Jul 3, 2004 · I picked up a pond yacht this past weekend. It belonged to a neighbor who gave it to us "kids" 25 years ago. So, on the trip home to visit the grandparents, I retrieved it from the …

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Mar 18, 2017 · Re: Antique pond yacht question Sounds like some sort of basic self steering gear meant to keep the yacht on a set course. (How can autocorrect translate 'steering' as …

Feb 13, 2009 · Skene's Elements of Yacht Design and Chapelle's Yacht Designing and Planning only describe basic tapering profiles but I need to know more about the mechanics of how the …

Tweet #4 01-11-2012, 02:25 PM Re: Favorite Howard Chapelle Design or Recorded Design I like his 'proposed Bahama Sharpshooter yacht' (24') design in "American Sailing Craft". Definitely …

Jul 10, 2014 · Re: Free yacht tender plans Hi Guys Thank you for all the advice and links to plans. Was actually thinking of a pdracers, since it is more stable than the other designs and the boat …

Dec 1, 2016 · Re: Free Sailing Model with Solid wood hull. Anybody have plans? When I was involved with the restoration of the R boat "Pirate" I had the fortune of being able to display …

Feb 28, 2024 · And Mark Smaalders has an interesting gaff cutter: with the deadwood much higher then the built-down Gartside cutter and no reverse curves she will be a beautiful boat …

Nov 26, 2005 · On page 186 of "The Finely Fitted Yacht" Ferenc Mate has details of a wooden boarding ladder .

Sep 10, 2019 · Originaly the pond yacht model compition of the R boat were used to raise funds to sent the boat back to the R Boat Nationals at Larchmont NY back in the mid twenties. With …