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G'day Beekeeper, sorry mate. I haven't measured it but it looks like about 3.5 inches in the bow and maybe 2 inches rocker in the stern.

G'day Cat, The fish in my right hand is a Yellowbelly or Golden Perch and the one in my left hand is a Aussie Bass. Both very good to eat.

G'day Chuck, The last couple of months have been spent at home catching up with some honey do stuff and building up and prepping my new truck for some extended outback touring and fooling around with this little skiff in-between. We travelled south to our New England area over Christmas, to...

G'day Fenix1 and thanks for the interest mate. I haven't worried about posting updates because I thought no-one was interested in my little build. re the problems with your build, I have been building boats for a number of years now and I recently bought this book...

I'm back!! Evie and I want a boat that we can car top easily and I think this little skiff fits the bill beautifully. I got her down from the roof today, shot a heap of measurements and levels and to my dismay, found that almost the entire boat was out of square, with uneven angles at the sides...

I lifted her off the strongback today and it is with a heavy heart that I have to admit that she is too heavy for me to use as a car topper. this is without gunwales, seats or anything else. Just the bare hull. This is not the design fault but mine entirely. I used cheap, exterior, hardwood...

Beautiful, slippery lines, Transom is cut and on. Epoxy and fibre-glass tape is on. I am using 4" cloth tape on this build in an attempt to keep weight down a bit. She is a big boat for what I want And I am a bit worried at this point that she will be too heavy for me to lift onto the roof...

Geez, thank guys, Mick, (TW541),, I think this design is really worth building. The boat is long and lean and to my eye, has truly beautiful lines. She should row very well and be easily pushed at design hull speed by even a 2.5hp outboard. I would guess her design displacement speed to be...

Oh, My, Goodness!! That is a magnificent build mate! Bloody well done. respectfully, Mick

Thanks for the interest Chuck. :D I have learnt a lot from Uncle John's build methods and am adapting some of them to this build. Likewise, I am also applying some of what I have learnt from building Matt's beautiful boats and applying some of that also. :mrgreen: Hopefully the end result...

G'day guys, The last few years have been very busy for me but I have been itching to build another boat for a long time now. I downloaded The free plans for this lovely skiff by Gavin Atkin http://intheboatshed.net/2008/10/11/int ... -progress/ about a year ago (initially out of...

Holy Shit ! David, I just read that last link and it frightened the hell out of me. Surely kids just can't be THAT stupid? not even left coasters. Then again, I look at some of our Australian kids and I see little difference. more interested in bloody reality tv shows than reality itself...

G'day Ron, Sounds like an interesting trip mate' Evie and I are still on ours. Temps here have been bipolar to say the least. 45c (113f) near Inverell last week to about 8c (46f) ((which is bloody cold for us)) here at Armidale this morning. We are just loving this retirement caper with our...

Chuck, We also have those horrible black plastic solar showers but here, the bloody things get either too hot or not hot enough. Baby wipes are a brilliant piece of kit. Evie and I like the outback here where water can be pretty scarce in places. Baby wipes are a big help. Options for actual...

No need to stay dirty mate. There are at least three good options 1. Do as the natives do. 2. Canvas shower bag . Warm up water over fire, put in shower bag and wash. Or if you want to get a little posh, pack your own ensuite

Mate, That is truly a beautiful knife! Respectfully Mick

Geez Chuck, That's a beauty! I like that one a lot mate. A bush thunder chair :mrgreen:

Chuck, as another outsider, it sounds to me like her actions are treasonous. She is overtly acting against the US while her country is at war.

Geez Mike, That was a great read! and even better piccies. Can't wait for part two.

Thanks Jack and Chuck. our bream are really good to eat and great fun to catch. While I was paddling around the other day, I couldn't help but thing just how good a UJ pirogue would be in those waters. Matt has designed something really special for Evie that he calls an Akuna. The word is...