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2. james griffith says:

   September 3, 2011 at 6:43 am

   i just came across your website. i just bought the plans for the 29′ gartside cutter and just now purchasing the timbers. i will follow your progress.

   thanks

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   • Stephan Tremblay says:

     September 3, 2011 at 12:11 pm

     Hi James,
     glad to see another Gartside boat that will be around!
     I didn’t see the 29ft on Paul website, you talk about this one on woodenboat?:
     http://www.woodenboatstore.com/29-Cutter/productinfo/400-084/

     Have great fun, you can contact me by email if you want, not much carvel planked boat being build these days!

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     • james griffith says:

       September 8, 2011 at 1:39 am

       yes that is the 29′ cutter i have plans to. have you ever read Larry Pardey’s book on building their new boat Talisin? he is a very good craftsman boat builder, many good ideas they have on their boat, i will be building mine much the same way, as they say “keep it simple and go now” i have the same problem you have about finding the lead for the keel, at least finding it cheap may not be so easy. my boat will have 6350 pounds of lead ballast.
       you guys might like the interior layout of the Pardey’s boat, they have gravity feed water, oil lamps, simple navigation and no engine. i am looking forward to building my boat much the same way, it will get me underway faster and less maintanance on extra “stuff”.
       good luck on the planking……james

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3. Doug Daverne says:

   August 21, 2011 at 3:01 am

   Really great progress and photos. Would love to be building a boat like this.

   Have you been keeping track of hours and material costs?

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   • Stephan Tremblay says:

     August 24, 2011 at 12:01 pm

     Thanks Doug,
     We were at the start and stopped after a while just too much depressing.

     Building a boat is not about saving money at all, as there is a lot of good cheap boat for ridiculous price right now. It more about something you wanted to do once in your life.

     It also depend a lot of the material use, as we saved the gear from the last boat, we buy high quality for the hull of this one, so the fee won’t be the same at all either. But just for the hull/deck/basic rig, it’s easily over 35$k.

     Except if you can saw and dry your own timber before starting….

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4. Matt says:

   August 17, 2011 at 3:01 pm

   I would have purchased your Contessa 26 if I had known that you were going to destroy it. Viewing the photos of its demolition has been a sad experience for me.

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   • Stephan Tremblay says:

     August 18, 2011 at 12:54 am

     We would have sell it if we could. But nobody wanted a bare hull, with delaminated deck, no gears and broken mast. We even try to give it away with no success, all the gears are going into the new boat.

     We also wanted the lead as it was suppose to be, but it end up being Cast Iron.

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5. stephane says:

   May 6, 2011 at 10:33 pm

   Thanks Henrik,
   Yes the Bristol Channel cutter and this design are both inspired by the same English vessel! (And yes the price IS a nightmare!)

   Yes Rune that build this one is Norwegian. The design is actually a bit different, he build his strip planked instead of Carvel, and the beam is 9 inches more on the carvel version (Mine) but that’s about it. We exchanged pictures and tricks about the building of the boat, as, he is the only one yet having completed the construction.

   Stéphane

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6. Henrik says:

   May 6, 2011 at 9:13 pm

   It’s a beautiful boat. It reminds me a bit about the Bristol Channel Cutter 28 (which is my dreamboat, although the price is a nightmare).
   I can see these guys are Norwegians, by the way. Have you been in contact with them?

   Allt the best,
   Henrik

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