Beautiful! Happy sailing!
On Monday, July 30, 2018 at 1:57:17 PM UTC-4, Tony DeFilippo wrote: > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-VHrIJWuG-_4/W19NLX6lB8I/AAAAAAAAw5A/jY4EoI1K_sskMnJyH6ZJGk-lQCavwQYOQCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_20180729_184353521.jpg> > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-AFZuapzFJD4/W19NUsbOM_I/AAAAAAAAw5E/4fNPwS8NWM4MNFgQuegfUAsXQ1R1-xR7ACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_20180729_184344656.jpg> > > > Certainly off topic but I'd had a couple inquiries about my wooden boat > kit building experience and list member Erl mentioned that he thought the > boat was painted to match my Saluki based on my IG feed (close but not > perfect)... so I figured I'd throw up a couple pictures. The boat is a > Chesapeake Light Craft Passagemaker Dinghy, it's built of Okoume marine > plywood, the parts are pre cut by CNC machine and the instruction book is > pretty darn complete. The construction method is called 'stitch and glue', > the major connections are all stiched together with copper wires and then > epoxy (glue) makes the permanent connection (lots of epoxy). We started > right after New Years and it went in the water at my Mom's lakehouse last > week. Very interesting project and I wouldn't be surprised to embark on > future boat builds based on how this one turned out. > > > For the quasi-Riv content... this particular model is billed as a good > 'All Rounder', rowing, sailing and taking a <4hp motor well. Oh and her > rig - the 'balanced lug' is decidedly retro and unracer. And while not Riv > directly you might be amused to know that the founder of CLC sold the > company to it's lead designer and went on to start Velo Orange, > subsequently also sold to its employees. > > > I was most tickled with her rowing last week to be honest, 8' oars and a > fixed seat, 2 rowing positions based on whether you have passengers... the > boat really moved and responded well to the effort. I'm looking forward to > getting out and doing more rowing on her. Sailing was great with one, a > bit complex with two adults. I've got some learning to do managing the > sailing gear on deck with a second crew in a compact space. Oh and the > name - "Mischief Managed". > > > If you are interested in the build process I've got a start to finish > collection of photo's over on google - > https://photos.app.goo.gl/rkipjGewUveKGL8D6 > > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9eHyBWOZxik/W19PgEzMoJI/AAAAAAAAw5U/bKerdb44n8YFRKsPFVuVCti2gxCUZ3tJgCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_20180728_082728202-01.jpg> > > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-btrU32PVckU/W19PnSvLxPI/AAAAAAAAw5Y/HaGWg2kLcmQjtvRbv-VTywUEO2N1zsQfACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_1773.jpg> > > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
