Boat Building; Wood strip Classic Moth

[glhscc]

Where did you get the boat plans??

[misshaunted11]

hi i was wondering for the whole thing, how much did it cost?

[Rmaster193193]

i have a boat thats in need of work at the bottom, this boat is a 1964 tally craft cabin cruzer, at the bottom inside the ass in; i have found wood rot, the out side is fiber glass over the hole boat, but the hole boat is ALL wood mahogany i want to know how i can replace the side and bottom in the bad section there is a small section thats needs to be FIX also at the bottom in the bathroom. please tell me how i go about doing this... here is me e-mail Rmaster193@yahoo.com i can send PICs

[Rmaster193193]

i have a boat thats in need of work at the bottom, this boat is a 1964 tally craft cabin cruzer, at the bottom inside the ass in; i have found wood rot, the out side is fiber glass over the hole boat, but the hole boat is ALL wood mahogany i want to know how i can replace the side and bottom in the bad section there is a small section thats needs to be FIX also at the bottom in the bathroom. please tell me how i go about doing this... here is me e-mail Rmaster193@yahoo.com i can send PIC

[5937824]

Beautiful boat. Did you haved to cut any angles to get the strips to fit together properly ? Was thier any steam bending involved ? I was thinking of useing the same hull building technique to build a canoe.

[herrseppl]

you did not celebrate when it was finished? but when its hardly done....wheres the logic?

[prendetumente]

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Saludos desde Chile.

Patricio Càrcamo O.

[marcosrestaurador]

muito legal seu barco a vela!

[LowCostCncRetrofits]

Great going enjoyed the video

[dariod2007]

shocking music that violin gave me goose bumps, nice boat though.

[MrLeonard55]

Very nice work.

[impazzitoinvolo]

Very nice video and beautifull boat! Congratulations!

[rjperket]

That is beautiful, how much did it cost you to build?

[toolinmaine]

I think this boat is very pretty. I like the hull and seat tanks very much. I am not trying to be mean or degrading when i say this, however, but i think the plywood was a mistake. It seems as though it was a "quick way out" even though it looks like it has complex curves. Wood strips would have been much more handsome. Did the decks look as you expected? I am sure the video doesn't do the boat justice.

[SuperRudy94]

amazing!

[jewnatzi12]

@SuperRudy94 the quality of ply decks now are really good 1mm thick mahogany veneer which matches the transom, ceder strip deck, well i haven't seen it done tbh i can imagine it being very hard to get right gaps etc, near the stem would also be tricky with the overall camber of the deck, ply looks fanatic once finished! no one really strip planks a deck. teak or mahogany 50mm strips on the other hand fitted tightly to the king plank would also look great!

[SuperRudy94]

@jewnatzi12  lovely job

[boatmaker2004]

GREAT JOB

[keithketola]

WOW!!!! You guys are amazing. GREAT JOB!!

[haastingschap]

where did you get the plans?

[thisux7x7]

That's a lot of wood-crafting to just cover it with Figerglass. But you do nice work!

[Zoklor]

That is a laborious way to make a boat, but the cosmetics of it are surely nice.

[lgcharmedlife]

very nice!

[michaelwindsurfer54]

wheres the center board?

or it doesn't need one?

[bababybwoo]

beautiful!

[peds22]

Wonderful work!!

Could you please tell me whats the type of glue you use? Thanks a lot.

Never stop to make them!

[porthopebloodboy]

horrible song

[porpoisefathom]

hey since its composite can i rip 1/4 thick strips from planks of stock spruce ?..cuz the whole thing is gonna be encased anyway the moisture content shouldnt be an issue?..also i wanted to build more of a v shape(to help with ease of planing the sailboat hull) rather than a round bilge, is strip plank suitable for that?

[herrseppl]

i plaing make my own boat. i got already a model, i made it 100% myself, an i wana make a real one wich is 2meters long. very short for a boat, this boat can load up max to 300kg, the boat itself will just weight 31kg

i desidet make it just 2meters because:

its not 2 heavy it dont sink if i sit on it, it is 0.7meters on the widest spot.

[njander]

Very nice looking boat! Where did you get the plans for it? I sailed scows on Lake Mendota - Madison, Wisconsin years ago and am thinking your design might be fun to sail and build. I'd appreciate any info you could pass on to me.

[nemo227]

Beautiful! Beautiful! Beautiful! Gorgeous!

Everyone (almost) has had dreams of building a boat. Too few of us actually do it.

Thank you for sharing your project with the rest of us.

[miguelaso77]

idolos!!! les quedo hermoso!!! los felicito!!"

[porpoisefathom]

how much difference in wieght is there between core-cell and strip plank ??

and also how would you do a longer version of this?..say 32 ft?..would you have to scarph all the pieces?

[longboarder6465]

amazing

[baseballgrader]

awsome just awsome

[welsh58boy]

beautiful

[coffeefish]

No keel, of any kind?

[chickenpayback]

Woodstrip construction is a composite construction where the wood strips form the core and glass skins provide the strength. Woodstrips without the glass skins would not even be close on the structural strength of a glass/wood/glass layup. I have heard of people leaving out the glass skins and it has been as disaster.

[jewnatzi12]

@chickenpayback considering i glue up with pva!! if i didnt glass :O :D

[chickenpayback]

TweezerD was designed by Rod Mincher. The Gen2 Classic Moths such as TweezerD are very tippy and there are better Classic Moth designs out there for the average sailor (if you are a competent Laser or Sunfish racer, a Mistral or TweezerD design is OK, if not look at other designs such as a Mint, a Titan or a Shelly).

The foredeck is thinner ply to reduce weight in the bow. The aft deck is thicker since the skipper sits on it occasionally when the wind is up and the Moth is planing downwind.

[bogsdolics]

Beautiful :questions How much beer does it take to build a great boat like that?

Is a wooden boat covered with fiberglass still a wooden boat? could you not just have varnished her? What is the transome made from ? why is the fore bulk head thinner than the rear?

More power to your elbow ,

Bogsdolics.

[rodnisimo]

Good goin! She's beautiful.

[blacknight15029]

where did yu get the plans for the boat?

[bubblerings]

Sure beats weeks of clamping daily! -Thanks.

[bubblerings]

Hi. That's beautiful!...

Kayak sites show clamping each strip...eeeek! I didn't see clamping. Do you just nail the strips to the molds w/ a brad gun?

[chickenpayback]

You can't use brads. Too hard to remove when you lift the shell off the molds. We used staples, just a manual Arrow staple gun. For each strip we used 9/16 inch staples into each mold station and 2 X 1/4 inch staples between each station to pull the strips together. Lots of staples to pull but we had good luck with the staple remover from office supply store "Staples" (no pun intended). Kayak strip builders who desire perfection have developed a fastener free method of attaching strips.

[jewnatzi12]

@chickenpayback tbh staples are really ugly if its bright finished, tape is a far neater way of construction.