Nesting Sailing Dinghy

I finally finished her, it’s time to sail. 4 years ago I started to design a small sailing dinghy that would fit in our car. To cut out the hull shapes and all the other components I purchased an “old skool” Maslow. I can say I learned a lot from all the failures and smoked up router bits. But in the end I got it to work. Having the Maslow allowed me to design every component as vintage looking as I desired. Next step is to see how she sails and hopefully stays together, wish me luck!**





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Wow - fantastic build! Great use of digital design / fabrication. Good luck!

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OMG That is incredible!! What excellent work!

This was built using the original Maslow?

Woah its beautiful! Can you post a video in the water?! How are you holding the sections together?

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I bought a so called Metal Maslow. I guess not an original, but based on your design.

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Thanks, I will post a video if all goes well.

I use 4 bolts for each section. The bolts are fitted with knobs. The bolts pass trough aluminum pipes. They provide the alignment of the sections. The bottom bolts seal with an O-ring in the pipes, this should keep the boat watertight. The bolts screw into bolts on the other side.






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I applaud you, this is a fantastic idea, fantastic design, and beautifully built!
Probably the smallest package I’ve seen

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Amazing!

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Amazing is the right word. Stunning work.

Beautiful!

Hi Anna,

As promised, a small video of my first sail.

She sails beautifully, I’m very pleased with the result. No leakes no squeaks, and pretty fast.

Kind regards SintRogers.

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This looks incredible! Watching this is making me so jealous. It’s beautiful here with a nice steady breeze :heart_eyes:

Brilliant!

Absolutely lovely!

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Thanks, Bar.

I also want to thank you for this incredible machine, without it I would not have been able to build this boat.

Regards, SintRogers.

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