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Permalink Reply by Jeff Wilson on October 6, 2009 at 9:00pm

you should also start a thread on the WoodenBoat forum, http://www.woodenboat.com/forum/ You'll find lots of input on completing your project.

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Permalink Reply by Randy Dersham on October 7, 2009 at 8:33am

There is always lots of help John. Keep us informed of progress with photos as you go. That's how we all learn. Welcome

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Permalink Reply by John Almberg on October 7, 2009 at 1:27pm

I have started a thread on the Wooden Boat Forum. That forum has been a big help.

Just posted a new blog post today for anyone who's interested:

http://www.unlikelyboatbuilder.com/2009/10/dinosaur-dna.html

-- John

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Permalink Reply by John Almberg on October 9, 2009 at 6:21am

The old hands will laugh, but in the latest episode of my blog, I tackle my first wood working job, ever...

http://www.unlikelyboatbuilder.com/2009/10/my-first-major-wood-work...

-- John

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Permalink Reply by Jeff Wilson on October 9, 2009 at 8:40pm

John, nice blog page! Had to notice you had a picture of the table of offsets page for Chapelles' Southwind, one of my favorite designs, would love to eventually build it for a Yellowstone lake boat!

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Permalink Reply by John Almberg on October 12, 2009 at 8:44am

Jeff, I'm very interested in flat-bottom boats, because I'm hoping to build one big enough to cruise down the east coast. I also like the Atkin "Shore Liner" (currently my top choice) and "Great Bear" (which has more room, but I think might be too big to row.)

However, this seems far off, since my first attempt at lofting was a complete failure:

Blog post: Lofting - Take 1

John

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Permalink Reply by John Almberg on October 16, 2009 at 7:27am

If you like doing things the hard way, you'll like my second attempt at lofting :-)

New blog post:
http://www.unlikelyboatbuilder.com/2009/10/lofting-take-2.html

-- John

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Permalink Reply by John Almberg on October 21, 2009 at 9:18am

Wow, compared to what other people are doing on this site, building Cabin Boy is a snap!

With my newly-perfected lofting techniques, lofting the body plan for Cabin Boy was surprisingly easy:

New blog post:

http://www.unlikelyboatbuilder.com/2009/10/building-bones.html

-- John

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Permalink Reply by John Almberg on October 27, 2009 at 7:29am

I'm super excited about this week's garage sale find. And I have a cautionary tale about being 'too careful' (i.e. cheap) with money.

A couple weeks ago, I went to visit Roger, a very experienced boat builder in my area. I don't know what he thought of me, since I don't remember doing anything more intelligent than walking around his amazing shop with my mouth open, uttering the word 'Wow' every so often, but I learned a lot from him.

Among the other secrets he let me in on was the fact that you could find great old tools at garage sales for less money than you'd spend buying new tools of inferior quality...

Complete blog post: http://www.unlikelyboatbuilder.com/2009/10/i-score-some-blades.html

Enjoy: John

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