Comments on: A United Nations Flat-Bottomed Skiff https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/united-nations-flat-bottomed-skiff/ Wed, 08 Jan 2025 13:15:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: John Sandusky https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/united-nations-flat-bottomed-skiff/#comment-149576 Sun, 29 Dec 2024 23:58:29 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=192035#comment-149576 Well done!
I built a sailing dinghy for use in those waters back in the eighties. I also sailed a 20′ sloop there in the nineties, I know how choppy it can be. Good luck in all of your future endeavors!

]]> By: Peter Leenhouts https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/united-nations-flat-bottomed-skiff/#comment-143925 Sun, 17 Nov 2024 14:45:40 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=192035#comment-143925 Very nice article, with clear pictures that support it – thanks! I’d think a plywood bottom, reinforced with fiberglass, would be a great alternative to cross planking, and would make the bottom much stiffer – indeed the boat much stiffer and less prone to twisting – as well. Another boat of this type which may interest you is the Clarence River Dory, designed by John Welsford, here: https://duckworks.com/clarence-river-dory-plans/

Look forward to great things from you and Clam Island Boatworks!

]]> By: Kenneth Lambert https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/united-nations-flat-bottomed-skiff/#comment-141998 Sun, 03 Nov 2024 22:21:39 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=192035#comment-141998 In reply to Faith L Reynolds.

Good job, Liam.
Nice to see youth working with their hands crafting something of material and personal value.

]]> By: Faith L Reynolds https://smallboatsmonthly.com/article/united-nations-flat-bottomed-skiff/#comment-141764 Sat, 02 Nov 2024 01:15:34 +0000 https://smallboatsmonthly.com/?post_type=article&p=192035#comment-141764 Thoroughly enjoyed your account of building your boat and operating it.

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