... Patrick, Thank you ever so much!!! I look forward to giving this one an honest try and hopefully raising many a happy toast to your granna! And God bless...
... 'tis a good thing,I tell ya,that we all know that Bob is talking about an egg-nog recipe and not offering instructions for attaining some momentary state...
http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/06/designs/proa/index.htm A passing mention of PCB's small proa; but there are several pix of an interesting proa by R.B....
I will carefully re read this article several times. It is a good compilation of the good and problem features of the Proa form with quality incite into why...
In my continuing study of the His & Hers/Singlehand Schooner, I have come to the following conclusions: 1) I will not scale the boat up, 19 feet is long enough...
In a light boat the center of resistance is not fixed. You can easily add more weather helm or lee helm simply by moving forward or backward in the cockpit...
... You're welcome. Chuck at Duckworks did an excellent job of formatting and adding extra links to the basic text. -- Craig O'Donnell Sinepuxent Ancestors &...
I was going to order some fiberglass cloth last night to do the outside of the hull on my Bobcat. I realized that there are several options on weight. 6 oz...
4oz. has worked well for me on several strip kayaks and canoes; I don't think the reduction in strength vs. 6oz. is too much at this scale, but it still...
Hi Bobby, ... outside ... options on ... seems ... here?? I used a "special" 5 oz. cloth from Raka on my Light Schooner. It was advertised as being as strong...
In my opinion it depends on what you are trying to achieve with the glass. Most wooden boats are glued & screwed together so that the structural integrity is...
... In the case of boats designed by a designer, the real question is what is the *designer* trying to achieve with the glass. For the Bolger Topaz Spyder,...
... the glass. For what it is worth - here is what the Cold Cure manual says. It seems to indicate that using a heavy cloth gains little and uses a lot more...
The purpose of the fiberglass is to stabilize and protect the plywood surface so 2 - 4 oz should work fine for that. People tend to use 6oz but as Paul points...
Some time ago I asked the group whether anyone had seen the video of the Birdwatcher that Mr Bolger and Friends had made. There were no responses. I wrote to...
... Protection is one purpose, but logic also makes me believe that fiberglass adds strength. Adding a layer of high tensile strength material on the outer...
That's one of the loaded questions, like what kind of plywood to use! I checked a couple of Paysons books, to see what he said. Couldn't find a weight...
... Great observation! Using crezon MDO - which is already sealed and ready to paint - is a case in point. Guaranteed for ten years for highway signage. Nels...
"High tensile strength" implies it resists being stretched. It says nothing about what it does to resist compression -- and epoxy/fiberglass doesn't do much. ...
Heavier fiberglass means more epoxy and this means more strength, even multi layers to build strength. Unless you are trying to build an ultralite, I believe...
MDO has been mentioned on this list several times but I am confused as to its recommended use in boatbuilding. I think I remember one posting that stated that...
Not only are you right about putting glass and epoxy on the inside to strengthen the hull against a rock coming through it,but there is another reason. Wooden...
... confused as ... types of ... posed ... Hi Ronzo, What kind of marine plywood are you referring to that is the same price as 1/2" MDO? The reason I ask is...
If there was a Bolger FAQ, the MDO question would be listed first, so searching the archive will reveal lots. MDO is resin impregnated paper overlay on...
I don't claim any particular expertise in this area, but I believe "rot" is a fungus which needs air and water to survive. Put on a watertight barrier and it...
I bought what the Fort Worth, Texas, lumber yard claimed was 1/4" "marine" plywood for my first boat. I'd have been better off using old newspapers. It was...
Glass has nothing to do with rot. But glass on the inside of the boat adds a lot to the impact resistance of the boat. Glass does keep fir from checking so...
Having problems with message search?
Fill out this form to ensure your group is one of the first to be migrated to the new message search system.
