I'm starting my sailing row cruiser build and have a question about CNC cutting the parts. I have a 4' x 4' cnc table and was going to cut the parts that will fit on the table using the .dfx files ...

Hello Jim. I'm keen to get a better understanding of the problem. Can you share photos of rhe uneven ware. Can you share photos or drawings of the 'flexing'. What is regular use? What is heavy...

@Kelle Snodgrass You're very welcome Kelle. I got great joy to see my boat with its deck fitted, it felt like a big step forward. I hope for the same for you too.   T.

Hope this helps Paul. Best of luck now. Tony 

The orange did not work well with the dark coloured primer.  I put four coats on the bottom, it's still not great, used a lot of paint. Now I'm turning my attention towards the deck. I have ...

The blue worked well with the my choice of primer colour. I got two coats on the sides and hatch lids from one 750ml can

For topcoat, I expect choosing only one colour is most economical.  I choose two colours, blue and orange. 

Hello Paul. I can't speak about varnish.  I got two coats of Two-in-one primer/undercoat onto my Expedition. Roller application. I didn't need the entire contents from the 2 x 750 ml cans, m...

I built my Expedition at my summer cottage last fall but didn't sand and paint it yet.  I'm planning to varnish the deck and paint the hull.  I won't be able to source quality paint/varni...

Tony - thank you for posting this!  I'm at this point and had the same question.

Thanks Colin. Fun boat to put together. I do not own a CNC, just access when needed. Ready to cut all of the ties off and begin glassing the interior.

For those in New England, Tree House Hardwords & Millshop in Vermont were awesome to work with. It also felt pretty nice to drive from the ocean up into the mountains to pick up the cut parts....

I just got the plans and they list 2sheets of 4 mm and 6 sheets of 6 mm both in the manual and on the pdf plans. I am assuming gust a missprint on the post.

@Daniel Randazzo  and it will be rigged as a balanced lug rig. Or would another method of rigging be better. 

I will be building the sailing row cruiser soon and have a question about the sail rig I think I want. I am not a sailor but know the basics. I know it's important to get balance and size right. I ...

Does it really matter if a few pounds of excess weight creep into your build?  Rowed Trip, Colin and Julie Angus's account of their voyage from Scotland to Syria in his-and-her Expedition row...

@Dean Godshall I didn't. You're going to glass the hull anyway, so if the finger joints were well saturated it won't be a problem.

@Colin Angus Thank you. 

Wow, your boat is looking fantastic!   I'm glad it's coming together so well for you - looks like good precision cnc work.  Do you have your own CNC machine?  Thanks for sharing...