Matt,
It's too bad you are in SC. I've got a sweet set up for milling strips from
5/4*6 inch decking material. Here in Jersey, there is at least one lumber yard
that does carry 14 and 16 foot lengths of Western Red Cedar decking. It's hard
to get good color matching, but there is plenty of wood to pick from that is
the correct grain pattern.
Anyway, I'm pretty proud of my milling set up, and offer to the entire class
to come out to my new boat shop to use the saw and router. :-) Honestly
taking a road trip to Jersey is prolly more expensive than buying strips. But
it's an open offer standing for anyone, including yourself.
There's alot of knowledge that I've learned about tools and wood, that I'm
happy to pass to anyone that asks. For example stacked thin kerf blades need
.01 inch thin steel spacers. Using a micrometer, my strips are all .25 inch
plus or minus a few hundredths of an inch. And your router needs a fine
adjustment feature. Not one strip, out of 12 boards, came out badly. !! I've
got extra mahogany for the gunnels too.
Come on by and good Luck,
David Slevin
Matt Broughton <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm currently 209 lbs and 5'11" tall. The weight is dropping though, as I've
lost 20 lbs in the last five months. My goal is actually 185, so we'll see
where it winds up.
I am finding already that you guys are much more 'on the ball' than other
'build and sail' classes I've seen which is a very refreshing change.
Thanks for pointing out the calendar on swiftsolo.com, I had not seen that
previously. Can anyone explain to me the differences in the websites? I know
the single-handedskiffs.com is active and has timely news, the swiftsolo.org
site looks great, and I've found some good info there too. Are these all
'sanctioned' sites or are some of them builders sites (like catzooks)?
-Matt
On Dec 3, 2007 11:15 AM, Robert Harper <rharper@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I have a calendar for the 2008 NA's up at swiftsolo.com. Some have
struggled witht the boat but Mark White has had little small boat
experience and has been looking very good the last few times out. He had
his hands full in Florida (2006) but this time in Jericho, he was hard to
beat.
What is your current weight? I still thing that about 185 will turn out to
be optimal but right now the 200+ pounders are at the top. I think this
has more to do with the amount of 49er/505 experience than the weight.
Time in the boat will be key to success.
For what it's worth, I love to just go out sailing and blast around in
mine. Until Dave Kurr finishes his boat, I'll not have another Swift for
almost 1000 miles and I've not regretted building the boat and have more
fun just sailing than I have in years. I know Mike in Jericho is out on
Eglish Bay almost every day in the summer and for a long time he was the
only Swift there.
When you get started, remember that there are lots of eyes watching this
mailing list and a helpful hint will be only miniutes away.
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