xflow7 Posted July 22, 2014 Posted July 22, 2014 12-ish years on from building my Seven I have embarked on another, more ambitious project. It's not Seven or car related, but my experience is that folks that gather on forums like this tend to share more than one interest. In that vein, I thought it would be fun to have a thread of other projects we have on the go. So here's my contribution: I've started building a sailboat which has been a lifelong dream. What I'm building is called a Sooty Tern, designed by Iain Oughtred. Essentially this boat, stretched about 18": http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oVZqV2SAiRY/TB-_bVEEdwI/AAAAAAAAEBg/qiLicQy_NyA/s1600/P7130378.jpg Construction is glued marine plywood. I've been working away at it very slowly over the last year, so I don't have much tangible progress to show, but I do have a blog which I've updated sporadically to share my progress (currently nearing the end of making the temporary molds around which the boat will be planked): xflow7.wordpress.com So, what projects do all of you others have on the front (or back) burner? Dave
S1Steve Posted July 22, 2014 Posted July 22, 2014 Finish reading Six Frigates by Ian W. Toll.... I'll be following your blog.... Smooth sailing, Steve
wemtd Posted July 22, 2014 Posted July 22, 2014 Beautiful boat. Do you have any idea how long it "should" take to build? It took me a casual 5mo to put my Birkin together, but have heard of others taking years to build their se7ens.
xflow7 Posted July 22, 2014 Author Posted July 22, 2014 Finish reading Six Frigates by Ian W. Toll.... I'll be following your blog.... Smooth sailing, Steve I hadn't heard of that book; sounds interesting. It's dangerous for me to estimate any time scales on a project like this; my track record sucks. Anecdotally from people who have built these, an average amateur build seems to be 600-ish hours. I'm more of a n00b than most, so I expect it will be more for sure. I also elected to loft the plans to full size from the lines and offsets which is technically not necessary for this boat because the designer makes full-size patters available. So that added something. Net, I figure an order of magnitude more effort than the Seven build. I would like to think I could finish no later than 2 years from now, but the reality is that in my first year, my average hours per week was abysmal due to life and Other Projects :jester:. But I'm optimistic that I'll do better in the year to come. Dave
DeanG Posted July 23, 2014 Posted July 23, 2014 Nice boat. I built a 16' stripper canoe once upon a time. Failed at building a dugout canoe (blew out my elbow with the adz). I had considered building a skin on frame rowboat but figured that I would never use it.
xflow7 Posted July 24, 2014 Author Posted July 24, 2014 Any pictures of your canoe? That dugout project sounds like it would have been amazing; it sucks when our bodies elect not to keep up with our aspirations.
DeanG Posted July 24, 2014 Posted July 24, 2014 No photos of the canoe. I have to take it down and get some though. I want to sell it. I haven't used it for 28+ years.
s2k7 Posted July 25, 2014 Posted July 25, 2014 here's my other project....... maybe i should buy F-35 instead of this http://i60.tinypic.com/sddwl3.jpg
xcarguy Posted July 25, 2014 Posted July 25, 2014 (edited) here's my other project.......[/img] Holy stealth fighter, Batman! At what speed do you rotate? :drool: Edited July 25, 2014 by xcarguy
xflow7 Posted July 26, 2014 Author Posted July 26, 2014 Okay now, S2K7, you can't just drop a picture of that in here without telling us a little bit more about it.
xcarguy Posted July 27, 2014 Posted July 27, 2014 LOL, coffee! Love it! Wish I could do a hi-five emoticon on my iPhone.
coffee break Posted July 30, 2014 Posted July 30, 2014 When I need to clean up the brush in the backyard, I crank this baby up. http://www.chonday.com/Videos/excamuoich2 :devil:
MightyMike Posted July 30, 2014 Posted July 30, 2014 When I need to clean up the brush in the backyard, I crank this baby up. http://www.chonday.com/Videos/excamuoich2 :devil: Nice! I would love to have some type of car-mounted version to thin out the local road bike population.
xcarguy Posted July 31, 2014 Posted July 31, 2014 Nice! I would love to have some type of car-mounted version to thin out the local road bike population. Mike, You already have a road bike thinning device; it's called a Storker. :jester:
BusaNostra Posted September 6, 2014 Posted September 6, 2014 (edited) I finally revive my RX7 -- put an oil & anti freeze and see if it will start. Next will be my Datsun Z with Skyline engine. Too many project --- little time! Edited September 6, 2014 by BusaNostra
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