Terry Buddell

After two years of developement the Dolphin D25 Fisher is ready. The D25 will be able to be built from plans that involve no lofting and is a revolutionary frameless boat. the D25 joins the stable of Dolphins that are alraedy popular worldwide.

Terry Buddell is a freelance writer, boat builder and marine surveyor who lives a board his yacht the "Nicky J Miller" in Queensland Australia. Terry recently built a Weissenborn slide guitar whilst living on the boat with a minimum of tools and was so pleased with the results he built a website, wrote a book on how to build a slide guitar( and why its so easy) and drew up the plans for sale. Terry sells the plans and book from his site and a sound clip of the guitar can be heard by visiting www.buildaweissenborn.com.

One of the most fascinating aspects of Marine Surveying is that on the day of inspection you never really know what you are in for. I have been involved with all kinds of boats for over thirty years and I reckon the motto of the surveyor should be "expect the unexpected." It pays to develop a few necessary skills, patience and diplomacy when dealing with often tense and sometimes downright hostile situations...

Ever wondered what its like to live on board a boat you built yourself? Terry Buddell has and finds that not everything is how he thought it would be! Here's Terry's humorous twist to life on board...........

Ever wondered how you could build your own guitar? It's easier than you think! terry Buddell built a weissenborn acoustic slide guitar in 7 weeks using techniques described in this article..no workshop? no worries..read on!

Have you ever wanted to build a fishing boat but worried that you don't have the ability or experience or that it may be too darn expensive. Terry Buddell, Marine surveyor dispels a few myths about building a boat at home from plans.

Ever wondered why painting a wooden boat today is so complicated? Can it be that the paint companies themselves have changed the goalposts for their own ends? Terry Buddell, Marine surveyor, gives you the lowdown on what you need to really give your timber boat the best protection that your dollars can buy.

Ever wanted to build your own boat? Its a lot easier than you think with the Easybuild frameless method described here.This method of building enables the Dolphin range of craft to be built extremely quicky, for example, the D16 can be built in around thirty hours of your spare time and the method can be used to build any size boat you like.The author has built his own forty foot yacht using this tried and tested method and cruises the Australian coastline proving you can do it if you really try!

Building a guitar? When Terry Buddell decided to build his first weissenborn guitar, he was faced woth some awkward decisions. As the guitar was to be built on board his yacht, there was no room for fancy tools and a limited workspace. here's the list of tools that terry decided would be enough to build his guitar!

Ever wondered how you could build your own guitar? It's easier than you think! terry Buddell built a weissenborn acoustic slide guitar in 7 weeks using his own plans he had designed whilst living on a forty foot yacht!