Michael Storer Wooden Boat Plans

First Goat Island Skiff in New Zealand

storerm@storerboatplans.com (http://www.storerboatplans.com) — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 05:09:08 +0000

The first New Zealand Goat Island Skiff has been launched by Ian Howeth. He has taken a year to build it as spare time became available. It was launched during the Xmas break Related posts:

More Launchings – Stephen’s Goat Island Skiff It is always nice to hear that another boat has hit the water. Stephen built the boat part time over...
Goat Island Skiff Launching 2 – Woodeneye in the Hunter Valley, NSW. Bruce in New South Wales, Australia has launched his Goat Island Skiff plywood sailing dinghy at Port Stephens. They had...
Goat Island Skiff in Victoria – Dete Hasse and his boys (and the value of reefing Dete Hasse and his family built a Goat Island Skiff in Geelong, Victoria a while ago. He has just written...

Will giving my boat hull, surfboard or sailboard a golfball dimple reduce drag & help it go faster

storerm@storerboatplans.com (http://www.storerboatplans.com) — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:11:22 +0000

Golfballs go further because of those dimples on the surface. Would it make sense to have those dimples on a boat hull? It is not quite that simple as this little article attempts to explain. Related posts:

Podcast Online – Wooden Boat Design by Michael Storer – 1 of 3 This talk is the first hour of my exposition on boat building and design. There are two more parts to...
The Canon – Tools for thinking about sailing and boat design – Books and Articles One of the most important things as a designer or sailor is to keep an open mind, but also to...
Is the PDRacer a good looking boat? Part 1 A little bit of writing how form in boat design seldom follows function in terms of what "looks good". It...

Sailing unstayed Cat Ketches and Cat Yawls safely and efficiently downwind in strong winds

storerm@storerboatplans.com (http://www.storerboatplans.com) — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 00:24:43 +0000

John Goodman and I sailed the immaculate Goat Island Skiff he built from my plan in the Texas 200. The boat showed itself to be one of the faster in the fleet despite loading up such a short boat with food, water and camping gear for six days with little outside support. We played with sailing the boat by the lee - a method used by racing boats to gain both speed and control. I document the method here including a video showing how the angle of heel can be controlled using the mainsheet. Related posts:

Videos of GIS sailing at speed – planing on the Mooloola River We have been learning how to edit videos. So here are some shots of Peter Hyndman’s GIS “Gruff” at speed...
The Canon – Tools for thinking about sailing and boat design – Books and Articles One of the most important things as a designer or sailor is to keep an open mind, but also to...
Taking videos on board sailing boats using a boom camera Cameras, digicams, video cameras are fun on boats, but it is hard to get good pics of yourselves sailing the...

Slideshow of boats from the Lake Macquarie Classic Boatfest

storerm@storerboatplans.com (http://www.storerboatplans.com) — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 04:41:20 +0000

AlexN, who is building an Oz Racer and I drove up to Toronto at Lake Macquarie for the Classic Boatfest 2011. I think I will go again in 2012 and try to have a boat to sail around. Shows on the water are the nicest type and this one has good access for small sailing boats and canoes. We met up with Bruce (Woodeneye on the storerboats forum) who had is "for sale" Goat Island Skiff. Related posts:

USA Day 13 – Salt Lake City to Lake Powell Well … this is the section where I leave Oregon and go to Utah to paddle a canoe on Lake...
Goat Island Skiff slideshow – building in Norfolk UK Richard Harvey’s (the owner of the Norfolk Goat) son Mark has put a slide show up of the GIS being...
USA Trip Day 7, 8, 9 – Timothy Lake Messabout with the Coots The pics in this post are just a hint – many more on flickr – you can see them at...

How much fiberglass will prevent most damage to my ply or timber canoe or sailing dinghy?

storerm@storerboatplans.com (http://www.storerboatplans.com) — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 04:55:10 +0000

How much fibreglass is really necessary to prevent damage to a plywood boat for most users? For a long time I've been suspicious that both designers and builders are in a never ending spiral of more and more heavier fibreglass. I argue, with data from the Turner designed Jarcat, that the weights of glass are clearly excessive for most uses and users of small boats. Related posts:

Minimal repairs to keep an old Mirror plywood sailing dinghy going Melanie in the UK wrote to me. She has just bought an old Mirror dinghy and started sailing for the...
BETH Sailing Canoe Pictures I was up at Duck Flat a couple of weeks ago and had a bit of a poke around their...
Eureka Canoe at the Duckflat School – so some alternative methods At the Duckflat Autumn Boating School Bob Bauze built himself a Eureka Canoe. We used a few methods a bit...

