The plan

Here's the plan for people who haven't followed this blog's predecessor thread on Sailing Anarchy:

1) Assemble all the needed parts & materials for the build. I'm going to do the milling of the lumber myself for both Robert's daughter's boat and Thomas', so I've got to go buy the pine.

2) We are going to build Robert's daughter's boat first, with Eric so he can document the process and sort out the build, and then I'll build Thomas' boat with him. The build is "scheduled" to take place during a vacation week from school over the summer for Thomas. I'll work half days and build the boat with him the other half in the garage and driveway.

3) Once the hull is done, we'll work out rigging the boat. Eric has some ideas about using bamboo for the spars and Tyvek for the sail. I'm not afraid of sewing machines, so I'll probably end up making the sail for him. There are good resources on the web for sail design and panelizing. A serious consideration about the project is keeping with the low cost aspect, and that is why we want to try bamboo/Tyvek instead of just using a saiboard mast and a laminate sail. The good news is that if the "low-cost" design tanks we'll be able to just substitute a sailboard mast and appropriate sail.

4) Timing. I'm hoping we can get this thing done before we take off for summer holidays on Lake Huron at my parent's house. The "Microskiff" should fit inside my sailboat on the trailer and not even be noticed.