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Editors viewpoint

12th August 2008

Trying to register on the Gallery? Read this please.

All quiet on the boatbuilding front. The boat show season will kick off again soon with the La Rochelle show in September. I hope to go again this year. We will be moving to a new server in a few weeks - this should fix the forum lockup issue. I will also begin working on some new features for the site. More on that when work begins.

Summer is great for those quiet reads in the shade. Why not a book about boat building from our store?

kiwi - editor in chief amateurboatbuilding.com


Building the Rushton Catboat by Douglas Brooks gets a new page on decking. Read more...

Fast, Fun and Economical powerboating an editorial by... the editor! Read it...

Roberto Barros sends news of his Pantanal 25: the first of the class is on the water since Easter. The sea trial article, including video clip is here...
Potuguese Portuguese... Spanish Spanish...

CLC's John Harris has drawn a very salty looking pocket cruiser called PocketShip. Available initially as plans within the next month or two. Here is a quick preview of the building of the first hull based on a forum post by John with a few extra photos. We can't wait to see her on the water.

The Ekolo'kat 34, a fast cruising cat from Nicolas Gruet shown here in its South Pacific version. For colder climates the galley is protected by a hard top. Two boats are already under construction.français French...

Romilly has a complicated history being built by no less than three companies since 1995. Amateur builders begged plans from Nigel Irens who had Ed Burnett draft plans for a strip planked wood version. Surely the prettiest day sailor you can build and not the slowest on the water!

A new version of Roberto Barros' Multichine 26C comes from his office in Perth, Australia. The interior layout has been modified to make the head more functional and other minor details have been tweaked. Potuguese Portuguese... Spanish Spanish...

July top ten:

1. Foam sandwich HOWTO (1) by Jacques Mertens April 2007 Read more...

2. Skin on frame HOWTO (2) by Brian Schulz November 2006 Read more...

3. Multichine 26 new version (4) by Roberto Barros March 2008 Read more... Potuguese Portuguese... Spanish Spanish...

4. Skin on frame (5) by Brian Schulz November 2006 Read more...

5. PocketShip preview (3) by John Harris April 2008 Read more...

6. Tolman Skiff (8) by Ren Tolman February 2006 Read more...

7. Joining ply (6) by Jim Michalak December 2005 Read more...

8. Tolman "Sea Bright" (9) by Ren Tolman June 2007 Read more...

9. Ekolokat 34 (7) by Nicolas Gruet April 2008 Read more... français French...

10. Pantanal 25 (10) by Roberto Barros July 2006 Read more... Potuguese Portuguese... Spanish Spanish...



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