Het is toch wat dat je je voor je Nederlandse taal schaamt, ook een Amerikaan kan ondertiteling aanzetten

thank you for your videos, it helps me alot.

Thanks for your instructions, it help me a lot!

these videos are priceless as I prepare for my own spindrift 10 build. thank you so much! What kind of roller do you use to spread the epoxy?

I found your videos in search of the perfect nesting dinghy. Wow! thank you for the invaluable informations you provide. I have good experience working with wood and epoxy, but first stitch and glue project. Still have to decide between the 10 and 11 versions. Also not completely sure about the rig style. Any thoughts about those questions?

Thanks for your help, brother

Thank you very much for these videos. I plan to build a spindrift as a tender for my 34 ft sailing boat. The only thing I'm undecided on is the size. 1)3Do you know how much you spindrift ended up weighing? 2)Do you think it would be easy to handle on and off your larger sailing boat and 3) do you think the Spindrift 10 is big enough for two adulds to go sailing or do you think a spindrift 11 or 9 would be a better choice. Nice work by the way.

Nice job!!!

Nice job with the rudder!

An off center mast is not a huge problem. Don’t worry about it. It will sail just fine.

Use a heat gun or a hair dryer set on high heat to try to loosen the hold the epoxy has on the wood.

Thanks so much for pointing out areas you had a bit of trouble with so that those who watch your videos can benefit from your knowledge!

You should have worn gloves while fitting the glass fiber tape to the seam. Some folks develop sensitivity to epoxy through skin exposure. Thus, your video at this point does not show appropriate safety procedures.

Your tips on how to do things better will come in handy. Thanks!

Im loving your series. Very inspiring. Thank you

Thanks recently purchased a spindrift 11 very helpful videos

I am buliding one myself! This video helps a lot. Nice build!

Honest question. Why do small dinghies still need a boom and not a very stiff batten? These types of boats aren't designed for racing and are meant to keep the weight down.

Could you have mixed the soft sand in the paint then applied? Would that work

Hi friend...first of all, congratulations for the channel, it's very good and teach us a lot...and then, I have I doubt....Recently, I bought the Spindrift's plan and didn't found the measures between the wholes that are done in the structure (plywood) in the parts that are joined...these parts are the bottom and the sides. How you you solved this matter? The measures are aleatory?

If the epoxy is sticky after a day you probably were not mixing enough hardener. Or the temperature was too low for the combination you used

Epoxy doesn’t “dry”, it hardens on the basis of a chemical reaction. The glasfiber normally flexes once you apply the epoxy, allowing you to follow the shapes.

You definitely should use gloves when working with epoxy. If not immediately, you are likely to develop an allergy that will frustrate you a lot.

Thank you. Your series is very helpful.

I admire your good work. By the way, in English, the "rounded line" that you describe is referred to as a "fair curve." It's a term that is peculiar to boat building, I believe.

Rudder Mount: Several builders of convertable sail-outboard dingys have resolved this by building a rudder assembly that mounts to th boat like the outboard. Either with clamps or through transom bolts. This way the pintles & gudgeons are permanatly conected togeather and and it comes apart at a transom plate. This is much easier to deal with when the boat is in the water.

Hello, Do you have the design of this sailing boat to provide? I would like to make one for myself.

Thx for sharing!

Would you recommend getting the $960 kit or the $60 plans like you did? How many hours do you think the kit saves?

Thx do much for sharing! I'm about ti start building a spindrift 9.

Thank you!

Thx for sharing!

Thanks for sharing!

Thank you very much for the video series. I'll begin to build one here in South Brazil and they will be a huge help. Two questions: regarding space do you feel comfortable to sail with her for a couple of hours, for example? And the epoxy price you quoted, is really that cheap, I mean, 13 L for about 100 Euros? Best regards

Where to buy plans?

A swivel that is bolted thru the transom and hangs freely naturally above the top pin of the rudder gudgeon would remove need for threaded pin

hej, thanks for all these building videos...do you know whether it's possible to replace the plywood by foamcore ?

Yikes, no gloves?

I built a 10ft nesting Spindrift almost twenty years ago. It's still in great shape and I think it's the perfect choice for a cruising dinghy. It's not too daunting to build even for those who are new to woodworking. If you take your time you'll be rewarded with a beautiful boat that will attract a lot of positive comments from other boaters.

A slightly off center mast will not appreciably affect the boat’s handling. some boats have even been build with masts not along the centerline at all!

One should put unthickened epoxy on both surfaces before coating one with thickened poxy. This avoids glue starvation by ensuring that the thickened epoxy has a saturated surface to bond to.

Hi I like the efforts you have put it. For ideas Please look at the: 1.rudder fitting o the optimist. 2. Center board bungy cord 3. Option of running the mainshee to the mast jam cleat off the centreboard housing.

Bezüglich Arbeitssicherheit beim Bohren ist aber "Luft nach oben".

I seen your all video and have to say it is perfect. I bought drawing from B&B maybe 2 years ago, but your video finally got me going do it. I have almost a completed hull and I am looking for spare parts for sailing. I am from Slovakia and I have a problem to find some parts. So if you could send me the gooseneck drawing or/and any other for build DIY the parts, it would be very nice. Thanks, Vlado

Thank yo for putting up such a detailed build log! I really appreciate that you have shown your "errors" and propose solutions. We all make errors, but few are willing to share them! Thank you. I wondered about your hardware for joining the two halves, can you share where you obtained those please? I have just ordered a set of plans after watching your build videos... I am very excited to get started, thanks in advance, Stew

Glued to story since ep 1 . Great honest accomplishment. thanks.

Thank you so much for this series - I'm waiting on my plans and kit to come in and your videos have been so helpful to prepare!

Congratulatios for this big job. I see your all videos and are very good 👌👌👏👏👏👏👏

Very nice explanation!

Thank you for sharing. 👍🙂