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Thanks for the extra welcome and info, all! Apologies for not responding - I'm not used to checking forums. I finished the boat over...

Welcome Gus to the forums and greetings from Texas! Magic Mike

The following may be useful going down the road. It is circa late 18th century early 19th century, but quite useful. As mentioned...

More excellent information! Thank you, Andy for the kind words and additional plans. I've tinkered with the thought of building a...

Theirs is a well written series of posts. Thanks for the link. Allan

Yup, the frames are way over scale. Scantlings for longboats are published in Warships Boats by May. I believe that to scale they...

This is such an incredible trove of information - thank you all so much! This solidifies my thinking of going with the thicker thwarts...

A short update today. I made up and fitted the bracing at the bow, I don't know what it's called. It was made from 2mm strip, I found it...

Another way to find dimensions. The drawing below is available on the Wiki Commons site in high resolution and in low res on the RMG...

First, when it came to boats, there was a lot of variation over time. Contracts are rare and not super detailed. But, there are lists...

I like the wider planks better. I would not like to try rowing the boat sitting on a 6” wide seat. Incidentally most of the thwarts in...

Hello all! New to the forum, but I thought I would share the current state of my longboat (and ask a question that's been bugging me...

Thanks Grant.

Hi Jan, Thanks very much for your nice comment. We do try.

Hi Kurt. Yes for an old kit they're pretty good