In this video, WoodenBoat author Kevin Porter explains how he used a shop-made drilling guide to accurately drill a long hole through a table leaf’s width.
Leo Goolden, a native of England who learned boatbuilding in yards in Bristol and Cornwall, wrote in WB No. 266 about the daunting task of replacing the 48′ LOA yacht’s timber keel.
In our profile of Louis Sauzedde in WoodenBoat No. 239, we mentioned his work with plastic frames. The wooden fishing vessel FINAST KIND II needs some new frames and a new deck, and Sauzedde chooses plastic frames for the job. Part 1 of 2.
WoodenBoat magazine No. 251 (July/August 2016) includes an article on PT-658, a 78′ Higgins motor torpedo boat built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. A group of PT Boat veterans banded together to restore her between 1995 and 2005, and the boat is now fully functional and afloat as a museum ship in Portland Oregon. Powered by three working 1,850-hp Packard V-12 gasoline engines, PT-658 is today the only fully operational World War II-era PT Boat.
The following is a list of resources for those who wish to explore PT boats in more depth.
In our profile of Louis Sauzedde in WoodenBoat No. 239, we mentioned his work with plastic frames. The wooden fishing vessel FINAST KIND II needs some new frames and a new deck, and Sauzedde chooses plastic frames for the job. Part 2 of 2.