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Traditional build Amatasi?
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Hi there,I am trying to figure out if I could build a ‘traditional’ Amatasi! Traditional in the way that she is build with solid wood, no ply, (almost) no epoxy!My idea is to build the hulls klinker…Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by Ian R Feb 23, 2021.

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Bert van Baar replied to WaveDancer & Bella's discussion Amatasi
"I think, looking at the price of the plans …. that anybody ordering them must be serious …."
Feb 6
Bert van Baar replied to WaveDancer & Bella's discussion Amatasi
"Hi Michael, Very interesting! I am very curious (as a Dutch teacher boatbuilding) how things will unrole. I stopped professional boatbuilding for helath reasons. I am still in a good good condition after a minor brain bloodcloth Keep me posted!"
Jan 16
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Nov 17, 2023
Bert van Baar left a comment for Pavel Grund
"I just saw your mail asking about painting the waterline: Just buy a cheap laser-level, Set your boat level in length and athwartship, this is very important! Set your laser halfway the length of the boat and point at the hull and set the hight on…"
Aug 4, 2023
Bert van Baar left a comment for Pavel Grund
"I just saw your mail asking about painting the waterline: Just buy a cheap laser-level, Set your boat level in length and athwartship, this is very important! Set your laser halfway the length of the boat and point at the hull and set the hight on…"
Aug 4, 2023
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Bert van Baar at Den Helders old Navy Yard Willemsoord, the Netherlands

September 3, 2021 to September 5, 2021
From september 3-5 I organise the 2nd Dutch woodenboat festival in Den Helder, the Netherlands.For any-one with a wooden boat, Wharram or not, its a free festival. Are you around Den Helder, at the right time, feel free to join us.See More
Jun 18, 2021
Ian R replied to Bert van Baar's discussion Traditional build Amatasi?
"Hello Bert I have been reading 'The Last Navigator' by Steve Thomas (Micronesian navigation) and the author says the voyaging canoes wa serak or waanewai are made from breadfruit tree timber lashed with coconut fibre. They have to be…"
Feb 23, 2021
Bert van Baar replied to WaveDancer & Bella's discussion Amatasi
"Hi Mick, waar woon je? Ik zit helemaal in Den Helder. Misschien een keer koffie komen drinken? groeten, Bert"
Feb 21, 2021
Bert van Baar replied to Bert van Baar's discussion Traditional build Amatasi?
"Devon, Dart river: then you must know Anton Fitzpatrick! As far as I know: our queen has no Cornish Gig! And polplar we use for wooden shoes!"
Feb 16, 2021
Ian R replied to Bert van Baar's discussion Traditional build Amatasi?
"Devon, near the River Dart, 3 miles from the sea. Took me a long time to get here (and a few £'s)! If I could build boats from the hazel or beech around me I would be even luckier but no one has worked out how to do that yet.... I have a…"
Feb 15, 2021
Bert van Baar replied to Bert van Baar's discussion Traditional build Amatasi?
"Where you live??? You are a lucky guy!!"
Feb 15, 2021
Ian R replied to Bert van Baar's discussion Traditional build Amatasi?
"Nice work Bert and thanks for the opportunity for me to think a little harder about cedar, there is always more to learn about wood. From what you say, I can't see why the species you are interested in from Costa Rica should be on any…"
Feb 15, 2021
Bert van Baar replied to WaveDancer & Bella's discussion Amatasi
"Hi Rueben, you made my think about that! Thanks for the brain wave! cheers, Bert"
Feb 15, 2021
Bert van Baar replied to Bert van Baar's discussion Traditional build Amatasi?
"Yes its Cedrella Odorata! Your wood ecyclopedia and mine stat the same story, maybe one is the translation of the other! The reason why I want to use it in Costa Rica is its abundance in nature. They tell you it is not native to the region, must be…"
Feb 14, 2021
Ian R replied to Bert van Baar's discussion Traditional build Amatasi?
"Hello Bert Is your Spanish Cedar cedrella odorata? If so it seems to be on the CITES vulnerable classification. Here are some of the other cedars: Alaska                                               Chamaecyparis nootkatensis Eastern Red          …"
Feb 14, 2021
Bert van Baar replied to Bert van Baar's discussion Traditional build Amatasi?
"Hi Ian, That last remark about the roots I have heard before, even here in the Netherlands somebody tried to sell me some; I have always regretted it not buying them. The ceder I am talking about is a light weight sort of mahogany. In Holland we…"
Feb 14, 2021

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I am:
A professional builder, I want a Wharram
What boat (s) are you building or do you own?
Open sailboats in courses in my Bootbouwschool.nl but retired now. Jouke, an old student took over my Bootbouwschool.nl
Country, City, and State?
Netherlands, Den Helder
About me or us?
I was a teacher boatbuilding trying to find out if Wharram cats can be build traditionally to sail cargo in a project in Costa Rica.
Looking to?
Plans and maybe build a smaller version of Amatasi as try-out.
Website:
http://www.dutchwoodenboatfestival.nl

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