Storerboats in Hungarian. Storerboats -> Magyar

storerm@storerboatplans.com (http://www.storerboatplans.com) — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 04:52:27 +0000

Csaba is my agent in Hungary. He has translated several of my plans to Hungarian. This is some of his promotional material in Hungarian. Related posts:

Video of Quick Canoe in Hungary. A video of the Quick Canoe in action. My Agent in Hungary who sells plans in both English and Hungarian...
Precut Plywood Kits Available for Storer Boats There are a number of different suppliers in different areas. You can of course build direct from the plan and...
The two plywood canoes in my range – How to choose. This page compares the two plywood canoes in my range. Both have detailed plans and are simple to build. The...

Jack Launches his Eureka Canoe. Built in Adelaide, finished in Melbourne – Pics

storerm@storerboatplans.com (http://www.storerboatplans.com) — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 01:46:14 +0000

Jack is rather happy with his newly launched Eureka Canoe. He has built it as a woodworking project over the last couple of years as time became available from his busy architectural practice. Anyway ... a bunch of nice photos and some of Jack's writing. Related posts:

Another Eureka Canoe built and some pics of very nice homemade paddles. Well, I might be in the middle of the chaos of the Timber and Working with Wood Show in Adelaide...
Great New Website 2 – Eureka Canoe Building pics – launch videos Peter Hyndman has been boiling down the essence of the Eureka Canoe he has been building. So a great new...
Eureka Canoe at the Duckflat School – so some alternative methods At the Duckflat Autumn Boating School Bob Bauze built himself a Eureka Canoe. We used a few methods a bit...

Nice Goat Island Skiff Videos from John Goodman in Texas

storerm@storerboatplans.com (http://www.storerboatplans.com) — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 07:36:34 +0000

More videos of John Goodman's Yawl Rigged Goat Island Skiff. He is trying out some rigging variations to see if we can simplify the building of the yawl rig version. At the moment this is inconclusive, but wow, he got some good videos Related posts:

Five days and 200 miles up the Texas Coast. John and David Goodman in their Goat Island Skiff Exciting News, John and David Goodman finished the Texas200 event in their lime green Goat Island skiff. Five days and...
Goat Island Skiff Launching 3 – John’s CNC yawl version in Texas John in Texas built his Goat Island Skiff from a kit made by Clinton Chase. They are experimenting with a...
Goat Island Skiff Launching 4 – Christophe in New Hampshire Christophe has launched his Goat Island Skiff in New Hampshire. A very nice looking boat....

Storerboats meeting for the Texas 200 “RAID” sailing event June 13-18, 2011

storerm@storerboatplans.com (http://www.storerboatplans.com) — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 09:55:16 +0000

The TEXAS 200 sailing event is on again. A 200 mile sail and camping trip up the Texas coast that runs every year. I am going to be in town, so would be crazy not to attend. This is a call for all interested storerboats to consider attending. Related posts:

A few more pics of the GIS yawl in the Texas 200 Mile event. Plan info – yawl rig info, please contact me. John and Mark are pretty happy with the Goat Island Skiff...
Nice Goat Island Skiff Videos from John Goodman in Texas More videos of John Goodman's Yawl Rigged Goat Island Skiff. He is trying out some rigging variations to see if...
Michael Storer at the Wooden Boat Show, Mystic Seaport, USA 24-26 June Michael Storer will be attending the 2011 Woodenboat Show in Mystic Seaport. He will be running a workshop for families...

Michael Storer at the Wooden Boat Show, Mystic Seaport, USA 24-26 June

storerm@storerboatplans.com (http://www.storerboatplans.com) — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 09:25:05 +0000

Michael Storer will be attending the 2011 Woodenboat Show in Mystic Seaport. He will be running a workshop for families building the Quick Canoe - choice of either the electric or the paddling versions along with Duckworks and J.O. Woodworking. Related posts:

Tasmanian Wooden Boat Show and the Goolwa Wooden Boat Show Seeing that I am getting the two boats ready for the festival season here is some info about the two...
Podcast Online – Wooden Boat Construction by Michael Storer – 2 of 3 This is the second of my talks in the USA. It focuses a bit more on construction and some of...
Storerboats meeting for the Texas 200 “RAID” sailing event June 13-18, 2011 The TEXAS 200 sailing event is on again. A 200 mile sail and camping trip up the Texas coast that...