of crisis/ PART 1

How to build a seakayak /PART 6 Sixth part of our tutorial on how to build a seakayak Bette 500 HV, using plywood and epoxy resin , with the so called “stitch and glue” system Working on the deck time required:  gluing the deck’s panels: 1 hour sanding the outer side […]

how to build a seakayak /PART SIX

How to build a seakayak /PART 5 fifth part of our tutorial on how to build a seakayak Bette 500 HV, using plywood and epoxy resin , with the so called “stitch and glue” system sanding and fairing the hull and joining the deck panels time required -sanding and fairing the […]

How to build a seakayak / PART 5

How to build a seakayak /PART 4 Fourth part of our tutorial on how to build a seakayak Bette 500 HV, using plywood and epoxy resin , with the so called “stitch and glue” system gluing the hull panels and removing the cable ties time required: panels gluing with resin: 6 […]

HOW TO BUILD A SEAKAYAK / PART FOUR

How to build a seakayak /PART 3   Third part of our tutorial on how to build a seakayak Bette 500 HV, using plywood and epoxy resin , with the so called “stitch and glue” system   cutting the panels and assembling the hull time required: part cutting: 6 hours hull […]

HOW TO BUILD A SEAKAYAK / PART THREE

modern wooden sailboat radius chine plywood
There are basically two ways to turn a boat hull:   the first one emplies a rational – analytical approach, involving building semicircular sturdy cradles, setting up ropes and blocks to rotate the hull in a controlled way avoiding bad surpises in each phase of the operation, and planning carefully […]

how to turn a boat hull

How to build a seakayak /PART 2 second part of our tutorial on how to build a seakayak Bette 500 HV, using plywood and epoxy resin , with the so called “stitch and glue” system cut the paper templates, mark them on plywood, and join plywood sheets required tools: pencil, […]

How to build a Seakayak / PART 2