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ALL,My Melanesia is in transit to Italy. Where is a good resource for laws and regs I may need to follow? Specifically for small, engineless, pleasure craft. I assume Italy will have their own…Continue
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Chopped Melanesia?
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I am moving back to the US from Japan, and my Melanesia is too long for the moving company to fit in their custom crates. I considered selling, but it is about 90% complete, and I hate to lose it…Continue
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Melanesia plans question
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Hi All,I'm wondering if anyone can clarify: Should the bow end of the bottom panels have a radius in the indicated area, or be cut to an angle such as the side panels (clearly an angle at the station…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Nathan Stanley Feb 5, 2018.
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"Hello Nathan,if you and your Melanesia will live in Italy you have to dig in the Italian Sea-Law. The regs to register a boat in the EU are non-uniform. Maybe you will have to pay VAT in the EU. But generally I think (don't know!) that you will…"
"Hello Nathan,
if you and your Melanesia will live in Italy you have to dig in the Italian Sea-Law. The regs to register a boat in the EU are non-uniform. Maybe you will have to pay VAT in the EU. But generally I think (don't know!) that you…"
EU registration requirements no motor
ALL,My Melanesia is in transit to Italy. Where is a good resource for laws and regs I may need to follow? Specifically for small, engineless, pleasure craft. I assume Italy will have their own ways of collecting fees or taxes on top of any EU requirements. Are there differences between fresh/inland use versus sea use?Thanks in advance!See More
"Crossing an ocean... again. This time she'll remain intact; at least that's the idea. Hopefully, the bureaucratically heavy-handed EU don't cause too many problems at the POD."
"Monika,
Is the "70" at the lower left margin (length to the 3880kg mark) part of a greater dimension? By the looks I would say 870.
Thanks!"
"Ama cross section (upside down)."
"I am at a loss for the best technique to both align and compress the Ama halves while holding everything together. Any ideas?
As all the glue and added wood will be internal, I’m not quite sure how to go about it."
"579FE805-C320-4159-ACEA-A1CCA31241C5.jpegThe canoe is coming back together, but it is no longer an elegant craft. Here is how I am compressing the pieces to get an end-to-end join. This how I’m marking the correct positions for the butt blocks."
"On the left you can see the partially completed plywood ama. I had to design it around my available materials. It, too, required a cut."
"I will have to put some thought into the bulkheads. In my haste, I did not take enough care and preparation to make straight cuts, and the cut line varies by as much as 8mm from rail to center joint. As a result I may need to trim some material to…"
"Divide the canoe with a bulkhead to each side. You will have to create this bulkhead. Maybe in the middle of the bank? works well, ends up reinforcing the boat."
"I’ve just had the movers’ agent come for a survey of the house, and the canoe has to be cut twice, to allow for a maximum of 84 inches per piece (standard crate internal height is 86.5 inches; 84 inches allows proper padding/protection).…"
"Good idea. You could always screw temporary full bulkheads to the frames for while it's in transit, that way you could get away with very narrow frames...
All the best
Rob"
"I’m not keen on the nesting dinghy style for a canoe hull, but I didn’t think about permanently reattaching and strengthening using the same idea. I think I might go with a bulkhead frame, rather than solid bulkheads to keep the weight…"
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- A home builder, I own a Wharram, Just Looking
- What boat (s) are you building or do you own?
- Building Melanesia w/sail... ever so slowly.
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- Las Vegas, NV
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- Working for Uncle Sam for a few more years until I can retire.
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- Build a small wharram to experience the building style and understand the plans. Large Tiki or Pahi down the road, build or buy.
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- At 2:23pm on September 2, 2021,
Michael Zechany said…
- Hello Nathan,
if you and your Melanesia will live in Italy you have to dig in the Italian Sea-Law. The regs to register a boat in the EU are non-uniform. Maybe you will have to pay VAT in the EU. But generally I think (don't know!) that you will have no legal problems to sail around with this small, engineless (!) vessel. Its more like a non-really-double-canoe, isn't it.
Michael
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