03-09-2013, 06:13 AM
03-09-2013, 06:44 AM
Andrew: None of your photos posted. I'm suspecting they were oversized. There is a limit to how big each photo can be and still be uploaded. Here's the sequence to add photos to your post.
1) In the window where you write your post there is a option for "attachments and other options" below the message box. Click on it.
2)Go to "attach". Click on "browse"
3) Locate your photo on your computer and click "open" to select it.Â
4)The file and location should populate the box under "attach".
5) Click "more attachments" if yopu want to add more photos to the post. Repeat the procedure for locating and selecting the second and subsequent files.
6)Note that 4 photos are maximum per post, and none may be larger than 1024KB in size.Â
Email me the photos and I'll post themfor you if you have problems.
Dave
1) In the window where you write your post there is a option for "attachments and other options" below the message box. Click on it.
2)Go to "attach". Click on "browse"
3) Locate your photo on your computer and click "open" to select it.Â
4)The file and location should populate the box under "attach".
5) Click "more attachments" if yopu want to add more photos to the post. Repeat the procedure for locating and selecting the second and subsequent files.
6)Note that 4 photos are maximum per post, and none may be larger than 1024KB in size.Â
Email me the photos and I'll post themfor you if you have problems.
Dave
03-09-2013, 03:27 PM
Andrew, it's helpful to resize your photos, before posting. The average computer screen will like images where the widest dimension is less than 2,000 pixels. Most image viewing software will permit you to resize the image, which can be saved with another name, so it doesn't overwrite the larger original.
03-09-2013, 10:02 PM
Station molds and bulkhead setup and the bottom plank being trial fitted.
03-10-2013, 01:05 AM
OI Paul! This is MY boat porn... get your own ;D
But seriously, Thanks Paul, I think I worked it out now that Dave has explained it. thanks Dave. Why then is there an "Insert Picture" icon???? WHHHYYY????
Cheers
Andrew
But seriously, Thanks Paul, I think I worked it out now that Dave has explained it. thanks Dave. Why then is there an "Insert Picture" icon???? WHHHYYY????
Cheers
Andrew
03-10-2013, 02:10 AM
Why am I building Rocky?
I was looking for a trailer-able sail boat that I could build my self. I wanted to be able to sleep out on it for overnight adventures with the wife or my two young boys. I searched far and wide and settled on the Pocket Cruiser from the weekend range. Some important reasons were that is had a double berth that wasn't separated by a mast tabernacle or centerboard - this suits our life style as my wife and I are great friends and both like to snuggle while we sleep. It is also shallow draft which is suited to our sailing areas of Moreton bay and The Great Sandy Straight.
The down side was the comments I had read that the Pocket Cruiser "sails like a brick" and that it wasn't a "real' boat. I has considered these points and felt they had SOME merit (please don't go into defence mode here guys). I did want a boat that sailed well with nicer shaped hulls (a real boat that doesn't sail like a brick), the compromise (as there is always one in boat design) was that it would not be such an easy build as the Pocket Cruiser - I have purchased the plans for the Pocket Cruiser as well by the way. i have recently built a little 14foot flat bottomed Sharpie and it sail just fine, BUT it is long and slender like a "fat Canoe" where-as the Pocket Cruiser is very beamy (great for internal room and stability with the compromise of some loss of performance). And as my sailing would be across distances up to 20 knots, I want to keep it moving along. I currently have a 6m Jarcat catamaran which does all this, however, I am never totally relaxed as there is no "feel" from heel to tell you when to reef or spill wind or pinch up etc. So to ofset this I am always under powered with how much sail I have up so as not to put myself or my family in any danger. I love the "feel' of my mono-hull Sharpie, and I have been out in quite strong winds, but have always felt in control as the boat "talked' to me as such as she leaned telling me as it were how much sail she should have or when to spill.
I also wanted to know that if I was going to undertake a more difficult build then the Pocket Cruiser that I would be able to ask for advice - hence I needed a friendly and ALIVE designer (Just like I would have had with the Pocket Cruiser from the wonderful guys on this forum).
So was there a boat that was 1) a mono-hull 2) shallow draft, 3) had an open V-berth for the snugglers, 4) had nice curves for increased performance and 5) had a friendly and helpful live designer?
Well to my delight, I found just the boat for me which ticked all these boxes. This is a bit more challenging build then I have previously undertaken as it required learning a few new authentic boat building skills, but if I approach each step in turn I learn to solve the problems associated with it and I easily develop these new skills. It is proving a very rewarding experience, and not hard at all really, just new. Paul is a wonderful designer, I am unsure if they are all as approachable and helpful as he is so I can't compare. But if I ever have a question, I receive a short thesis on not only what to do but he explains all the theory and reasoning behind it - talk about teach a man to fish. Therefore, the whole process is not only going to give me the perfect-ish boat for ME but I can consider myself a real boat builder with newly acquired accompanying skills that I will have for the rest of my life to be used on the subsequent boats I will build (this is addictive is it not).
Having built a boat and sailed it, i can tell you there is nothing like the wonderful feelings of accomplishment and increased self-esteem that is associated with it. There is something special going on here that Carl Marx talked about if your interested. He mentioned "Alienation", that is how men of his time worked in factories for money and were "alienated" from this end-product enjoyment. He argued that men should be entitled to this special satisfaction as the true reward for their labours. Well when I sit in my boat and sail across the waters, my smile runs deeper and wider then what you can see on my face and no amount of money could purchase this. So build what you will... but build it, and enjoy it.
