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    • March 26, 2021 at 4:53 am #43380
      AvatarJohn Haswell
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      Hi Guys – John Haswell here. I am a retired builder and live in Palmerston North, New Zealand.

      Boats have been part of my life from the time I was a boy when I obtained  my first, a P class yacht (small single sail dinghy popular as a training boat). Since then I have sailed on and owned a wide variety of boats both sail & power.
      In earlier years I built two boats (one sail one power) both were about the size of Oonagh and of plywood construction..

      I commenced my Oonagh build ( off the plans no kitset) in Nov 2020 and am  nearing completion of the hull ready for painting.  Yet to do rudder, centre plate & spars.

    • March 26, 2021 at 6:46 pm #43386
      AvatarTim Orr
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      Being from New Zealand were the plans mirrored ? LOL

      • March 27, 2021 at 4:01 am #43389
        AvatarJohn Haswell
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        No but they are in feet & inches, we work in millimeters.  Fortunately I have an old (like me) wooden, 3 ft rule which allows me to  take a measurement off the plans which I then convert to metric by holding the 3 ft rule against my metre rule!

         

         

         

         

         

    • April 26, 2021 at 3:04 pm #43619
      AvatarTHOMAS HATCH
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      Greetings, John. I’m also building an Oonagh here in Kent, Ohio. I have family in Hamilton and  was there last March –  flew home just as the world shut down. I hope to visit again later this year and will look you up if I can. Love to see what you’ve done with your Oonagh.

       

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