Building a Classic Wooden Sailboat - Start to Finish - Titmouse 15

[@adriansimmonds447]

Boy! Iam 82 and not very fit. but looking at what you have done...makes me wish I was 40 again...well done...magic

[@RGBtoys]

Thank you very much Adrian 👍🏼 82 (?) a young man even today. Building a boat is a pleasurable job, and it gives us health during the work and forever. Just start…

[@timfriedmann5245]

boy, i'm 40 right now. never've been triggert by an comment so much. thanks you for making me wake up.

[@RGBtoys]

Thanks too Tim; get to work then and good job 👍🏼

[@HerveMendell]

You can still give it a go. Build a small canoe. I.F. Stone learned the ancient Greek after he turned 98.

[@Kitepops101]

Assume recent binge watching of Tally Ho had the ‘algorithm’ (correctly) think I’d like this! Lovely boat and great result, happy sailing!

[@RGBtoys]

@@Kitepops101 thanks 👍🏼 Tally Ho is a great team restoration job; I really like this: preserving history is fundamental for future generations. Congratulations to everyone who did this wonderful work.

[@flyingfiddler90q]

Same. 😅

[@PowerOfOne-u4h]

This sailboat has beautiful lines.

[@RGBtoys]

I agree 👍 thanks for the comment

[@jackrabbit5047]

Very nicely done. I've always wanted to see one built. Cheers from Canada.

[@RGBtoys]

Thanks Jack 👍🏼 it was a very rewarding job. Besides being a beautiful boat, it sails very well. Regards from the south of Brazil.

[@jedgepilbrow8833]

Brilliant and beautiful. Congratulations on seeing it through.

[@RGBtoys]

@@jedgepilbrow8833 Thank you 👍🏼

[@larrybaker5316]

wow, absolutely beautiful ! great job, and hope you get lots of years out of her, Thanks for sharing! at 75 I still enjoy a little woodworking in my garage, but wish I was as talented a craftsman as you ! My dream since a kid was to build my own sailboat, but that's not happening.

[@RGBtoys]

Thank you very much Larry. Your personal testimony touched me. The few minutes of video do not show the years of work that went into this construction. I’m not a professional builder. I had to be persistent and never give up, because not every day the work goes well. But I would like to encourage you to make a wooden boat, because it is a pleasant job and excellent for your physical and mental health. Before building the TITMOUSE I made two small boats of simpler construction, to learn about the tools and correct gluing… and the results were good. Watch the video on my channel: “How to Make Your First Wooden Boat - Step by Step”. Just start my friend… because you will not be able to stop until the boat sails.

[@flipwhiz962]

BRAVO!! Truly inspirational!

[@RGBtoys]

@@flipwhiz962 thanks 👍🏼 Good to read this. Just start friend.

[@martinscannall8487]

What a gorgeous transom.

[@RGBtoys]

@@martinscannall8487 thanks 👍🏼

[@cyrilmoussoki3193]

Thank you for sharing

[@RGBtoys]

Thank too 👍🏼

[@alcampbell5831]

She's absolutely beautiful Masterfully built. You should be very proud..

[@RGBtoys]

Thank you very much Al 👍🏼 I’m really very proud. The 15 minutes of the video do not show patience, resilience and the many hours of work. When you finish - which sometimes seems crazy - it’s a moment of great happiness; and sailing is fantastic. I recommend it, because these are hours of work that you gain in health forever…

[@Carl-t3l]

Great job! Very much like a sailboat "Petrel" I built in the 1980s.

[@RGBtoys]

Thanks Carl; it’s great to build our boat 👍🏼

[@ohtayukiho6444]

素敵な舟ですね。ホームビルドのセットとは羨ましいです。

[@RGBtoys]

@@ohtayukiho6444 … Muito obrigado amigo 👍🏼

[@Mike-tc8ob]

What a beautiful boat.

[@RGBtoys]

Thank you Mike 👍🏼

[@Renato.Naspolini]

Great job! 👏

[@RGBtoys]

Thanks 👍🏼

[@fredfernald8016]

Outstanding.

[@RGBtoys]

Thanks Fred 👍🏼

[@ross.venner]

A lovely little craft, but what about buoyancy tanks? How would she go if capsized?

[@RGBtoys]

Thanks Ross; good question 👍🏼 In addition to the all-light wooden construction (with the exception of a few parts), and all waterproofed with epoxy resin, I use some expanded polyurethane floats underneath the removable decks, and an empty 30-liter plastic gallon in the bow. The hull is very stable in relation to the sail area, and for safety I also don’t use a teether on the mainsail - like Optimist, when the wind is strong. I’ve had some scares - it’s a fact of sailing - but I haven’t capsized the boat yet…

[@petersawala]

Fantastic boat. Excellent work. Enjoy. Any chance to get the plans?

