Showing posts with label Small boats. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Small boats. Show all posts
Thursday, May 17, 2018
Small boat single handed race across the atlantic
If you like me, prefer small simpler good boats and seamanship, a challenge (not a race) about a week ago (on May 7, 2018). |
The challenge runs from Plymouth, England to Newport, Rhode Island, USA.
The no entrance fee challenge is held bi-annually, is for boats under 30 feet. There is no time limit to complete the race, and that is it for the rules!
It is called, the Jester Challenge 2018. The first one was in 2016. In 2018, 7 competitors started, with one who may depart soon.
You can follow the progress on the Jester Challenge website.
How about a challenge the other way?
Tuesday, April 10, 2018
Viola 14 Sailing Canoe
I'm not sure, but maybe it should be renamed "Voila"!
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| Fun sailing dinghy |
Wow, what a great little boat, unfortunately, I dont need another project, or this would be top of list!
Check out the video here. It looks likes so much fun! Plans available here for $100.
Cheers!
Friday, February 16, 2018
Crow 16
I love small sailboats, specially ones where you can camp cruise. |
| Crow 16 |
One guy that has been designing and building his own boats, Roy Schreyer of RoyDesignedThat.com has designed and build several boats.
Roy does live fairly close by here (Alliston, I believe), I hope to one day cross wake and meet him and his boats.
No, that I have anytime to build a boat, but his Crow 16 catched my eye. Beach cruiser, with quite a bit of internal space (including a queen bunk - I kid you not), stable, can be sailed from the cabin Nice. And it is a Scow, I really like these type of designs. These designs are making a comeback in smaller boats now.
Also check out his YouTube channel, many interesting videos, mostly of his tiny innovative houseboat design called Rose.
Cheers!
Wednesday, February 7, 2018
Rapid Whale small boat
I'm always fascinated by small boats. Here is one tiny/small motor boat that looks like fun. The RapidWhale Mini-Boat. |
| Mini-Boat |
Designed by Josh Tulberg, the Rapid Whale Mini Boat is a DIY kit that lets you build a tiny one-person watercraft. That’s right, you’ll actually have to put this thing together on your own, which should be fun if you enjoy building stuff in your spare time. We don’t know how long building one of these things will actually take, but we imagine it can take up an entire weekend (maybe more). If building a boat sounds daunting, well, it kind of is. For this project, though, Tulberg simplified the process as much as possible, relying on the popular “stitch and glue” method of boat building. Except, he simplified it further by replacing the stitching part with binding the part using zip-ties instead, which should help speed up the build in a considerable manner.
The kit includes laser-cut marine plywood parts, various 3D-printed plastic components, a thick Plexiglas steering wheel, steering shaft bearings, and various sizes of gaskets. If that doesn’t sound enough to build a boat, you’re right. The kit is designed to pair with a list of items you can get off the shelf, all of which are available from an Excel sheet on the product page. It’s quite a long list, so it could be overwhelming, although they did include a direct link to a specific recommended product from either Amazon or Chesapeake Light Craft, so you can just click on the links to order everything in one sitting
There's a funny video here, it looks like its going real fast, but only 4MPH, also can only carry 200lbs occupant, which is probably less desirable for a US market. Good for most anywhere else!
Kit available for $950, seems a little steep to me, but still lots of fun.
Thursday, March 2, 2017
Foldable Canoe
A few years ago, someone create a foldable layak called Oru. Very cool and useful.I believe, the same people have now developed a foldable canoe. Also very cool.
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| MyCanoe |
When Oru came around, they only had one model. Now they have many models, and most of them are SOLD OUT. A proof that many people like the portability, lightweight and ease of storage of these contraptions.
At the time, I actually developed for fun some plans for a foldable Kayak. I only went so far as creating a paper version of it. It seemed decent enough.
With the winter still upon me here in Simcoe county (Ontario, Canada), I think its time to dust off this plan. So, at the next free weekend (when I can no longer ice fish!), maybe I'll finally build / fold it. If its any decent, I will OpenSource the plans. As I have a hard time justifying $1000 on a foldable kayak when it's basically made from at the most $30 of Coroplast?!
I'll keep you posted.
Friday, January 6, 2017
How about portable boats?
Well, its cold and full of snow here. A couple years ago, I came across the site PortableBoat plans by Ken Simpson's of Arizona. |
| 1-Sheet Wedge |
So, I think, just for fun this winter, I may just build the 1 sheet wedge that he has...could be fun to go fishing and go through the canals around here.
His plans comes with tuns of fun options...you can even increase its length for a second occupant. You could row it, use a trolling motor and even create a sail version.
Check his stuff out, he has a lot of neat stuff and he uses a very cheap and proven building methodology. No epoxy here.
I'll keep you updated!
Cheers!
