Here is the ama liberated from the block of foam. Sorry the pic is so bad, but I had to wait until the storage facility was getting ready to close before bringing it from my house. Threw it on the ...

Rowing rig and cockpit hatches installed (more on outrigger details later).

Also I've been working with Grok, iterating on the changes I'm planning. For anyone that hasn't tried AI yet, you are in for a surprise! I drug my feet feeling like the last thing I wanted was to i...

I don't care for the straps in the plans, so I tried something completely different for the aft hatch cover.

The weather is starting to warm up nicely here so I'm back to work. I decided that the finish level I had left the sleeping compartment at, wasn't as fine as I had decided earlier. Even though I th...

Painted and ready for fitting out. I used Wet Edge brand paint. It gets good reviews, but man, it takes a looooong time to dry. Like a week between coats. I was going to do three coats but settled ...

Hi Anthony, Oak works very well for riggers, and looks good.  Cutting a rigger from one piece of wood creates a nice elegant and seamless look, however it requires a very wide piece of wood t...

Hi Colin, I have an oak board that is 5 3/4 wide,13/16 thick, and 10 feet long.  I would like to make my rigger out of one piece rather than two pieces that are epoxyed together.  I plan...

In my personal experience, you can't expect to get perfect trim before the boat goes into the water because of all the variations in what you are carrying, who is going to be in the boat and what d...

Typially, about 8" of overlap is optimal.  This is measured with the oars completely level, and with maximum overlap.

What should the overlap be for the oar handles?

Measuring by volume or by weight both work well, each having pros and cons.  I've always done it by volume, but see no reason why mass wouldn't be just as good.   The biggest benefit...

Is there an advantage to mixing the epoxy by weight rather than volume, and if so, what would the ratio be? Thanks. 

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Hi everyone, I’m in the process of building my rowboat and was wondering about the best ways to adjust trim and balance for optimal performance. Since weight distribution plays a huge role i...

@Kellan Hatch Many thanks Keelan. I've advanced the idea a little bit more. I created that flat area for the rub rail to settle on. After removing paint and sanding I built up a flat area with epo...

@Tony Farrell Sorry for the delay, out of country.  Thanks for the very helpful analysis. I'll be going over my rig in anticipation of wetsuit season and will supply close-ups as soon as...

@Tony Farrell Great idea. I used a strip of hdpe plastic on one of my boats and that worked pretty well. On my two most recent builds I just layed up 8 layers of fiberglass of diminishing sizes alo...

@Colin Angus I was also missing these parts, so I contacted Brandon. He said they are no longer included in the kit because they were getting broken frequently. Consequently, the grooves into which...

@David E Lee This is hilarious. I have now used all of the parts in my kit except a handful of mystery parts. They are the same ones shown in your picture. We need to start a competiton to see who ...