Hi there.
I think I better introduce myself rather than post about unavailable books.
My wife & I are building Ashiki, a baby Badger which isn't so little anymore. To explain, I had originally ordered plans for the 37'6" sailing dory (big Badger) from Jay Benford. On receiving them and running through the logistics of such a build in my head I must of had a mild panic attack, with regards of how we were going to roll such a huge hull in the limited space we had.
So, I arranged to swap the plans for the smaller 30' version, which made me feel a lot better. Then we ended up moving house, to one with a larger backyard. Measuring out the space I figured we had enough room to stretch the design 10%. Thats how the 31'8" double ender design became 34' 10", but still with the same beam of 10', a foot narrower than the regular Badger. With some of the key scantlings beefed up, the hull was finished in about 2.5 years - a long time as we had delays and other things happening in our lives. Turning the hull was surprisingly easy (with only the 2 of us), I don't know what I was stressing about!
Now progress has sped up, working on it 5+ hours everyday (as opposed to 1 or 2 hours, 3 days a week, interspaced with many months of no progress). It is now coming along so quick I think we could finish before 2011 is out, touch wood.
In my profile are pics of the build.
Which reminds, I have a boat to build, cya...
