This blog will take you along the different steps of building a 23 foot dropkeel sailboat. The DIDI 23 is one of the available designs for the amateur builder designed by Dudley Dix. The boat is built as a radius chine trailer sailer from plywood with bulb dropkeel.
ABOUT ME
I am 64, married, have two adult children and working as engineer for rf techniques at a physical research centre of the Helmholtz Association. I live close to the Elbe river in a suburb of Hamburg, Germany.
This story reminded me of how I began in the great hobby of building boats.
As a child, my dad would take me to the harbor and I would watch the boats bring in their catch for the day. It all seemed very magical to a young boy.
I started building tiny model boats but due to our familie's financial situation, I could never graduate to building a "real" boat.
Fortunately, when I grew up and started working, I was able to afford to build bigger boats. However, the plans that I found were incredibly difficult to understand and I never got past the "half-finished" stage.
I was on the verge of giving it all up. Luckily for me, I came across some easy-to-follow instructions that have allowed me to complete some wonderful boats.
I could go on and on, but you would do well to check out the plans for yourself:
this is a fantastic website - thank you for diligently uploading your photos and story with it. I have plans for the DD26, and your site will help me to build (one day). Please keep up the great work!!
This story reminded me of how I began in the great hobby of building boats.
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I started building tiny model boats but due to our familie's financial situation, I could never graduate to building a "real" boat.
Fortunately, when I grew up and started working, I was able to afford to build bigger boats. However, the plans that I found were incredibly difficult to understand and I never got past the "half-finished" stage.
I was on the verge of giving it all up. Luckily for me, I came across some easy-to-follow instructions that have allowed me to complete some wonderful boats.
I could go on and on, but you would do well to check out the plans for yourself:
http://www.bestquicktips.com/boatplans
this is a fantastic website - thank you for diligently uploading your photos and story with it. I have plans for the DD26, and your site will help me to build (one day). Please keep up the great work!!
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