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A nice post by Brian Anderson who has built some outriggers for his Quick Canoe gives a good idea of how much performance can be expected from 2hp and a neat installation.

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A collection of some of our fun projects. Often collaborations. Some turned into production designs and others gave us significant learning!

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The problem with design is that it is relatively cheap. Sometimes fixed price. But it is not realised what successive design iterations are doing to the boat.

In the end Chris was unable to complete the boat. Partially because the hull turned out to be in much worse condition than expected. But also despite some nice positives coming in terms of usable space below, other things just seemed to get more and more complex.

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How useful are Solar and Electric boats anyhow? The large Solar Electric Mundoo 3 was one of the more interesting projects I've been involved in. It was the brainchild of Robert Ayliffe, then at Duck Flat Wooden Boats and Ted Dexter. This liveaboard boat was featured on the cover of WoodenBoat magazine at the time and was a tremendous success for the owners who found it fitted their needs perfectly.

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Buying plans in Australia has changed. Duck Flat Wooden Boats in Adelaide are no longer my plans agents. We have alternative arrangements for buying plans as books and plans as PDFs. Duck Flat are growing the Boat Restoration and Repair side of their business.

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Never join boat decks the way you join up panels in a house. Cracks and big failures will result.

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The dominant source of timber sizings or scantlings for traditionally built workboats in Australia is the USL Code.  It would probably be OK for traditionally built workboats in other parts of the world. It has information for both traditionally planked or semi traditional plywood boats of larger sizes

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Oil or diesel fuel have soaked into some of the areas you want to work on. There are no easy solutions. But this one might work.

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Dayboat Launch 23ft (6.5m) by Stephen Foster - great photos of a fantastic looking boat.

It is a very simplified hull - basically a square box, but I've done my normal trick of making it look rather nice. And Stephen's clever adaptation of the cabin is just excellent!

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