new boat!

[Cactus]

Well almost...

If anyone is interested, I'm keeping a photo blog of a Heron dinghy build at

http://www.iwantaseaview.com/Heron

Maybe PBO will do a feature and pay ££££s to cover the cost of epoxy! /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Enjoy!

 

[asj1]

Looks just like the one my father built 45 years ago!

 

[Cactus]

Oddly enough my grandfather built one around then also! But properly.. none of this stitch and tape nonsense.. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

So that's why I picked the Heron as my first project.

 

[alldownwind]

My first boat was Heron no.119, about hrrrrmph 45 years ago. Cost me £50, all the money I had in the PO. Was reportedly built in the woodwork shop of the then Dover Borstal. (No, not by me!)

 

[pheonix]

i quote "none of this stitch and tape nonsense"
the stitch "n" glue technique as used in mirror dinghys is a much stronger construction than its larger sister the miracle dinghy with conventional construction also consider the very light weight phantom a phenominaly strong and fast dinghy.
so why shun stitch "n" glue
/forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif

 

[Cactus]

Calm down there chief, I'm just saying my Grandfather built his 'old skool', before stitch and glue was widely embraced.

I can confirm having built about half of my Heron, a stitch and glue dinghy is simple to construct and would break through ice, but perhaps it's not the choice of the traditionalist..?