The "I built my own boat, or mostly built my own boat" thread

[SloopJonB]

It took me 15 years to finish Lola -- there were years I could not face the evidence of my procrastination and avoided the basement. It is a grand feeling to sail a boat one built, no matter how humble.  I grew to be a Joel White fan - loved the lines and still do.

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In one of his books Bill Garden said "To have lived a man must have raised a son, planted a tree and built a boat".

I couldn't find a flaw in the idea.

Did The Kinks have anything to do with the choice of name?

 

[Fah Kiew Tu]

In one of his books Bill Garden said "To have lived a man must have raised a son, planted a tree and built a boat".

I couldn't find a flaw in the idea.

Pretty sure the original was Chinese and was "Every man should have a son, build a house and plant a tree".

More 21C version might be that every person should have a child, build a house and plant a tree.

I've no fault to find with any of the versions.

FKT

 

[Tom Greaves]

Lola was my grandmother's name.  I lost the skirmish to name our daughter after her.  Now let me see about what kind of tree I want to plant. How about a grove of white oak?

 

[trisail]

It seems like the multihull guys are the most prolific of the home builders.

As Ian Farrier would say, "if you want a trimaran, you probably have to build it yourself".

Pic is my Farrier F9 in build, back in circa 2007. a four and a half year project that sucked all my spare time.

 

[23feet]

It was a childhood dream to build my own boat and sail it across the ocean.

One day I walked into an empty shed with a set of plans, a pile of foam and rolls of glass and resin. And I would picture the boat reaching into an anchorage after a trans-ocean passage.

Finally did it at age 50-something.

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Really impressive. What ocean did you cross on the F9?

 

[estarzinger]

We sailed Hawk's almost bare hull (just cabin sole, major bulkheads, two sea bunks, head out in the open, and cooler of food) up to annapolis and then I flew off to russia for 4 months of work and told beth "you should have the interior almost done by the time i get back'

 

[cyclone]

It seems like the multihull guys are the most prolific of the home builders.

As Ian Farrier would say, "if you want a trimaran, you probably have to build it yourself".

Pic is my Farrier F9 in build, back in circa 2007. a four and a half year project that sucked all my spare time.

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I’ll add another multihull, my Constant Camber 23 about a month prior to launch

 

[Blue Crab]

Beautiful!

 

[The Q]

It seems like the multihull guys are the most prolific of the home builders.

As Ian Farrier would say, "if you want a trimaran, you probably have to build it yourself".

Pic is my Farrier F9 in build, back in circa 2007. a four and a half year project that sucked all my spare time.

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Beautiful boat. But tri's are not the most common home built boat, there are several other forums which concentrate on much more home built boats and their design. They are mostly mono hulls.

The UK home built rally http://uk-hbbr-forum.967333.n3.nabble.com/

Wooden boat forum http://forum.woodenboat.com/

And of course https://www.boatdesign.net/forums/

The Amateur yacht research society. https://www.ayrs.org/

https://www.electricboatassociation.org 

I'm sure there are many more specialising in US and Anzac boats.

 

[trisail]

Really impressive. What ocean did you cross on the F9?

Good morning,

The 2010 Governors Cup Race.

Simons Town to St Helena. 1800 miles. 9 days 19 hours, sailing two-up.

Regards.

 

[trisail]

Beautiful boat. But tri's are not the most common home built boat, there are several other forums which concentrate on much more home built boats and their design. They are mostly mono hulls.

The UK home built rally http://uk-hbbr-forum.967333.n3.nabble.com/

Wooden boat forum http://forum.woodenboat.com/

And of course https://www.boatdesign.net/forums/

The Amateur yacht research society. https://www.ayrs.org/

https://www.electricboatassociation.org 

I'm sure there are many more specialising in US and Anzac boats.

Quite correct.

I meant to say, "the most prolific of the people who are posting on this thread".

 

[trisail]

I’ll add another multihull, my Constant Camber 23 about a month prior to launch

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Wow!

Now that's a cool boat. Well done.

Please post some more details and specs.

Regards.

 

[cyclone]

Now that's a cool boat. Well done.

Likewise. 

The plans and specs are still listed on John Marples’ SearunnerTrimarans site.

https://www.searunner.com/index.php/cc23-tri

 

[cyclone]

This is the latest build. John Eisenlohr’s Mini Skeeter is designed for both Landsailing and ice boating. I’ve almost hit 50 mph on land so far.

 

[Zonker]

I’ll add another multihull, my Constant Camber 23 about a month prior to launch

Sweet lines

 

[23feet]

Good morning,

The 2010 Governors Cup Race.

Simons Town to St Helena. 1800 miles. 9 days 19 hours, sailing two-up.

Regards.

What's your opinion on the merits of the F9/C31 for ocean passage making?

 

[Windward]

This is the latest build. John Eisenlohr’s Mini Skeeter is designed for both Landsailing and ice boating. I’ve almost hit 50 mph on land so far.

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50 on the dry must be quite the thrill.   I'd rather ice to crash at 50.

Smart to have a rollbar-ish setup.

*** I know nothing about land sailing, so just an observation.

A+

 

[trisail]

Good evening,

It's a fantastic smooth and easy ride. The boat loves the open ocean.

But, it must be kept light and spartan. Think hiking and camping in a two man tent versus an RV. We really enjoyed our passage and lived comfortable on dry and level bunks, preparing nice simple meals in a level galley without dishes flying all over the place as it would have been on a same size (or any size!) monohull.

I have done two trans-Atlantic crossings with 10 meter size light IOR racing monohulls along the edges of the Roaring Forties, one of which was a solo passage and have ridden out mid-Atlantic storms feeling quite safe and secure inside the monohulls. I would not like to have been caught in the same storms with a 9 meter multihull. It would probably have been flipped.

Interesting, about 5 years ago a chap passed through around the Cape of Good Hope on a F9 called Bird. He had sailed the boat from Auz, up to the Philippines', and then South to South Africa before heading across to Brazil. Ian Farrier put a piece up on his website at the time. And a few F9's have done the hop across from the States to Hawaii and further.

Regards.

 

[23feet]

Thanks for sharing your experience.

 

[SVArcturus]

Too cool!  There is probably a group of young ladies out there who know more about boat construction and coatings than they ever cared too...

Where's a thumbs up emoji when you need one.