John, this is part of a series of articles on flotation, I wrote a while back on flotation and should be relevant to the Micro sinking, from what you have...
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Ray Worob
rworob@...
Apr 2, 2001 11:24 pm
Thanks for all the suggestions I have received so far. As a new member, this site is really great. Although I didn't mention it initially, I intend to use the...
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StepHydro@...
Apr 2, 2001 11:14 pm
In a message dated 04/02/2001 6:<BR15:<BR55 PM Eastern Daylight , darus@... writes:> my brick can be seen at http://www/visi/com/~darus/bric Try: ...
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Richard Spelling
richard@...
Apr 2, 2001 11:11 pm
Where: The second annual Lake Texoma messabout will be held at at Lake Texoma Resort Park, located "Halfway between I-35 and US-75 on US-70, five miles east of...
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darus@...
Apr 2, 2001 10:18 pm
... Ack! make that: http://www.visi.com/~darus/brick thats what I get for trying to type faster than I can think...
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Jim Chamberlin RCSIS
jchamberlin@...
Apr 2, 2001 10:09 pm
A 1/8" wide bead on one surface is plenty. I have used it to attach chine logs to hull sides and bottoms to the chine logs. I use silicon bronze wood screws...
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darus@...
Apr 2, 2001 10:03 pm
... my brick can be seen at http://www/visi/com/~darus/brick...
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pongo19050@...
Apr 2, 2001 8:54 pm
... . . . ... for me), ... But if you ... completely ... bead down? ... I have used 5200 on a couple of boats. I used it exclusively to glue the frames to the...
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GHC
ghartc@...
Apr 2, 2001 6:49 pm
That's what we did. We started with 4" of foam under the total deck; though Payson's book doesn't specify flotation as far as I recall. It floats just fine...
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bolger@yahoogroups.com
Apr 2, 2001 6:31 pm
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the bolger group. File : /Mike V's June...
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bolger@yahoogroups.com
Apr 2, 2001 6:30 pm
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the bolger group. File : /Mike V's June...
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mike_vacanti@...
Apr 2, 2001 6:26 pm
I completed a June Bug last summer and did exactly as you described. The foam weighs something, I think I realized a net reduction in the weight of the boat by...
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Charlie Iliff
charlie@...
Apr 2, 2001 6:20 pm
A couple of times, I have participated in the Sikaflex sponsored Build-a- Boat contest. Crews were allowed three sheets of Lauan, a limited amount of 2x2 and...
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Chris Crandall
crandall@...
Apr 2, 2001 6:08 pm
... Oh, of course he's not. He's saying glue only works where it ought to. Bad joints cannot be saved by good glue (unless they're only a little bad)....
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Chris Crandall
crandall@...
Apr 2, 2001 5:59 pm
... Don: Perhaps you're aware the Sika/Sikaflex folk sponsor a quick--and-dirty boatbuilding conference on a regular basis, where people build, in a couple of...
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Paul W. Esterle
pesterle@...
Apr 2, 2001 5:23 pm
Great magazine <grin>> Paul Esterle (alias Capt'n Pauley)...
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kwilson800@...
Apr 2, 2001 5:04 pm
A recent post mentioned ease of cleanup of various types of glue. I figured I'd pass along this tip, even though it's becoming common knowledge. The...
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pan@...
Apr 2, 2001 4:54 pm
Looks like the link to SCA didn't work they can be reached at http://www.smallcraftadvisor.com/ If you appreciate their generosity let them know. Les ... has ...
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pan@...
Apr 2, 2001 4:50 pm
The recent 5 page interview of Mr. Bolger by Small Craft Advisor has been added to the files for those of us that have not read it first hand from the...
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pan@...
Apr 2, 2001 4:11 pm
Hi Mike, I can sympathize with you, I too have reactions to epoxy. They are not serious but as you probably already know exposure to epoxy is cumulative....
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Jack E. Bearden
jalo@...
Apr 2, 2001 3:34 pm
I haven't done this for June Bug yet, but for the Gypsy I filled the whole transom area with fitted pieces of rigid foam and closed and decked it in. I cut an...
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Jack E. Bearden
jalo@...
Apr 2, 2001 3:33 pm
Having only built June Bug and Gypsy so far, they are the only two that I can trully and lovingly endorce. I've been at very close quarters with multiple Wind...
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cha62759@...
Apr 2, 2001 2:50 pm
Some years ago there was an article about another guy allergic to expoxies. He was building a sizable boat using (I think) polyeurathane glue similar to if not...
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phillip_lea@...
Apr 2, 2001 1:21 pm
Agree, the level of copy was high. Editing is easy. Phil...
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teakdeck@...
Apr 2, 2001 12:57 pm
Bolgerado's, I can't use epoxy, I'm allergic to it. Just the fumes make my skin swell. So I am constantly looking for ways to glue things together without...
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wattleweedooseeds@...
Apr 2, 2001 10:29 am
Micheal, have you considered leaving the spaces alone andgoing to atyre dealership and asking for a armful ofinner tubes. they often have to pay to dispose of...
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Chuck Leinweber
chuck@...
Apr 2, 2001 4:16 am
Mark: Jim Betts did post to this DG a couple of times recently: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bolger/message/10520 ...
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Chuck Leinweber
chuck@...
Apr 2, 2001 4:07 am
<snip> ... Still, if you had installed closed flotation areas, your experience would not been nearly as onerous. It would seem to have worked as well as foam...
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Stephen
Gronicle@...
Apr 2, 2001 2:41 am
Hi, I am neutral on all questions of glue (and copywrights for that matter). However, I would please ask posters to not resend the entire contents of prior...
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djost@...
Apr 2, 2001 1:28 am
Bravo! This is not "old school", this is Common Sense! I have one of those old, no glue boats. It only leaks a little. David Jost ... of. ... where ... When ...
