Thanks Steve for your tips. I have a few questions and some tips as well. Did you follow the procedures described on the Skin Boat web site? I think the ...
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tkw954
Aug 26, 2010 2:12 pm
Hi Group, Here are pics of my snowshoe 14 build: http://www.flickr.com/photos/traviswiens/tags/geodesicairolite/ Enjoy, Travis...
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zaleskisteve
Aug 26, 2010 5:43 pm
Richard Yes, I followed the tips pretty closly, using the squeegie for applying the urethane. The video was the most useful. My biggest mistake was probably...
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Richard Bertram
richardbertram
Aug 26, 2010 9:20 pm
Thanks Steve, Great info. Just one other thing. You didn't mention the initial quantity of the urethene you got. I checked the skinboats.com web site and they...
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Steve Kauffman
kauffmans.name
Aug 26, 2010 11:45 pm
I just finished a Classic 12 and used the skinboats.com epoxy. It was just enough for 3-4 coats of epoxy, which was as much as I needed. The quality of the...
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Peter
pjacobs55
Aug 27, 2010 2:17 am
Travis, Beutiful job and great pictures. Thanks for sharing! Peter...
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Richard Bertram
richardbertram
Aug 27, 2010 2:05 pm
Great, that's the way I'll go. Richard ________________________________ From: Steve Kauffman <steve@...> To: Airolite_Boats@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
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david bussey
dt_busse
Aug 27, 2010 3:32 pm
You've got some WICKED good pictures of other stuff on Flickr too...
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zaleskisteve
Aug 27, 2010 5:43 pm
I'm at work now and won't be home to look at the can for a cuuple days but, going from memory, an order of Urethane is roughly a 1 Qt plastic can with the 2nd...
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Jeff
jeff.laman
Aug 29, 2010 5:21 pm
Hello! I while back I purchased a Snow Shoe Explorer 14 partial kit, plans, and a pack of clampits. It is now clear that I won't have the time to build the...
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bpofak
Sep 5, 2010 4:52 am
I built an arrow 14 this spring. The biggest difficulty was obtaining suitable wood here in Anchorage. I finally used pine and oak from home depot....
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Bob & Kay
trawler10
Sep 5, 2010 3:39 pm
Did you take any pix during your construction? As a courtesy to others and to ensure spammers do not capture their addresses please delete all e-mail addresses...
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bpofak
Sep 6, 2010 4:27 am
no. I could not add anything to the construction photos already posted by others. They were very helpful but the plans are very good. I found it best to just...
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RandyOrchard
randy4140
Sep 6, 2010 11:58 am
Jeff, this sounds fair, but where are you located? I am in MI...Randy...
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Jeff
jeff.laman
Sep 6, 2010 12:36 pm
Randy- Sold the kit. Just waiting for check to clear. thanks for your interest. Jeff...
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eliassonguitars
Sep 9, 2010 3:59 pm
Is there any problems in streching or shortening the Gaboats? I was thinking od building a 8 - 10% shorter version of the Westport Dinghy 8. Yes, I know its...
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gord_t3
Sep 9, 2010 4:09 pm
Shortening the boat is fine. Just space the forms and ribs closer together. Performance and capacity will be affected, but this doesn't seem to be your...
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Aaron Wood
a_wood_...
Sep 15, 2010 9:37 pm
Hi all! Glad to find this list. I'm just in the final stages of building a Snowshoe 14, here's a link ...
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gord_t3
Sep 16, 2010 1:59 am
Given the effort you've put into your frame, you have nothing to worry about! A very nice job. The kevlar is very straight forward and is no problem. Get it...
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Aaron Wood
a_wood_...
Sep 16, 2010 5:31 pm
Wow Gord! Thanks for the detailed response! I'm happy with how the boat is turning out so far with the exception of a couple spots where I pulled the...
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Bob & Kay
trawler10
Sep 16, 2010 5:45 pm
Aaron/Gord . I too am just beginning the Kevlar-Dacron process on my Classic 12 which is looking pretty good at this point in time. One thing I did prior to...
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gord_t3
Sep 16, 2010 7:09 pm
Just to be clear I did not cover the entire surface between the two layers of Dacron with Heat `n Bond sheets. (Was that what I read that others on this forum...
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Richard Bertram
richardbertram
Sep 16, 2010 7:29 pm
Great tips. New way of doing it. I really wanted two layers, but wasn't sold on the heat and bond as a continuous film to bind both fabric layers together. It ...
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Bob & Kay
trawler10
Sep 16, 2010 8:03 pm
Thanks for the clarification . from earlier posts it was unclear as to how much HnB was applied between the layers of Dacron . seemed to me folks were using...
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Georg
galbrechtch
Sep 18, 2010 5:42 am
Hi, I bought a couple of weeks ago plans for the BLIVIT 13 and with them I received also a couple of papers about a swing centerboard. Has anybody integrated...
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Ken Muldrew
kmuldrew2
Sep 20, 2010 2:59 pm
... See the picture of Platt's Blivit 12 here: http://www.gaboats.com/tutorials/nopincenterboard.html ...
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Georg
galbrechtch
Sep 21, 2010 6:16 am
Hi Ken Thanks for the link. I got exactly these drawings with the Blivit 13 plans. Two obstacles: the gunwales height of the Blivit 12 is lower than the 13, so...
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Ken Muldrew
kmuldrew2
Sep 21, 2010 3:19 pm
... I built a 13 a couple of years ago (see pictures in the photos section) so I have those drawings. I didn't know there were any drawings for the 12 though...
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gmac49@...
gmac49...
Oct 8, 2010 11:26 pm
Has anyone used Fluted Beams Compressed Wood in the construction of their boat? If so, your thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thank you...
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mike velasco
psg270
Oct 20, 2010 5:05 pm
Spam, spam, spam! To: tallind5@...; Airolite_Boats@yahoogroups.com; absten@... From: stevenmichaeli@... Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010...
