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Marine Epoxy or Resorcinol?
by Nate CareyGuild members ask good questions! And one of the questions asked during my presentation at David Lamb’s workshop February 19th was, “Why is epoxy being used in the construction of the nutshell pram…
Win The Nutshell Pram!
Sister Ship of the Boat Building Subgroup’s Nutshell Pram Raffle tickets are on sale now – contact Nate Carey, Harvey Best, Myrl Phelps, Barry Brunelle or Paul Caron. Tickets are $10.00 each or six tickets for $50.00…
Adding Structure to the Nutshell
Barry Brunelle behind the camera. We enjoyed the company of two surprise guests during the last work session of 2010… Both Eric and Peter helped bend the guardrails around the top…
Three Boat Shops
Aside from the more sophisticated professional shops I’ve worked in and visited, I’ve found boat shops to consist of whatever space and shelter is available to the boatbuilder. For the amateur boat builder, the…
Off the Building Jig
As always photos courtesy Barry Brunelle. The Nutshell is almost ready to turn “right side…
Nutshell in Oz!
Read about Australian boat designer Michael Storer “Helping out at the Duck Flat boatbuilding spring…
"Nutshell" Building Sessions on Thursdays!
Every Thursday there is a “Nutshell” work session at Harvey’s barn in Andover…please attend if you can. Session will start at 6:00PM. Planking, planking, planking! Please call or email with questions….
Nutshell Pram Project
By Nate Carey I have been fascinated with wooden boats since my grandfather helped me build my first boat back in 1965. Over the years, I have built more than a dozen small wooden boats of various designs. My…
Blog of My Australian Friend Paul
Follow Paul’s progress as he builds a 26′ Norwalk Island Sharpie using his Grandfather’s…
The "Nutshell" Goes Together!
Photos from Thursday September 9th’s work session…behind the camera, Barry…
First Subgroup Built Boat!
Ten of us met at The Landing School in Arundel, Maine on Saturday June 12th to hold the 2nd meeting of the Boat Building subGroup. At that meeting the decision was made to start construction on the first of hopefully…
Back In The Saddle…
I had a good vacation in south Florida; sailed as much as I could, considering the weather did not cooperate. This is not me nor is it south Florida (it’s Georgia)…but it is the P D Racer that my friend Dave…
Designer – Flavio Faloci
Flavio Faloci is a 44 year old naval architect and sailing instructor living in Genoa, Italy. The design of sea-going commercial vessels is his bread and butter, and the design of small (and very small) wooden…
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