I used a 9.9 longshaft 2 cycle Johnson. It had me at 15 mph measured over a mile with 2 people on board (300 lbs). A test with the 9.9 Honda 4 cycle yielded a...
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Sam Glasscock
glasscocklan...
Jul 1, 2008 3:08 pm
I am getting close to ordering the ply to build a Tennessee. I am hoping to get away with sheathing only up to the waterline with epoxy/glass, and therefore...
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Bruce Hallman
brucehallman
Jul 1, 2008 3:36 pm
... It varies by 10x or more depending on whether you can store the boat under cover, and also depending on the climate. Have you considered MDO overlay...
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Chester Young
caloosarat
Jul 1, 2008 4:37 pm
Did Phil explain his aversion to MDO? The only thing on Esther Mae that is MDO are the squat boards, while the worm borers have made their way into it from...
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Harry James
harryjak
Jul 1, 2008 5:16 pm
Does great and you don't even need the barrier coat. HJ...
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gregory_west2001
gregory_west...
Jul 1, 2008 5:23 pm
I built an "Elegant Punt" eight years ago and a "Surf" three years ago, both with Okoume marine BS1088 plywood from World Panel Products in Riviera Beach,...
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Harry James
harryjak
Jul 1, 2008 5:35 pm
I have been thinking about gas and Bolger designs. Fritz Funk made a cruise in his Sneakeasy on the Mississippi a few years ago, 200 miles on 12 Gallons of...
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Sam Glasscock
glasscocklan...
Jul 1, 2008 6:02 pm
I am hoping to use her as an ecotour-type charter boat with a 9.9 four stroke, although with the mileage you are getting the bigger motor is tempting. I plan...
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Sam Glasscock
glasscocklan...
Jul 1, 2008 6:10 pm
I have a friend who has a Grady White 27' he uses for inshore charters. He burns 100 gallons of gas per trip. The charter fishing industry is dying, I...
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David C.
dcassidyus
Jul 1, 2008 6:30 pm
If you're planning on taking passengers for hire, I bet the Coast Guard may have something to say about what materials you can and cannot use. Things change...
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Chester Young
caloosarat
Jul 1, 2008 6:44 pm
There is or was a chartered Tennessee in the Keys. Capt, Linda did group and private charters aboard Mangrove Mistress. My wife and I chartered with her four...
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Sam Glasscock
glasscocklan...
Jul 1, 2008 8:16 pm
Harry, is your experiance with the Okume or the Meranti, or both? ... From: Harry James <welshman@...> Subject: Re: [bolger] Okume/meranti/fir To:...
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Bruce Hallman
brucehallman
Jul 1, 2008 8:44 pm
... All the more reason that the new PB&F 'Blackfish' fuel efficient New England fishing boat concept makes sense. They have hinted that they have a version...
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Harry James
harryjak
Jul 1, 2008 9:16 pm
I believe meranti, whichever is cheaper. Bought from Edensaw, painted with the System Three two pack, left outside since 2003. ...
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echo172@...
bru08107
Jul 1, 2008 9:21 pm
There are those who just like being envied and I think they will stay below at the dock with their marina mates and consume more beverages. A 2 million dollar...
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Bruce Hallman
brucehallman
Jul 1, 2008 9:26 pm
http://flickr.com/photos/hallman/2629360202/ This boat looks nice in isometric view. I wonder about the narrow 'knee room' between the berths....
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Fred Schumacher
fredschum
Jul 1, 2008 9:49 pm
I played around with using Weston Martyr as a starting point for designing a motorsailer to fit inside a 40 foot shipping container. I widened it to 7.4 feet...
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ANDREW AIREY
andyairey
Jul 1, 2008 10:19 pm
Go for it.I've just been watching a couple of videos of narrowboats being taken to sea round the coast of the UK,admittedly in very good conditions. I think...
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Kenneth Grome
kennethgrome
Jul 2, 2008 12:00 am
... Hi Fred, Another option would be to use regular marine plywood or MDO that's been manually treated with Copper Naphthenate. Apparently the CN doesn't...
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Mungo Jerry
mungojerryus
Jul 2, 2008 2:16 pm
In the midst of a constructing frenzy on my sharpie, I was curious if qanyone had done any research on some of the new tape/glue combos Im seeing on...
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Bryant Owen
b_owen_ca
Jul 2, 2008 2:37 pm
People continue to make boats with drywall tape/pl seams. Seems to work well with small boats and thin ply. What works, works. Bryant...
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loosemoosefilmworks
loosemoosefi...
Jul 2, 2008 3:18 pm
Having spent a thousand nights or so aboard Loose Moose 2 at anchor ( and another thousand or so on our Jessie Cooper) I think that it is important to point...
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Bruce Hallman
brucehallman
Jul 2, 2008 3:23 pm
... I agree, what works, works. Still, my eBay epoxy cost me only $48.50/gallon after tax, delivered. A heck of a bargain for an excellent glue....
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Bruce Hallman
brucehallman
Jul 2, 2008 3:53 pm
... Ditto for the Micro. Much less 'rolly' than similar sized round bottom boats....
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Harry James
harryjak
Jul 2, 2008 4:49 pm
The best is fiberglass tape and epoxy, whether you use it or not ( and I really dislike it) depends on the size of the boat cost of materials and time to...
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Bryant Owen
b_owen_ca
Jul 2, 2008 8:45 pm
Bruce et al. I was not disparaging fibreglas tape and epoxy but merely commenting that you can build an OK boat with drywall tape and PL. At this point in my...
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Fred Schumacher
fredschum
Jul 2, 2008 10:42 pm
On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 10:18 AM, loosemoosefilmworks < ... Some years ago when my son and I motored June Bug across Lake Vermilion (a large lake in northern...
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Douglas Pollard
dougpol1
Jul 2, 2008 11:35 pm
I experienced a very simular kind of thing an a Fantaisia 35 she had a v bottom with a very large turn in the bulge and a large radius at what would be the...
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loosemoosefilmworks
loosemoosefi...
Jul 3, 2008 12:10 am
I suspect you ... Well I might have strayed a bit from home waters with Loose Moose 2... Bob http://boatbits.blogspot.com/...
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Douglas Pollard
dougpol1
Jul 3, 2008 12:59 am
Yep I think you've been around. What I was trying to say was that yours mine or anybody's boat may prove different in different waters or they may not. Which...
