I just checked the web site and it is operational. www.ultranet.com/ ~djost/boats.htm ought to do it!...
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david
galvind@...
May 1, 2000 5:27 pm
David, Tradition and experience mediate against your choice. Bronze has been used successfully in keelbolts for centuries. Stainless steel has a checkered...
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Michael Surface
msurface@...
May 1, 2000 5:34 pm
Address worked this time do not know what the problem was earlier. Some nice pictures. Thanks for checking on it for me. Michael Surface ... ...
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Sakari Aaltonen
sakaria@...
May 1, 2000 6:11 pm
... Which chart did you check? I checked the ones in Steward's "Boatbuilding Manual" and Gerr's "The Nature of Boats". Both show stainless steel in *two*...
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Mark Albanese
marka@...
May 1, 2000 8:26 pm
Yes, there are many polyurethane glues. Gorilla and also Excel are two European versions that have been promoted for boat building. According to Richard Jagels...
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C. O'Donnell
dadadata@...
May 1, 2000 10:27 pm
Two weekends from now is the annual Chesapeake Light Craft "Okumestock" (a sort of a sponsored Messabout: other makers' boats are welcome, but the main theme...
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Roger Dewhurst
dewhurst@...
May 2, 2000 12:12 am
... Is Cascamite much the same thing as Aerolite the urea-formaldehyde glue that was used to stick Mosquito fighter-bombers together in WW2? Aerolite 308 ...
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Roger Dewhurst
dewhurst@...
May 2, 2000 12:12 am
Can anyone comment on the use of urea-formaldehyde (Aerolite 300 for example) and melamine-urea-formaldehyde (Aerolite 308 for example) glues for boat...
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Gordon Couger
gcouger@...
May 2, 2000 1:16 am
I was looking at this issue of MIB and noticing what an intrusion the engine compartment made in Bolger's small cruiser. Wheels started turning in my head, did...
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Stan Muller
smuller@...
May 2, 2000 2:55 am
Hi Gordon, How about using a hydraulic pump on the ic engine, and a hydraulic motor in the keel. Then there are no batteries, and yet you still have the...
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Roger Dewhurst
dewhurst@...
May 2, 2000 2:56 am
... You are going to need 5mm diameter copper wire to carry that current! ... I do not think that the efficiency would be quite that low. ... Say you have got...
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Roger Dewhurst
dewhurst@...
May 2, 2000 3:00 am
... I made some enquiries in this direction. There are some very nice infinitely geared reversible pump/motor combinations, but they are not that efficient...
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Stan Muller
smuller@...
May 2, 2000 3:25 am
... Well that burst my bubble! Next thought, How 'bout an outboard? ;-) Stan, Micro Tugger, Snow Goose...
4483
KF4call@...
May 2, 2000 3:34 am
Well if money was no object....I see where Toyota and some others use both internal combustion and electric with a computer to tell it all when to run off of...
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Gordon Couger
gcouger@...
May 2, 2000 3:58 am
From: "Roger Dewhurst" <dewhurst@...> To: <bolger@eGroups.com> ... ========= a 24 or 32 volt system would be a lot better. ... ============= Maybe not...
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Gordon Couger
gcouger@...
May 2, 2000 3:58 am
... From: "Stan Muller" <smuller@...> To: <bolger@egroups.com> Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 9:57 PM Subject: Re: [bolger] Electric auxiliary engine ... 'lo...
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Roger Dewhurst
dewhurst@...
May 2, 2000 4:38 am
... Sorry, where to you keep your bubble!!!!! How about an outboard in a well just forward of the transom? Roger...
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Gordon Couger
gcouger@...
May 2, 2000 6:59 am
From: "Roger Dewhurst" <dewhurst@...> ... What a novel idea. Gordon...
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daniel.curnutte@...
May 2, 2000 11:33 am
My Micro is going to be a "dry" boat. In that I will launch and recover after every sail. The longest my boat will be in water would be a week... The reason...
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David Jost
djost@...
May 2, 2000 12:03 pm
That certainly explains a lot! I will stick with bronze rod (since I already have quite a bit of it). I certainly can see why stainless would corrode under...
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Donald Hodges
dhodges@...
May 2, 2000 1:03 pm
T.F. Jones used it (some version of Aerolite) in one of his plywood catamarans and it failed after a couple of years in the water; the details are in his book...
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Donald Hodges
dhodges@...
May 2, 2000 1:07 pm
If you are taking a poll, I vote against an outboard in a well - I'll spare you my whole rant, but just imagine an outboard as a close companion inside a small...
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Donald Hodges
dhodges@...
May 2, 2000 1:11 pm
FWIW, I think 5200 and Sika-flex are polysulfides, whatever that means. I know fisthand that 5200 is tough stuff - I don't want to remove anything bedded in...
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Orr, Jamie
jorr@...
May 2, 2000 2:28 pm
I've just been looking at these and deciding what to use next -- 3M's 5200, and I think Sikaflex' 240, are polyurethanes. They are both recommended where you...
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Peter Vanderwaart
pvanderw@...
May 2, 2000 2:59 pm
... recover after ... "checking". Is ... My Cynthia J. (see material in 'Files' aka 'Vault') was epoxy coated but not sheathed with glass. The results were...
... It (Titebond II)looks and handles very much like yellow carpenter's glue. Regular Titebond IS yellow carpenter's glue....
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Lincoln Ross
lincolnr@...
May 2, 2000 4:35 pm
I remember seeing a hydraulic drive auxiliary system advertised in SAIL, decades ago. By now it is a vague memory. ... outboard? ;-) ... in a well...
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Jeff Gilbert
jgilbert@...
May 2, 2000 4:51 pm
Don, if you put a hatch/fishing table with some lagging under over the top of the motor box, they are quieter than hanging on the transom. If you pull the ...
