Article in "Small Craft Advisor"

It was a huge co-incidence actually.

I had been speaking to a couple of people about good magazines in the USA to advertise in. They both said "Small Craft Advisor".

So I emailed them.

I received a reply saying that as my email arrived they had been looking at one of my web postings about the GIS. They were interested in how something so simple could sail so well.

Anyway they asked me if I would like to write an article about the boat. I was very happy to oblige.

The article talks about how and why Australia and NZ stayed with wooden class racing boats considerably longer than most of the rest of the world and how our wooden boat tradition has been strongly informed by those years of extra development. Our boats are lighter than most Northern Hemisphere boats by a large margin - this is despite our stronger winds on average and rough waters.

Also it talks about how there is an idea that "compromise" is essential to boat design.

I think that is rubbish - it is an excuse for poor design - a boat should be MUCH better than you expect - easier to build and sailing it should cover distance in any reasonable conditions effortlessly.

One of the editors liked the boat so much he bought a set of plans.

The magazine has been out for a few weeks already.

Koala builds a Eureka Canoe in Europe!

Since finding a UK Agent and doing some linguistic work on my website the spread of boats being built to my plans has become ... rather large.

The Excerpt is written by "Koala" in Slovenia (sorry Koala for my confusion about Slovenia/Slovakia) who is building a Eureka - the reason for the name? Maybe he sleeps all day?

One of the problems for builders in that area is that the small boat building infrastructure just is not there - but as more people start building there will be some little businesses start up - or at least the knowledge will circulate.

Greetings to all.

I have been following this thread for a while since I'm also building my own Eureka and findtips here quite helpful. You can observe my progress on the boat (sorry its only in Slovene - far, far away, but you can see some pics):

http://www.kanujerojen.blogspot.com/ But my question is this. How do you guys manage to mix the filler that doesn't stay white? My supplier here says they only have such type of hardener that is white. And as I would like my boat to have natural wood colour this bothers me.

KOALA

You can see the answer here in the most monster Eureka thread on the Woodwork Forums.

Discounted Plans - 50-66% off

I'm trying a bit of an experiment.

I am significantly discounting a number of my plans. I have recently updated a number of older plans to be available in a PDF format and delivered by email.

And I am not playing around. The discounts are between 50 and 66%
Plans for the same boats on paper may have not been changed - this is for email delivery only.

The list and links to details is here
http://www.storerboatplans.com/Boatplansdiscount.html

These include:

MOTORBOATS - Econonmical to build and run.
My take on simple to build motor boats with low horsepower and high economy - they can move along very well indeed under 10 to 15hp. The two smaller ones are trailerable and the bigger one is very light for its length so there is potential to trail it too.

• The TC35 - $190 - 35ft liveaboard riverboat/liveaboard for a couple with room for a couple of guests.
• The Venezia - $150 - 27ft riverboat/canalboat - originally designed for the Venice lagoon.
• The Dayboat/Launch - $120 - 23ft originally open boat that can easily be modified.

Some of the Kayak, Canoe and Dinghy mods
Simple, light, well engineered components

• Drop in Sailing Rig - $25 - A leeboard and sail assembly to turn a kayak or canoe into a basic sailing boat that will go upwind and down. Can be almost completely removed from the boat when not required.
• Drop in Outriggers - $30 - add stability to any canoe or kayak to create a fishing or or outboarding platform or the basis of a MONSTER sailing boat.