How to Build an Ultra Light Weight Dinghy | Composite Boat Building (Ep23)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 มิ.ย. 2024
- Welcome to my boat building channel! This is my trawler restoration of an Albin 27 pocket trawler. Every couple of weeks I post a boat building or boat repair video to document various boat projects, sailboat restorations, or boat repairs.
This episode I explain how I build an ultra lightweight dinghy for my trawler using composite boat building materials and fiberglass. This dinghy weighs less than 80 pounds. You may be familiar with Sampson Boat Co and all sorts of wooden boat building. But not all boat building is done in wood. This is a great cheap boat building project that will improve your boat building and fiberglass skills
00:00 Light Weight Dinghy
01:05 Dinghy Criteria
02:30 How to make dinghy lighter
03:47 Water Tight Compartments
04:44 Coosa Board composite
06:41 PVC rubrail
09:00 Finishing
10:36 Before and After
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The Albin 27 was a pilothouse yacht manufactured in the New England area of the United States from approximately 1983 to 1992. There were reportedly 500-600 of these boats manufactured. The Albin 27 is trailerable and weighed approximately 6,500 pounds from the factory. It is a true pocket trawler with a forward and aft cabin, galley, head, and pilothouse helm.
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Great project. I love the result. I think that the balance between nice woodwork and weeks of maintenance is key. Every year I find myself missing the best sailing because I'm refinishing the brightwork instead of putting the boat in the water.
Jeff : I think you and I think alike. The ease of maintenance on composite materials coupled with some accent teak or bright work makes a great combination that is timeless and easy to manage.
Thanks for pvc foam board
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Very good tutorial for making rowboat. Thanks
Glad you enjoyed it! Welcome aboard
We had one of these dinks several years back with the original flotation. It sank. Nice safe useful modification
Thanks Richard, I think it will be a nice upgrade
I built a 9 foot that is 43 pounds. In fact I built 2 and I built an 11 foot that is 50 Pounds. I think yours is prettier but mine has an advantage for those that want to access waters by foot or without a boat ramp. I suppose mine are not dinghy's but rather row boats.
Excellent!
I loved how you did the vídeo. Funny and caught my attention. I live in the southeast state of Brazil.
I will review your pocket cruiser. I am planning to build one.
Thanks so much Jeferson. Be sure to stay tuned as I have another interesting project in the horizon 😁
Welcome aboard Jeferson and thanks for the feedback 👍😁
LIked and Subcribed. Good info!
Thank you and welcome aboard! Be sure to check out the Albin 27 playlist to see all the unusual projects going on in the Werks
It would have been nice to see a lot more of the work as it was being done.
Some projects in my videos were completed long before my TH-cam channel. But don’t worry there’s lots more work to do. You should definitely check out the Live Stream from the Boat Werks. Be sure to Watch the Albin 27 Playlist to take the channel to the next level. Then all your dreams will come true. Thanks again for your support
Your davit is a nice design but if you made the base with a pin to rotate you could tip the arms towards the bow and gain more height
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Very informative video. I like the references to your other videos detailing the materials used. Could you make the pictures of the videos clickable links?
Sorry TH-cam doesn’t allow me to successfully do that across all platforms. But you can easily find the links by going to my TH-cam Channel and watching the playlists. Thanks for your comment😁be sure to subscribe and spread the word
your dingy is very sharp, very smart . electric trolling motor would work?
Thanks Larry: it will be a 2hp air cooled Honda
Lightweight and reliable
The dinghy looks great! Where did you buy the PVC board you used for the toe rail?
Mark: Try a 2” x1” piece of extruded pvc trim stock which you might find at a big box store. While not exactly the same as pvc foam board in certain applications it’s a close enough substitute
Ok, I’ll try that. Thanks.
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Would it be strong enough to take a sail?
Sure 😁but it’s no longer rigged to sail. It’s a dinghy row boat
Hi Joe no need to shout , we can hear you.
I know this guy is always shouting at me! 😂🤣😂
I just love finding beat up things and restoring them. Great job, Sir! If i might make one little comment about your blog. When you do a transition or interruption you throw up that color thing on the screen...followed by a piercing beep. Maybe it is my age...but it jars my senses every time and i find it unnerving. Please don't do that.
Alan you should be old enough to remember channel interruptions and community service messages on broadcast TV. Welcome to the channel😁
Hey Joe, I'll subscribe to your channel if you remove the annoying beep sound in the video. It really hurts my ears especially when wearing headphones. Good information though.
Last night after 18 months and 20 days MotorCity Boat Werks reached 5,001 subscribers. Well done everyone 😁👍 Your comment has been noted and I’ll see what can be done. In the mean time please subscribe and join the Werkers. This channel would
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Great build... but keep your face out of the camera. Focus the camera more on what you are doing and how you are doing it rather you....
Be sure to check out all my channel’s videos -and if it’s still not to your liking …trust me, you will definitely NOT hurt my feelings if you go away.
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