@Colin Angus I've been thinking about scaling the designs to tune the Oxford Wherry for nesting and as a tender. It does add upto a bit more than simply nesting an Oxford Wherry. My idea is a "Wh...

Hi Eric, That is the stowed hiking board.  I used it in the R2AK and it worked very well.  I don't actually have plans for it, but it's pretty basic - using the gunwale and a stowed oar ...

It turned out pretty well! Went 4mm on the main panels, 6mm on the bottom / back. No ribs/bulkheads and it feels solid as a rock. Inside needs a lot of work, but standing up inside feels so good! ...

@Eric Miller hi, Thanks for sharing, nice video.  We are not having davits, the stern of our 1977 Rival 38 is too narrow and not buoyant enough (in our opinion). We have a rib for practicali...

EDIT: disregard.  they are right there in plain sight, on the ordering page.  I asked because I'm not used to seeing that option from designers that sell printed plans. ------ Hey all ...

What is this large black object between the hatch and the solar panel?

Here's the complete answer I got from someone more familiar with the tradeoffs between glassed ply and foam core construction.(FWIW: the references to R2AK below are inferred from his own googling ...

@Colin Angus Confidence restored. Ploughing ahead. Many thanks Colin, T

Relevant, great article: https://www.epoxyworks.com/index.php/comparing-cost-and-weight-of-flat-panels/ What's interesting/compelling is (for 3/8″ X 2′ X 4′ flat panels as an exa...

Thanks for all the feedback.  I ended up taking it all apart and planing the edges of the panels through most of the pencil markings.  It went together much better and you can see from th...

Hello Tony, The good news is you should be okay with this.  It's surprising how much twist boats can have while having very little impact on performance.  From an aesthetic performance, ...

Hello, I made a plumb line using an old yellow paintbrush, and use it to examine the bow and stern. It shows a significant skew between bow and stern. I have completed all the work inside the hu...

@Dave Warnock i think the same way you do, about the desire to explore islands and inlets w/o the constraints of a big boat (draft/etc). It was actually these constraining experiences on big boats ...

It sounds like you've put a lot of thought into how it would all be done.  That all makes sense, and in theory I think you could make a decent boat going this route.  You're so correct wi...

Note the wire ties along the bottom edge of the bulkhead.  It's an Expedition, bit a Row Cruser, but the idea is the same. T

That's a lovely bucolic setting where you're building your boat.  The way to cinch the bulkheads to the hull is to drill a few holes through the bulkhead, and then two corresponding holes (abo...

>Would foam have enough strength  and stiffness not to bend, sag, and be able to hold its shape until the fiberglass is applied?I think it would not hold its shape.  Based on some limi...

Just finished stitching together my rowcruiser and placed bulkheads 1 and 2 roughly in the correct positions.  each has a significant gap on the bottom.  If there anything i can do to rem...

That's a great question, and one that I receive a lot.  As far as I know, no one has yet built a RowCruiser using foam coring.  I'd love to hear from anyone who has built a boat of any st...