Re: Never built?

--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "Nels" <arvent@h...> wrote:
?
> There is a wonderful book on traditional building methods written
by
> Bud McKintosh I believe. Perhaps someone else can help us here as I
> cannot recall the title or how to spell his name!
>
> Cheers, Nels


How To Build A Wooden Boat, by David"Bud" McIntosh. A wonderful book
with some of the clearest writing I've come across explaining the
whole traditional building process.The drawings are better then
pictures for highlighting exactly what the text is talking about.
It greatly informed alot of my work on the Micro LESTAT.
The best part,however,is the no nonsense,just-get-the-damned-job-done-
and-quit-yer-whining-it's-not-rocket-science-just-bits-of-wood-you-
darned-fool philosophy/approach that Bud McIntosh breaths into his
writing. No existential crisis or navel gazing here! Sweet :-)


Peter Lenihan
--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "Anders G." <agu@p...> wrote:
> Peter,
> thanks for the scans. Now I think I have enough info to consider if
I
> should order the plans or not.
>
> As for the subject line, I agree, it was not very clever... but It
> was almost impossible to find anything at all on the web.
>
> /Anders
>
Hi Anders,

That certainly is a beautiful little boat. I found the scans to be a
bit small for me to discern much on my laptop, but I think what you
see there is pretty much what you would get if you ordered plans.

The plans will likely be in the form of a table of offsets and a few
detail drawings. Unless you are familar with lofting and traditional
boatbuilding methods, they would not be of much use. It would be
helpful to fax PCB and ask what skill level is needed, and if, for
example it could be built stip planked instead of carvel. Some carvel
hulls cannot be strip built because of the hull shape making it
impossible to remove it from the moulds.

Not meaning to discourage you, but one has to be realistic. Are there
any traditional builders in your area who could lend assistance?
There is a wonderful book on traditional building methods written by
Bud McKintosh I believe. Perhaps someone else can help us here as I
cannot recall the title or how to spell his name!

Cheers, Nels
Peter,
thanks for the scans. Now I think I have enough info to consider if I
should order the plans or not.

As for the subject line, I agree, it was not very clever... but It
was almost impossible to find anything at all on the web.

/Anders

--- Inbolger@yahoogroups.com, "pvanderwaart" <pvanderwaart@y...>
wrote:
> I'm not sure why you say "never built" when you are looking at a
> picture of it. But, anyway...
>
> Yarrow is shown in PCB's book Small Boats. She is 16'1" x 12' 11" x
> 5' x 2' 6". Construction is traditional carvel on bent frames. PCB
> says he might consider sawn frames in the ends. Ballast casting is
> 400lbs. The deck is strip planked. Functionally, she would be an
> alternate to a Herreshoff 12 1/2. Difficulty to build is pretty
> similar from my perspective as a non-builder.
>
> I've put scans from the pages of Small Boats in the photos section
of
> Bolger3, in an album cleverly named "Yarrow".
>
> Peter
>Hi all,
>
>After waiting several months, my book "30 odd boats" finally arrived.
>Now I have been browsing it over and over again, and every time I get
>stuck on a photo of the same boat, the Yarrow, wich is not featured
>in the book... the text says it is in "small boats"
>
>This boat looks just what I might be looking for, but the only info I
>have about it is that it is not built with lapstrakes.
>I have sarched the web alot, but only found it mentioned in one
>place, without any info.
>Does anybody have any info about this design, or even better, if
>someone scanned the page(s) from "small boats"?
>
>I would be very happy to hear from someone who have actually built
>one.
>
>Any info would be much appreciated
>
>best regards
>
>Anders

Anders, I can probably mail you a xerox or send you a scan of the plan if
no one else can help.
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I'm not sure why you say "never built" when you are looking at a
picture of it. But, anyway...

Yarrow is shown in PCB's book Small Boats. She is 16'1" x 12' 11" x
5' x 2' 6". Construction is traditional carvel on bent frames. PCB
says he might consider sawn frames in the ends. Ballast casting is
400lbs. The deck is strip planked. Functionally, she would be an
alternate to a Herreshoff 12 1/2. Difficulty to build is pretty
similar from my perspective as a non-builder.

I've put scans from the pages of Small Boats in the photos section of
Bolger3, in an album cleverly named "Yarrow".

Peter
Hi all,

After waiting several months, my book "30 odd boats" finally arrived.
Now I have been browsing it over and over again, and every time I get
stuck on a photo of the same boat, the Yarrow, wich is not featured
in the book... the text says it is in "small boats"

This boat looks just what I might be looking for, but the only info I
have about it is that it is not built with lapstrakes.
I have sarched the web alot, but only found it mentioned in one
place, without any info.
Does anybody have any info about this design, or even better, if
someone scanned the page(s) from "small boats"?

I would be very happy to hear from someone who have actually built
one.

Any info would be much appreciated

best regards

Anders