The pva's sold here are your typical white woodworking glue.the one that disolves in water,,,lol (weldbond is one)Sikaflex11FC is a polyurethane high strength...
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daschultz2000
Dec 3, 2011 6:10 pm
... I am pretty sure that is JM's Birdwatcher, one of the first built to Bolger's plans, and a big influence on JM's designs. Polyester/glass for boats gets a...
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John Boy
t1ro2003
Dec 3, 2011 12:52 pm
Tite Bond is a brand of woodworking glues here in the States. Â TB I, II, and III are PVA woodworking glues. Â TB III is claimed by the manufacturer to be...
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KEN
rekkamurd
Dec 3, 2011 11:06 am
titebond is a brand-name for a light brown colored type3 "waterproof" wood glue. elmers yellowish wood glue is like a type2, and their white glue a type1. I...
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KEN
rekkamurd
Dec 3, 2011 10:15 am
I've been using TB3 with great success, maybe brave or crazy, without fasteners. (of course some think anything -boat- is crazy, oops!) no ring nails, no...
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john colley
helliconia54
Dec 3, 2011 9:33 am
Down under here in Australia I can't find this tite bond you guys always talk about.I've used Sikaflex with some success.What exactly is titebond? Â "There is...
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Tom Sorensen
tdsoren
Dec 3, 2011 4:03 am
Nels,  go over and join the junk rig group. Everything i've learned has come from there. pay particular attention to all of the files posted by Arne...
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prairiedog2332
Dec 3, 2011 3:54 am
Tom, I really enjoyed your videos and they got me all excited! I purchased a couple large white polytarps awhile back which are lighter weight than you have....
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prairiedog2332
Dec 3, 2011 3:35 am
Various glues were tested a few years ago and the regular TB proved to have superior adhesion strength to both TB2 andTB3. Water resistance was not tested...
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Gene Berry
meangenerok
Dec 2, 2011 10:56 pm
Hi John, Â i built a 16' Jim Michalak Shanty with almost all TB3 (no epoxy at all) and it is still doing well. chuck linweber did tell me though once TB3...
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John Boy
t1ro2003
Dec 2, 2011 10:16 pm
if I can really build a boat this large using just glue verses epoxy Gordo built the Laguna Uno with TB II. Its 24 ft long, so I guess so. If you're trying...
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John
goodman_clan
Dec 2, 2011 8:45 pm
How much of a boat this size can be built with Titebond 3? I am trying to decide if I can really build a boat this large using just glue verses epoxy. Any...
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KEN
rekkamurd
Dec 2, 2011 10:06 am
I'd go with 5 layers of 1/8" thick, 2-1/2 to 3" wide, glued-clamped inside to shape. the thin wood will follow shape, the laminates glued, locking it to...
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prairiedog2332
Dec 2, 2011 5:43 am
Sounds to me like the adjustments planned are really good ideas. I never considered adding side air boxes in the cockpit, but now you mention it they would be...
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John
goodman_clan
Dec 2, 2011 3:57 am
Wow, what a great conversation about the Haps Cut design. I will bore the group with some of my sailing background so the group has a better understanding of...
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Kimberly
jbo_c
Dec 2, 2011 3:47 am
I suppose you mean safety in a knock down. Thanks for considering my safety first. My use for this boat would be low horse motor only in inland lakes-no open...
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joe_mapango
Dec 2, 2011 3:25 am
I think the cabin is critical to the safety of this boat. But if you were to remove the cabin, it would save you two sheets of ply, and some 25 foot of 1"...
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Kimberly
jbo_c
Dec 2, 2011 2:59 am
As long as we're on Hapscut, anybody got an idea how much ply you'd save by making it open instead of with the cabin?...
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Giuliano Girometta
ggboat1
Dec 2, 2011 1:25 am
On marine steel construction any opening must be surrounded by a collar of at least the same volume of the steel removed for the penetration. Considering that...
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Bob
revbob87
Dec 2, 2011 1:01 am
Patrick - all, This has become a looong and interesting thread, and since my encouragement as to the stability of the FatCat hull shape & broad beam, and...
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kapelli66
Dec 2, 2011 12:40 am
I would suggest fitting a 1x2 , narrow edge to the side, to the curvature of the bow section just above where you plan to cut the bottom of the door and glue...
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thinwater2001
Dec 2, 2011 12:13 am
Hey guys the trim is on and its in a major sanding era right now. I'm looking for some exerience to re assure me of something. I really want a boarding door...
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Giuliano Girometta
ggboat1
Dec 1, 2011 11:59 pm
Thanks to all for the very informative answers. Â I think that Nels picked up the right point by calling them Off-Centerboards. And the side solution adopted...
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prairiedog2332
Dec 1, 2011 9:36 pm
One of the first boat plans I saw that used and Off-Centerboard was Bolger's Birdwatcher. It can be located just inside the chine on either side. The space...
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JeffreyM
jmichalsbrown
Dec 1, 2011 6:16 pm
Giuliano, Would it be better to put a single centerboard in a trunk offset into the side of a berth or galley? That would be alot less work than building two...
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daniel brown
dannyb9
Dec 1, 2011 5:08 pm
a mystery is that some have resistance to the term leeboard... after decades of canoe sailing with leeboards i have great respect for their attributes. maybe...
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Tom Sorensen
tdsoren
Dec 1, 2011 5:01 pm
I love Junk sails. I built one for my little trimaran. Here's a link to the intial testing where I finally got a "view" of it myself. I've since done...
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prairiedog2332
Dec 1, 2011 4:16 pm
Back to Hapscut. I would like to thank John Goodman for posting photos of his model. It really shows what a nice looking hull shape that is, whereas the...
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prairiedog2332
Dec 1, 2011 3:51 pm
Are we talking twin keels or bilgeboards here? (Bilgeboards are retractable just like a centerboard.) If you have two of them on a hard-chined slab-sided...
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Tom Sorensen
tdsoren
Dec 1, 2011 2:52 pm
Guiliano,  I wont even pretend to know how to properly design them. I know just enough to be dangerous ;-)  Bolger has a couple of boatrs designed with...