[@RGBtoys]

Thanks Peter 👍 I bought the plans many years ago, through the American magazine Wooden Boat. I belive you can buy the project on some website. Good luck and good winds friend.

[@petersawala]

@@RGBtoys I just got off the Wooden Boat Magazine. Do You remember the name of your boat? I really like the shape of the hull. Regards Peter

[@RGBtoys]

Of course Peter. I did it according to the project published in the book “Boatbuilding in your own backyard” by S.S.Rabl, 1995 edition. The book has some complete and super detailed projects, I chose and made the TITMOUSE 15.

[@ianscott3180]

She looks wonderful. You can never buy that "something" from a factory.

[@RGBtoys]

Thanks Ian; that is true 👍🏼

[@pertevonur471]

WOW absolutely amazing 👏

[@RGBtoys]

@@pertevonur471 thanks 👍🏼

[@dnahealthknowledge]

Very kind of to share this DIY.

[@RGBtoys]

@@dnahealthknowledge thanks 👍🏼 The intention is to encourage the construction of old wooden boat project.

[@zakirHossain-kb1ob]

nice work !

[@RGBtoys]

Thanks 👍🏼

[@et1161]

Parabéns! Guarapiranga? Também fiz um, de madeira, 20 pés, muito parecido com o teu😊 Moro em SP.

[@RGBtoys]

@@et1161 muito obrigado. Realmente é muito bom construir um veleiro. Parabéns também. Já velejei aí na represa de Guarapiranga de Snipe. Show 👍🏼

[@sailoutofagarage6212]

Very nice result!

[@RGBtoys]

@@sailoutofagarage6212 thank you very much 👍🏼

[@guntherd1112]

Great Job, how do you close the Cabin when you leave your Boot?

[@RGBtoys]

Thanks Gunther 👍🏼 The project does not have a cabin closure. It’s a daysailer boat I believe. But I think, if I’m going on a small cruise, I’ll close it with a canvas and zipper, just like camping tents. Another advantage of the project is that the top of the cabin is pivoting, with hinges at the front and a support to keep it higher - or fixed to the boom. I use a poita or anchor to leave the boat in the water, as it is always facing the wind and the cabin is protected from wind and rain. It’s a very versatile small sailboat, and creativity is part of the adventures. Good winds friend

[@guntherd1112]

hello, thank you for your message, it is certainly a good solution, I wish you all the best and good wind, lg günther

[@RGBtoys]

For all of us 🙌

[@Yvan23460]

fabulous !

[@RGBtoys]

@@Yvan23460 thanks 👍🏼

[@emersonsouza4051]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 congratulations good winds

[@RGBtoys]

Thanks Emerson 👍🏼

[@williamhumphrey9766]

Good job.🙂

[@RGBtoys]

Thanks William 👍🏼

[@wallacedemenezesmartins5780]

Nice work. What are the dimensions of the strip planking?

[@RGBtoys]

Thanks Wallace 👍🏼 I made it with 35mm x 20mm. This measure worked well because the bow has to bend and twist.

[@wallacedemenezesmartins5780]

Didn't you use a steam generator to shape the strip planking?

[@wallacedemenezesmartins5780]

Here, in Guarapari, I have several types of eucalyptus available.

[@RGBtoys]

It’s not necessary with this strip measurement.

[@RGBtoys]

In my region there are also eucalyptus trees; it can even be used for a canoe, but for a job like this I believe that a more nautical quality wood = cedar for example.

[@pcf366]

what tools did you need?

[@RGBtoys]

@@pcf366 good question 👍🏼 thanks. The two machines were the table saw, to cut the strips (but this job can be done in a shop) and a band saw. The power tools were the jigsaw, drill, screwdriver, sander and plane. The main hand tools are the plane, wood rasps and lots of F clamps. Lastly, tape measures, squares and bevel gauge. Good work my friend; the result is very good forever.

[@pcf366]

@@RGBtoys Thanks for you reply. It is one of my dreams, I live in Brasil. When I retire to move to Bahia, where they have great wood , get me a simple building plan a build a sailboat just like the one you built.

[@RGBtoys]

Ops! Também moro no Brasil; em SC. Veja o mesmo vídeo em português no meu canal.

[@RGBtoys]

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[@mattivirta]

want build small RC model boat but were has this plan drawing can move to my cnc machine. and cut small plywood parts first.

