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UPDATED
Wednesday February 11, 2009
Pathfinder
by John Welsford
L O A 5.25 M 17 FT 4 IN
BEAM 1.95 M 6 FT 5 IN
WEIGHT (dry, inc. motor) 220 KG 485 LBS
SAIL AREA 15.1 SQM 162 SQFT
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I
finished my
course in boat building at the Silva Bay shipyard School in August
2005. I started planning on building a boat right after I finished school
but as I found out, wood is expensive. I realized I would need to go back to
work commercial diving for sea urchins starting in September 05. During the
long cold fishing season of 2005-2006 I tried to decide what I wanted to
build . I tossed around several ideas of boats to construct, such
as a haven 12 1/2, a Gartside again or a Simmons sea skiff, shown through
the winter in wooden boat magazine . I knew I wanted to build a small
boat, that was the only thing I didn't change my mind about . I think the
main reason why I didn't finally decide to build a Haven or another
Gartside was I want to be non-reliant of a second set of hands
. I was interested in glued lap , but mostly I want to
finish the project this summer . Some how
through the mysteries of the internet, I was introduced to
John Welsford small craft designs . After checking out his site I knew
right away that I wanted to build a pathfinder....... |
