A few boats that are the pride of the Muskoka region in Canada.
You can visit the boat museum for the Muskoka region located in Gravenhurst and have a day trip on the lake with an old steam boat.
Wednesday, August 12, 2015
Monday, August 10, 2015
Resources
Glen L. Witt - Boatbuilding With Plywood
http://www.amazon.com/Boatbuilding-Plywood-Glen-L-Witt/dp/0939070073/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8Traditional boatbuilding made easy: building "Heidi"
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0713646918?keywords=Building%20Heidi%3A%20Traditional%20Boat%20Building%20Made%20Easy&qid=1445617408&ref_=sr_1_2&sr=8-2Famous boat building book - Gougeon
http://www.westsystem.com/ss/assets/HowTo-Publications/GougeonBook%20061205.pdf
Great wood finish
http://www.vintageraceboatshop.com/Stain-Varnish.htmHow to build a windshield
https://www.glen-l.com/weblettr/webletters-13/webletter113-windshield.html
How heavy is the plywood
http://www.boulterplywood.com/MarinePlywood_4.htm
http://www.noahsmarine.com/Canada/Plywoods-can/plywoods-can.html
Where to buy marine paint sealer from (Noah's Marine in Toronto, below link from Kingston ON)
http://www.marineoutfitters.ca/index.cfm?category=10005%7C10006
Where to buy a 600 pounds boat trailer from and assembled it yourself
http://www.harborfreight.com/600-lb-capacity-boat-trailer-with-8-inch-wheels-and-tires-5002.html
Boat lines
How to build a breasthook
Friday, August 7, 2015
Tuesday, August 4, 2015
PM-38 and Glen-L
Below you can see the article from 1962 Popular Mechanics for building the PM-38.
38 m.p.h performance, $38 for materials, 38 hours to build
http://www.diy-wood-boat.com/PM-38-Club.html
Started to look for boat plans, I have found Glen-L site, a wonderful place for boat builders.
Have decided to buy the plans for the Dyno Mite because of its convenient size.
http://www.boatdesigns.com/11-Dyno-Mite-SG-deep-vee-runabout/products/320/
Mistake: Dyno Mite is a boat that uses Stitch and Glue method of building. This method uses a lot of resin putty to build the joins instead of creating a nice wooden skeleton that is covered with the plywood.
At this moment in time, I prefer the plywood method of building a boat that is available for the Squirt (on the Glen-L site).
You can see a great blog below where Art Atkinson built his Squirt a few years ago.
http://artatkinson.blogspot.ca/
Saturday, August 1, 2015
Introduction
My name is Eugen Frunza, I am originally from Romania but leaving in Canada for the last 20 years.
I am a software developer and consultant.
Below is a picture with my family taken 2 years ago, my wife Mina with Paul, Andrei and Stefan (left to right).
Some of the best moments of my life were spent with my friend Florin at Bark Lake. Fishing for walleye at night under the stars cannot be beat by too many other memories.
Florin and I bought together our boats (a week apart) 6-7 years ago.
Some other pictures with dedicated fishermen (in Florin's boat) and my friend Liviu getting a taste of my boat (a Mark Twain bass boat.)
Below the early morning and the same lake at noon.
Mistake: bought a boat too big (17.5 feet) that I have to store in front of my townhouse.
Due to City Hall complains, I had to move it each year 4 hours away of Toronto.
Haven't used the boat in couple of years so I have decided to build one that will fit in my garage.
This decision was taken in a spur of a moment, after I have discovered the PM-38 article on the web, by another (happy this time) mistake.
Another reason to build this boat is that I am not a handyman, not being naturally gifted with the patience and qualities to build things.
This blog will show you many mistakes I made during boat's construction but in spite of this I hope I will be able to complete the boat as per my expectations.
If this will happen, you should know that if I did it, you can do it too!
(maybe I should rename this blog - Recovering from the mistakes!)
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