[@RGBtoys]

@@mattivirta thanks for contacting me 👍🏼 I know the cnc method of cutting, especially for model airplanes, which must be the same. But I don’t know how or who could make the TITMOUSE cutting plan for cnc (?) sorry.

[@mattivirta]

@@RGBtoys i know how move drawing plan dimensions to cnc but i not have digitise table, and hand this work have big job. need only drawing first, then maybe start move all dimension to my CAD/CAM software, this is beauty small boat nice if can made small model thats.

[@RGBtoys]

@@mattivirta it would be great if you can. I would like to buy a model kit, for sure. The boat design is in a drawing from a book I bought in an ad in Wooden Boat magazine in the late 1990s. I can’t publish it, because the book is copyrighted - Boatbuilding In Your Own Backyard, by S.S. Rabl - Try to find it in used book stores or public libraries. But I will research it on the internet, and if I can help you with this beautiful purpose I will let you know 🤞

[@mattivirta]

@@RGBtoys ok,thanks you this come me long project but itry first make some training plan to my CAD/CAM software i found beauty sailboat drawing today google, bluenose has boat name. beauty siluet has. but maybe too hard make first project, better looking some plywood sheet yacht plan first have lot simple.

[@bernhardruther4417]

Como consigo esse projeto?

[@RGBtoys]

Eu comprei o livro “Boatbuilding in your own backyard”, de S.S.Rabl, , edição 1995, num anúncio da revista norte americana Wooden Boat. Além de diversas dicas de construção, madeiras, ferramentas, velas etc., acompanha alguns projetos completos de barcos que ele fez e ensina fazer, dentre os projetos tem o TITMOUSE 15. Talvez você encontre no EBay. Boa sorte.

[@bernhardruther4417]

@RGBtoys obrigado pela dica, vou tentar 👍👍 ahh, por sinal o barco ficou muito bonito, parabéns.

[@RGBtoys]

@@bernhardruther4417 obrigado e bons ventos 👍🏼

[@phillipneal8194]

Is that Sam Rabl ?

[@RGBtoys]

Yes! From his book “Boatbuilding in your own backyard”, second edition - 1995.

[@MaríadelourdesRuiz-c6v]

Q bonito velero c piden conseguir los planos m gustaría construirlo gracias

[@RGBtoys]

Gracias, Maria 👍🏼 Los planos los saqué de un libro, “Boatbuilding in your own backyard”, que compré hace anos en un anuncio de la revista estadounidense Wooden Boat. Lamentablemente no puedo publicarlo completo porque tiene derechos de autor. Pero es posible encontrarlo en las redes digitales. Buena suerte y buenos vientos.

[@54TUTO]

Lindo barco

[@RGBtoys]

Obrigado my friend 👍🏼

[@obiwanfisher537]

That is very nice, but how long did it take you? Would you ever build anything like 9 meters or more? Just curious, I am not going to do that. Too expensive in materials, plus I already have a boat. But curious.

[@RGBtoys]

@@obiwanfisher537 thanks 👍🏼 I build the Titmouse 15 over the course of 3 years, as I only had time on weekends and some holidays. I don’t plan on building a big boat, but I do plan on building a sailing Dinghy for my grandchildren.

[@obiwanfisher537]

@@RGBtoys Oh they will love it, I am sure. :)

[@RGBtoys]

@@obiwanfisher537 🙌👍🏼

[@canalequiposfauna]

32K parabéns!!!

[@RGBtoys]

Obrigado 👍🏼

[@nickbenfell4327]

From over fifty years of sailing experience I have my doubts this boat would sail very well. That reverse rudder, the sweep of the lines up to the stern and centreboard system may create some serious balance problems especially in gusty conditions. Otherwise you have to admire the craftsmanship. Not all works of art are practical. But hey well done to the builder.

[@RGBtoys]

Thanks Nick 👍🏼 When I decided to build the TITMOUSE, I did so because it was a beautiful boat and the challenge of the strip plank hull. As for the rudder, I was really suspicious because it was wide but shallow; I even thought about modifying it for a rudder with deeper action, but I saw that almost all models of that time - and of this size - have the rudder in this format (protected by the directional stern kell/skeg). However, the central kill works very well and the boat lulls efficiently; but because I sail in a lagoon I feel well protected when surprised by strong winds. The hull has a flat botton and is very stable in medium winds, but in strong gusts, with the boat heeling, it tends to leave me without rudder control… She is certainly not an open ocean boat. Your observation is very good.