Coracle and paddle build (pic heavy)

[GGTBod]

very cool stuff, thanks for sharing it looks great, can't wait to see it on the water

 

[stuart f]

Hi folks, again many thanks for the kind comments. For those interested i have uploaded a video of the build, onto my YouTube channel.
[video=youtube;pzRJQcz7r98]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzRJQcz7r98&list=UUbUb DCTS5ONebpI_OoFtUhg[/video]

Thanks for looking.
Cheers Stuart.

 

[mousey]

Impressed by that, and another thing to add to the later-when-I-get-round-to-it-list

Really liking the burnt pictures too, the one on the paddle is awesome.

 

[redneck]

wow, what a project..brilliant!!

 

[Macaroon]

That's one of the best things I've seen for ages, Stuart. Great project and great vid. to go with it.............Bon Voyage, is that what they say for maiden voyages?

 

[Everything Mac]

Nice one big man. What did you cover it in?

 

[stuart f]

Thanks once again for the comments folks.

Nice one big man. What did you cover it in?

Hi Andy, i just used a cheap tarp from a discount store, i have a Red Deer hide that will eventually be the cover.
Thanks.
Cheers Stuart.

 

[Ruud]

amazing project! perfect execution!

 

[GGTBod]

Cheers for the video link, i was gutted we never got to see you paddling at the end of it though, you made it look too easy to make, sitting here trying to work out how i can make one inside my 18floor city flat in my shed/bike garage/living room

 

[Tony]

Great stuff, I can see this going up as an article, thanks for posting

 

[JFW]

Saw this in the flesh, fresh from its sea trials, the other week a very practical work of art, well done Stuart, have you managed to overcome the stability issues and what did you do?

Cheers

JFW

 

[Tony]

coracle and stability.....don't really go together

 

[Niels]

Beautiful work. Would love to build one of those one day

 

[John Fenna]

coracle and stability.....don't really go together

The Teifi Coracle has good primary stability - but lousy secondary stability!
Windage is a huge problem but they can go pretty fast when you are going downstream with the wind ahind you

 

[Everything Mac]

Thanks once again for the comments folks.



Hi Andy, i just used a cheap tarp from a discount store, i have a Red Deer hide that will eventually be the cover.
Thanks.
Cheers Stuart.

Thanks Stuart, been wanting to have a crack at one of these for years!

 

[stuart f]

Hi folks, once again many thanks for the kind words. Tony thank you for making an article of my post, much appreciated.

Well ok so, i see a lot of folks wanted to see it on the water, so yesterday she finally saw me taking her out for a spin, stability was an issue but i used a little cunning to help me out. I know the purist out there might recoil in horror, but necessity is the mother of invention, and i wanted out on the water, not in the water .

Anyway i hope you enjoy the video I've uploaded onto my YouTube channel.

[video=youtube;DTgDOsMnjVE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTgDOsMnjVE&feature=yo utu.be[/video]

Thanks for watching.
Cheers Stuart.

 

[thejollyroger]

That is really impressive!
How did you find paddling it? was it easy to control?

 

[Lupis]

That looks really good. My only suggestion would have been to make the sticks connecting the stabiliser (wooden pole that sits in the water) to the other poles a bit shorter,
so it's not pushing the coracle up so much at that side. But as I know hee haw about coracles there may be a reason you need it that way? Good job anyway and I like the
creative thinking to the problem.

 

[boatman]

Thought the stabilisers looked really weird and are totally unecessary. Shame because the build, decoration and the boat are brilliant.