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Wow you've been busy the hull looks great !

Got the keel together to test how the forward portion of it will fit - plans call for 3" pvc pipe on the leading edge. I'll unstitch and epoxy seal the inside surfaces before putting it back together and starting to do the inner joins. Plans also call for 500kg (~1100 lbs) of lead ballast. I'l...

The boat you've built looks top quality . I did the same I built a 11ft Medway Doble to practice which I've still got . There are many things I would do differently I 'll make a list . The first thing is that I would make every component before assembling the hull including the centre plate. The hul...

Hi Barn, Thanks for the info! We used to live just up the road from you in Lancaster...there for eight years...was a good place to be in the world. Currently having fun building our first and looking forward to sailing it. Cheers, Mick [/quote] HI Mick wow that's incredible . Good luck with the buil...

Hi Mick I've built one of these fantastic boats if I can help I will don't worry about these details at this stage just build the hull and unless your are going to buy a brand new mast and sails start looking for them now and also the ballast 500kg of lead was not easy to find here in the uk . Good ...

The mast step on the boat is at an incline which causes the mast to lean forward when it is square on the aluminium plate that is bolted to the mast step. If I rig the mast so it is straight up it doesn't sit flat on the aluminium plate. Should I build up the mast step with epoxy to provide a square...

Starting at the front of the keel I made a wood plug from plywood then made a concrete mould from it then cast one big ingot that worked well,it weighed 110kg. The other ingots I cast in baking trays which weighed between 10 and 15kg. After launching the boat I had to move some of these aft because ...

This is me sat in my VG23 during construction I am 5ft 11. It is comfortable to sit in now with the deck on.

Have you any pictures ?

I just asked my daughter about this and she is going to send it via a free service thanks Pee Wee