Cheers
Andrew
I was looking for a trailer-able sail boat that I could build my self. I wanted to be able to sleep out on it for overnight adventures with the wife or my two young boys. I searched far and wide and settled on the Pocket Cruiser from the weekend range. Some important reasons were that is had a double berth that wasn't separated by a mast tabernacle or centerboard - this suits our life style as my wife and I are great friends and both like to snuggle while we sleep. It is also shallow draft which is suited to our sailing areas of Moreton bay and The Great Sandy Straight.
The down side was the comments I had read that the Pocket Cruiser "sails like a brick" and that it wasn't a "real' boat. I has considered these points and felt they had SOME merit (please don't go into defence mode here guys). I did want a boat that sailed well with nicer shaped hulls (a real boat that doesn't sail like a brick), the compromise (as there is always one in boat design) was that it would not be such an easy build as the Pocket Cruiser - I have purchased the plans for the Pocket Cruiser as well by the way. i have recently built a little 14foot flat bottomed Sharpie and it sail just fine, BUT it is long and slender like a "fat Canoe" where-as the Pocket Cruiser is very beamy (great for internal room and stability with the compromise of some loss of performance). And as my sailing would be across distances up to 20 knots, I want to keep it moving along. I currently have a 6m Jarcat catamaran which does all this, however, I am never totally relaxed as there is no "feel" from heel to tell you when to reef or spill wind or pinch up etc. So to ofset this I am always under powered with how much sail I have up so as not to put myself or my family in any danger. I love the "feel' of my mono-hull Sharpie, and I have been out in quite strong winds, but have always felt in control as the boat "talked' to me as such as she leaned telling me as it were how much sail she should have or when to spill.
I also wanted to know that if I was going to undertake a more difficult build then the Pocket Cruiser that I would be able to ask for advice - hence I needed a friendly and ALIVE designer (Just like I would have had with the Pocket Cruiser from the wonderful guys on this forum).
So was there a boat that was 1) a mono-hull 2) shallow draft, 3) had an open V-berth for the snugglers, 4) had nice curves for increased performance and 5) had a friendly and helpful live designer?
Well to my delight, I found just the boat for me which ticked all these boxes. This is a bit more challenging build then I have previously undertaken as it required learning a few new authentic boat building skills, but if I approach each step in turn I learn to solve the problems associated with it and I easily develop these new skills. It is proving a very rewarding experience, and not hard at all really, just new. Paul is a wonderful designer, I am unsure if they are all as approachable and helpful as he is so I can't compare. But if I ever have a question, I receive a short thesis on not only what to do but he explains all the theory and reasoning behind it - talk about teach a man to fish. Therefore, the whole process is not only going to give me the perfect-ish boat for ME but I can consider myself a real boat builder with newly acquired accompanying skills that I will have for the rest of my life to be used on the subsequent boats I will build (this is addictive is it not).
Having built a boat and sailed it, i can tell you there is nothing like the wonderful feelings of accomplishment and increased self-esteem that is associated with it. There is something special going on here that Carl Marx talked about if your interested. He mentioned "Alienation", that is how men of his time worked in factories for money and were "alienated" from this end-product enjoyment. He argued that men should be entitled to this special satisfaction as the true reward for their labours. Well when I sit in my boat and sail across the waters, my smile runs deeper and wider then what you can see on my face and no amount of money could purchase this. So build what you will... but build it, and enjoy it.
Cheers
Andrew
03-10-2013, 02:30 AM
Awesome! Keep us in the pics. I can't wait to see the finished product!
03-10-2013, 06:56 AM
great looking project good luck ! paul any chance you could post
a link or some pics of this design?
wooohoo boat porn !!
a link or some pics of this design?
wooohoo boat porn !!
03-11-2013, 01:05 AM
Rocky offers three rig choices as shown. i am going with the Bermudan Sloop with the tumble-back bow.
http://paryachts.blogspot.com.au/
Cheers
http://paryachts.blogspot.com.au/
Cheers
03-11-2013, 04:15 AM
Rocky is an older design of mine and the original was built, but changed in mid steam to be a "putt-putt" (displacement powerboat). The centerboard case was built, then capped off. The offset outboard splash well was moved to the centerline, the rudder left off, as was the rig (it was a sloop design), though the bow sprit retained for anchoring. I have some build pictures of her stuffed away in box, dating before the move here (about 15 years ago), but I've yet to find them.
Since then, she's received a number of changes. Some took place when I converted many of these older designs to digital. Her entry was cleaned up and some additional power added in her stern sections too. The rig simplified, changes to her structure and the removal of the compression post under the mast, in favor of a ring frame and deck beams to carry the load.
I think the "Insert Picture" icon is for online photos, but uploads from your machine require the "Attachments" button.
Since then, she's received a number of changes. Some took place when I converted many of these older designs to digital. Her entry was cleaned up and some additional power added in her stern sections too. The rig simplified, changes to her structure and the removal of the compression post under the mast, in favor of a ring frame and deck beams to carry the load.
I think the "Insert Picture" icon is for online photos, but uploads from your machine require the "Attachments" button.