Jul 3, 2004 · I picked up a pond yacht this past weekend. It belonged to a neighbor who gave it to us "kids" 25 years ago. So, on the trip home to visit the grandparents, I retrieved it from the basement …

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Mar 18, 2017 · Re: Antique pond yacht question Sounds like some sort of basic self steering gear meant to keep the yacht on a set course. (How can autocorrect translate 'steering' as 'catering'?) I have a …

Feb 13, 2009 · Skene's Elements of Yacht Design and Chapelle's Yacht Designing and Planning only describe basic tapering profiles but I need to know more about the mechanics of how the bowsprit is …

Jul 10, 2014 · Re: Free yacht tender plans Hi Guys Thank you for all the advice and links to plans. Was actually thinking of a pdracers, since it is more stable than the other designs and the boat will be on a …

Dec 1, 2016 · Re: Free Sailing Model with Solid wood hull. Anybody have plans? When I was involved with the restoration of the R boat "Pirate" I had the fortune of being able to display one of the pond …

Nov 26, 2005 · On page 186 of "The Finely Fitted Yacht" Ferenc Mate has details of a wooden boarding ladder .

Sep 10, 2019 · Originaly the pond yacht model compition of the R boat were used to raise funds to sent the boat back to the R Boat Nationals at Larchmont NY back in the mid twenties. With West Coast …

May 28, 2011 · I admit it. I love double enders. Whether we're talking about small boats like canoes or fourareens or bigger boats like canoe yawls, sixareens, or Tancook whalers, I practically always …

Sep 29, 2010 · It isn't unusual for a yacht designer to allow publication of a lines plan, but it is also very common for them to withhold the table of offsets, and often withholding scales, as well.