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Re: Off Topic: feasibility of building a sailboat?
By:Dave Gentry
Date: 2/16/2008, 3:56 pm
In Response To: Off Topic: feasibility of building a sailboat? (Doug Smith)

: I'm wondering what the feasibility is of building a large wooden sailboat?
: I'm talking something that is 30'+. Or is this something that is best left
: to fiberglass or metal hull? Are there any decent books on building larger
: sailboats? Perhaps I should be referring to a "sailing yacht"
: instead of sailboat.

: cheers
Of course it has, and still is, being done. Just check out the woodenboat forum: http://www.woodenboatvb.com/vbulletin/upload/index.php

There are many books on the subject. Howard Chapelle, Reuel Parker, John Gardner, Thomas Firth Jones and Phillip Bolger are just a few authors you might want to check out. WoodenBoat magazine has published it's "(30, 40 or 50) Wooden Boats" catalogue of boat building plans, if you need more ideas . . . .

There are many methods for building wooden boats, too (plywood, lapstrake, carvel, strip, etc), though you might want to start out with the dinghy, first.

Fun stuff - enjoy!

Messages In This Thread

Off Topic: feasibility of building a sailboat?
Doug Smith -- 2/16/2008, 11:57 am
Re: Off Topic: feasibility of building a sailboat?
Bill Hamm -- 2/19/2008, 5:22 am
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Acors -- 2/20/2008, 9:22 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/21/2008, 12:58 am
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Bill Hamm -- 2/19/2008, 5:20 am
Do you want to build or sail?
Steve Phillips -- 2/19/2008, 12:43 am
Re: Do you want to build or sail?
John Monroe -- 2/19/2008, 2:14 am
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John Monroe -- 2/18/2008, 5:35 am
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Bill Hamm -- 2/19/2008, 2:35 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 2/17/2008, 8:08 pm
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Bryan Hansel -- 2/17/2008, 8:13 pm
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Mike Savage -- 2/17/2008, 8:50 pm
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Björn Thomasson -- 2/18/2008, 1:22 pm
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Mike Savage -- 2/18/2008, 5:16 pm
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Bryan Hansel -- 2/18/2008, 12:44 pm
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Etienne Muller - Ireland -- 2/18/2008, 8:31 am
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Bill Hamm -- 2/18/2008, 2:04 am
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Mike Scarborough -- 2/17/2008, 9:41 am
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laurent -- 2/17/2008, 4:26 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/18/2008, 2:03 am
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Etienne Muller - Ireland -- 2/17/2008, 8:51 am
Not a ramble at all!
Lloyd of Canandaigua------WebKitFormBoundarydD6K+p -- 2/18/2008, 7:10 am
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Mike Braun -- 2/17/2008, 7:23 am
Here . . . .
Dave Gentry -- 2/17/2008, 8:31 am
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John Monroe -- 2/17/2008, 6:49 am
Sheet Steel Built Sailboat. *Pic*
John Monroe -- 2/17/2008, 9:50 am
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Bill Hamm -- 2/17/2008, 2:05 am
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Bill Hamm -- 2/17/2008, 1:59 am
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Bryan Hansel -- 2/16/2008, 7:47 pm
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Charlie -- 2/16/2008, 5:43 pm
building a sailboat? Why not use concrete?
Paul G. Jacobson -- 2/16/2008, 4:30 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 2/17/2008, 2:02 am
Re: building a sailboat? Why not use concrete?
Paul G. Jacobson -- 2/19/2008, 12:04 am
Re: building a sailboat? Why not use concrete?
Bill Hamm -- 2/19/2008, 2:30 am
Re: building a sailboat? Why not use concrete? *LINK*
Björn Thomasson -- 2/17/2008, 12:52 pm
Re: building a sailboat? Why not use concrete?
Paul G. Jacobson -- 2/19/2008, 12:02 am
Very nice looking. *NM*
John Monroe -- 2/18/2008, 5:16 am
Re: Very nice looking. *LINK* *Pic*
Björn Thomasson -- 2/18/2008, 7:02 am
Re: Very nice looking.
Bill Hamm -- 2/19/2008, 2:27 am
Re: Very nice looking. *LINK* *Pic*
Etienne Muller - Ireland -- 2/19/2008, 10:21 am
Re: Very nice looking.
Bill Hamm -- 2/20/2008, 2:01 am
Re: Very nice looking.
Bryan Hansel -- 2/18/2008, 12:46 pm
Re: Very nice looking.
Tom Yost -- 2/18/2008, 10:16 am
Re: Very nice looking. *Pic*
Etienne Muller - Ireland -- 2/18/2008, 8:10 am
Re: Very nice looking.
Björn Thomasson -- 2/18/2008, 9:35 am
Re: building a sailboat? Why not use concrete?
Bill Hamm -- 2/18/2008, 1:57 am
Re: building a sailboat? Why not use concrete? *Pic*
Dan Caouette (CSFW) -- 2/18/2008, 6:21 am
Re: building a sailboat? Why not use concrete?
Bill Hamm -- 2/19/2008, 2:24 am
feasibility of building a sailboat?
Paul G. Jacobson -- 2/16/2008, 4:01 pm
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Doug Smith -- 2/16/2008, 4:53 pm
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Dave Gentry -- 2/16/2008, 3:56 pm
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Kudzu -- 2/16/2008, 2:12 pm