[Bartke]

of boats, row boats, sail boats, skiffs, john boats, canoes, paddle boats, motor boats. You name it. Now that I'm grown I still love them. Kids boats hold a special fascination for me, as well as small simple plywood boats. Particularly ones that can be made with one, two or three sheets of plywood. Boatbuilding is way too fun an experience to wait a few decades to try it. Which is why I created this site. Amateur boat building can be easy boat building and simple plans can help make it happen. There are many cheap plans or free plans available on the web as well as here on my site.Also lots of help if you'd like to design boats. Boat designing can be a life long pleasure. In fact it can very easily turn into an addic more

[zbillyofreyc]

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[ledskof]

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[kathlemith24]

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[forsell1st]

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[S3052]

But bless this boat! With its 1000 lbs. of water ballast, and the leeboard mostly up, we were able to bob and roll and slide over nearly all the swells. The worst of them were very steep and threw us sideways, maybe tilting us to 40 or 45 degrees briefly. We had two reefs in the main and the mizzen rolled down to about half-size, and still we blasted along on this nasty rollercoaster of a beam reach. It was the sort of trip that would be scary fun if it was just you and a buddy, but it's awful when you have your loved ones aboard, and you wonder who might get thrown overboard, and how you'd managed a rescue in the rough conditions.

[wereHamster]

Cormorant is the largest boat I've ever designed. I always warn folks to think twice and three times before building a big boat because you can buy a good used glass boat for less, maybe a lot less. But a homebuilt boat can have features that aren't available in a production boat and so it is with Cormorant. This one is really a 20% enlargement of Caprice. [links]

[mtgox]

Not needing a halyard allows for a very simple sail/mast connection, indeed. Bolger likes best simple ties every 18" or so around the mast. If one tie fails it is of little consequence. This is what the Birdwatcher used. The sail stays tied to the mast at all times. Bolger suggested a way to furl and stow such a rig. more

[vics5thor]

Straight enlargements rarely work perfectly and so it was with Cormarant from Caprice. (Don't forget that Caprice was an enlargement of Frolic2, etc., etc., right on down to my Toto canoe.) In this case I narrowed it from a straight enlargement to keep the width within simple towing limits since this large boat is supposed to live on its trailer most of the time. The layout is quite similar. The idea is that the adults sleep in the center cabin and the kids sleep in the forward room. [links]

[tissemand]

I might add that from a practical standpoint the 24' Birdwatcher mast, which weighs perhaps 35 pounds, is about all one man can put up by himself with repeatable ease. Even then you must use care, practice and patience and be in control of the thing all the time. You must really rig the boat on shore. The small skiffs often don't have the stability needed to allow you to stand up in the boat trying to balance a 16' stick on end. In rough water it is not possible without good luck. And with the larger ones you may have the stability to try to raise the mast while afloat but any passing wave that rocks the boat as you stand a 24' mast on end will invite disaster.

[lfm]

"We had an amazing time living aboard Cormorant (christened "Sea Fever") in Provincetown harbor for 5 days. The tide there was rising and falling about 12 feet a day with the full moon. We'd be high and dry up on the beach for breakfast, swimming off the boat at lunchtime, walking the flats again by dinner. It was a blissful time for me and my wife and two girls. We moved around, took little sails here and there across the harbor (West End to Long Point, then to the lighthouse, then to the East End, etc.) anchoring here and there, usually just running it aground as the tide allowed and staying for a while. Many shells were collected, and tidal pools investigated. Of all the harbors I've ever seen, it is the most alive. It's a couple of miles across and fresh sea water flushes the whole place twice a day. The number of snails, clams, crabs, fish of all sizes, mussels, eelgrass, etc. was just mind-boggling. On high tides I'd go spearfishing (many attempts, no luck) where at low tide I'd been walking around.

[fabianhjr]

With all of the recent changes in ownership and build quality, it is hard to make a direct comparison of boat models.

[kdawson]

One way to get around this issue would be to buy a Mako boat from a private dealer. With a private dealer, you’ll be more likely to get a more personal customer service experience.

[Syke]

I’ve been on boats with Mercury engines, and I never worried about becoming stranded with them. here

[curtcrispin1]

These boats both feature Mercury engines and have similar available layouts. here

[!0suspectedof]

The new ones aren’t bad, but the old ones were so great that they make them seem as if they are.

[Artefact2]

Here are the 7 most common problems you may find with Mako boats.

[hjordanfishere]

Like chrome-plated zinc being used instead of stainless steel, poor quality materials led to fittings rotting around the boat. here

[senwoarn99]

This is a time-consuming route but ultimately may be successful. here

[jluc]

They make 8 models of deck boats, ranging from the 15-foot Element M15, priced at $14 699, to the 26-foot Element XR7, priced at just over $50,000.

[InterArmaEnimSil]

Older Bayliners do not have an outstanding reputation. more

[M.I.]

This is perhaps more important with Bayliners than other comparable models, as they will exhibit problems quickly if not properly taken care of. more