Sailing Dinghy

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Building the Oonagh Rowing/Sailing Dinghy, Part 20 – Sail Plan, Spars, and Finishing Details: In this final installment of the series Kit goes over the finishing details, hardware, spars and mast....

Building the Oonagh Rowing/Sailing Dinghy, Part 19 – Making the Daggerboard and Rudder: Kit goes over the shaping of the daggerboard and Rudder....

Building the Oonagh Rowing/Sailing Dinghy, Part 18 – Oarlocks & Pads: Getting the oarlocks properly made and placed makes for better rowing – See how it’s done....

Building the Oonagh Sailing Rowing Skiff, Part 17 – Transoms, Knees, & Inwales: Transoms, Knees and Inwales are the topics illustrated in Building Oonagh Part 17....

Building the Oonagh Rowing/Sailing Dinghy, Part 16 – The Mast Step & Partner: Setting the mast step and mast partner. NOTE: This video series is currently being edited and the release schedule is ro...

Building the Oonagh Rowing/Sailing Dinghy, Part 15 – The Daggerboard Trunk: Kit gives us the lowdown on a clean and solid installation of the daggerboard trunk. NOTE: This video series is currentl...

Building the Oonagh Rowing/Sailing Dinghy, Part 14 – Bulkheads & Compartments: See how Oonagh’s various bulkheads and compartments go together that help make her the the appealing boat she is....

Building the Oonagh Rowing/Sailing Dinghy, Part 13 – Setting up the Bulkheads: Setting up the bulkheads and making sure they are straight and level will assure you that the molds go in straight and l...

Building the Oonagh Rowing/Sailing Dinghy, Part 12 – Final Bits on the Hull’s Exterior & Flipping the Boat: Locating the upper and lower guards and setting the waterline precedes flipping Oonagh over and giving us a look at her...

Building the Oonagh Rowing/Sailing Dinghy, Part 11 – The Upper & Lower Guards: Kit shows us how to install the side guards for practicality and grace. ...

Building the Oonagh Rowing/Sailing Dinghy, Part 10 – The Outer Keel: Installing the outer keel is the next step in building Oonagh....

Building the Oonagh Rowing/Sailing Dinghy, Part 9 – Hanging the Sheer Plank: Interesting tips on hanging Oonagh’s sheer plank. NOTE: You can use this video to see how the first topside plank woul...

Building the Oonagh Rowing/Sailing Dinghy, Part 8 – Protecting the Bottom: Rolling epoxy into the layer of dynel cloth sheathing Oonagh’s bottom. NOTE: If you’re new at this, we HIGHLY re...

Building the Oonagh Rowing/Sailing Dinghy, Part 7 – Attaching the Bottom Planks: Oonagh gets her first bottom planks. ...

Building the Oonagh Rowing/Sailing Dinghy, Part 6 – Preparing for Planking: Fitting the garboard planks snuggly against the keel calls for cutting a precise bevel. ...

Building the Oonagh Rowing/Sailing Dinghy, Part 5 – Scarfing Planks Together: To make planking joints are secure and fair, they should be carefully sanded to achieve a precise dry fit before the epo...

Building the Oonagh Rowing/Sailing Dinghy, Part 3a – Milling Boards Straight: Turning wagglers into straight shooter — sometimes you just need a straight board as Kit Macchi does now for supportin...

Building the Oonagh Rowing/Sailing Dinghy, Part 4 – Attaching the Keel to the Molds & Transom: Laying in the keel locks in the molds and gets us set up for planking....

Building the Oonagh Rowing/Sailing Dinghy, Part 3 – Ladder Frame, Molds and Transoms: The OONAGH build starts shaping up as Kit dry-fits and fixes the molds and transoms to the strongback. It’s easy t...

Building the Oonagh Rowing/Sailing Dinghy, Part 2 – An Overview of the Building Process: The challenge here was to design a dinghy that could compete with rigid bottom inflatables and we think designer/builder...

Building the Oonagh Rowing/Sailing Dinghy, Part 1 – A Real Rib Alternative: If you’ve wanted something more aesthetically pleasing to replace your inflatable tender, or a wonderful little fa...