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"I live in Madagascar and have built a Pahi 42 with schooner rig. Sailed it from Cape Town to Nosy Be 13 years ago. What is it that you would like to know?"

"Gary's No is +27 74 193 8838"

"Hi Manie, i'm a South African living on the island Nosy Be, Madagascar. Built a 42ft Pahi 13 years ago and sailed it here from Cape Town. You might like to talk to Gary in Richards Bay - he recently finished a 42 Pahi and wanting to sail here…"

"Ahoy,      That is a great design.  I tried to copy the seat arrangement for my D4 but may have goofed just a little.  I'm very happy with it. Andy "

"Hi,  Had a blast building up a Chesapeake Light Craft Eastport Pram, highly recommend. Eastport Pram -- Ultra-light 8-foot Rowing and Sailing Dinghy -- The Perfect Cruising Tender! (clcboats.com).  Pros:  - Sail it, row it, or…"

"Ahoy,      In 2018 I built D4 dinghy out of cheap Chinese plywood.  I liked how it rowed but it self destructed after about 2 years.  I had a bad hip and was out of commission for a while. After replacement surgery I found I…"

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"Here are photos of the "scarf" write-up on my plans. Not much to go by but hope it will help a little."

"Thinking back what I did was to have the scarf joints at 60 degree angels, or greater but on opposite sides to each other. If im not mistaken James Wharram has a write-up some where on it. Also, if you go to furniture factories they have a router…"

"Thanks - will keep on looking. Im greatful for all the help but your'e right it's become complicated. All i want is to build a simple dingy/annexe of 2.8m x 1.2 - 1.4m wide. It's just to cart provisions to and from my Pahi 42. Any…"

"It's looking like a challenge. That's ok of course if that's what you're looking for but if you just want to build the dinghy then maybe expand your search? Here are two more links ive dug out of my archive which might assist…"

"More info recieved: You have proposed changing length from 2.2 to 2.8 which is more than 10% in fact that is 27% Changing the width from 1.1 to 1.4 is much more than 10%. It may not be advisable to change both dimensions by that much. When you…"

"Here is a rough sketch of the beam."