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 basement …

Jul 9, 2004 · I am looking for a pond yacht that for sure works. If you follow the links on the page Dave Fleming put up, you'll find ready-made pond yachts and those will for sure work. Be sure to be sitting …

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 'catering'?) I have a …

Nov 18, 2019 · Re: New Design, Double Ended Troller Yacht Nice. Very West Coast in character and reminds me of the old trollers in the SE Alaska troll fleet. My only suggestion would be to stretch it …

Nov 29, 2022 · Re: Tripled planked yacht repair. How were the original three layers fastened? Any glue of any sort between them? Resorcinol?. The only triple layer construction that I’ve sailed and worked …

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May 28, 2012 · Re: 63' 1935 Shane Trimmership Motor Yacht "Zimmie" Zimmie was the original name of this boat, built in Seattle, WA in 1935 by the Shain Manufacturing Company, Morris Shain, owner …

Dec 14, 2024 · The Design Spiral in The Principles of Yacht Design by Lars Larsson, Rolf Eliasson, Michal Orych is the first illustration in Chapter 1. The Design Spiral can produce intuitions to assist us …

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 bowsprit is …

Jul 3, 2018 · The winner of the pond yacht competition was said to have been given a free trip to Larchmont to view the races and also was taken for a sail on that famous R classs sloop. "Pirate" …