Hello Norway! Thank you, I really enjoyed my building. If you are going to build the same kind of boat, you will get a lot of support by joining the Facebook group named "Goat Islad Skiff". All builders are there and so the designer Michael Storer. There are also a couple of guys from Norway who have built it. Good luck with your building! Enrico
Enrico! That was a great tip about slowing down the video! I didn't know we could do that. I soon realized that it also slows down the music, so I had to turn the sound off. Hahaha. Hey, this was a terrific video. I really enjoyed it. What a nice time you and your family must have had working on this project. Take care. Dustin Morrison. Southern California.
Hi Dustin, yes, that months of building have been a lot of fun for all my family. But what a mess in the house! :-D If you were interested, know there are some nice Goats (Goat Islans Skiffs) built and sailed in California too!
Gostei muito do teu barco, vou tentar conseguir os planos para quem sabe fazer um também e velejar em águas meridionais do Brasil. Parabéns pela construção e pela aventura no lago de Como.
Alexandro, obrigado por assistir meus vídeos! Este barco Goat Island Skiff também foi construído no sul do Brasil. Há também um GIS famoso chamado Moijito no Uruguai. Você pode ver o "mapa do Goat Island Skiff" no Google aqui: www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?msa=0&mid=1s-CuWxaKuJM26eINkIPzNdZ9Aqo&ll=-3.81666561775622e-14%2C-102.07805470000005 1
Hi sir, unfortunately I haven't counted my working hours. But I can say I have worked for 9 months: all the weekends (2 full days) plus 1-2 hours every day during the week (in the evening, after my work). Consider I have wasted a lot of hours in finding the right timber in the local shops. This was my first boatbuilding, so, having no experience (example, I didn't know how to use epoxy), I was very careful and very slow in my work. Consider the project is extremely well designed and explained. The structure of the hull is very simple. There is an open group of builders on facebook called "Goat Island Skiff" which is extremely helpful once you are registered: facebook.com/groups/GoatIslandSkiff/ Consider it. Good luck for the project!
Enrico Franconi excellent, thats great info. Thank you. I am the same as you were, dont really know anything about boat building, but I want to give it a try.
Well done, it’s a beautiful Boat! I will build one myself too, the building plans are already in my possession 😊 Did you buy your materials as a kit or acquire them from everywhere?
Hi Marcos, sorry I cannot do that. I am friend to the designer and, as all of us, he needs to get some money to live too! Anyway consider that I paid for the plans about 70€ (=100 australian$) and the cost of my GIS at the end (after 10 months building) was about 3000€ (it includes: plans, plywood, solid wood, epoxy, sail, ropes and some gear, all bought in Italy). So the plans are about 2,3 % of the total cost.
Hi Chuck, you are right! But my intention was to create something not too boring.. If you need to slow down for better understanding you can clic on the bottom-right of the video and select 0.5 speed or even 0,25. It works well!
