Aiden bradley
New Member
Hello all.
I'm currently gripped by sailfish madness. I want one, I will have one! I'm at the initial prattling about stage at the start of every project but I'm pretty confident that I can pull this one off. I want to build a super sailfish. I'm in the process of considering materials and methods of construction. For all the purists out there I will apologise in advance, I want to use mainly plywood in its construction, and I haven't dis.issed the notion of using stitch and glue construction, which I've had some experience of doing with other boats. Has anyone on here made either a sailfish or a sunfish using these methods? The idea is to make this on a mega low budget, so hardwoods are not happening and also I want to make this a light, car toppable hull. Could I realistically build the hull with 6mm ply sides, rather than the hefty mahogany planks which the originals were made fro. If anyone has any wisdom about sailfish construction is be most grateful. I've found loads of resources about restoring old boats but not a lot regarding recent builds.
I'm currently gripped by sailfish madness. I want one, I will have one! I'm at the initial prattling about stage at the start of every project but I'm pretty confident that I can pull this one off. I want to build a super sailfish. I'm in the process of considering materials and methods of construction. For all the purists out there I will apologise in advance, I want to use mainly plywood in its construction, and I haven't dis.issed the notion of using stitch and glue construction, which I've had some experience of doing with other boats. Has anyone on here made either a sailfish or a sunfish using these methods? The idea is to make this on a mega low budget, so hardwoods are not happening and also I want to make this a light, car toppable hull. Could I realistically build the hull with 6mm ply sides, rather than the hefty mahogany planks which the originals were made fro. If anyone has any wisdom about sailfish construction is be most grateful. I've found loads of resources about restoring old boats but not a lot regarding recent builds.