Michael wrote: Cruising after 60 with money to live on is quite possible and realistic. Michael Casling I've a friend who at 75 singlehanded to Europe and had...
Michael Casling wrote: My plan right now is to build a decent small boat (28 ft Tug) that I can weekend cruise on the Lakes, Canals and rivers of the...
Hi Brent, You wrote: "The amount of V or U shape in the bow of an origami boat is determined by the amount of curve or straightness of the stem. My current...
Is he the fellow who has the Columbia 8.7? Michael Casling ... From: Bert To: origamiboats@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 10:54 AM Subject:...
Bert, I am not the one that wants to build the tug. It is the fellow whose post I was replying to, and I have deleted that post from my sent box. He has four...
Hey gang: I am working on the plans when I can. I based them on Al Sorensons(sp) "Fred Murphy" design. I am just eliminating the framing. Right now I am doing...
In conventional origami construction, the conic sections in the bow have their apexes near the forward end of the chines. As a result, the conics flatten...
Rich, I'm just trying to get a hold on some pricing, would you give me an idea as to what the approx pricing of this quality foaming costs...and for what size...
If you want the maximum transverse curve to be below the waterline, you put the maximum curve of the stem below the waterline, regardless of the number of...
A friend had a foam fire aboard his boat which gutted it aft. foreward where it was painted with cheap latex paint, it refused to burn despite intense heat....
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Phillip Allen
phillipdallen@...
Oct 2, 2003 9:49 pm
Brentswain...I would like to order your book (considering building 36-40 footer as liveaboard). I've never built a boat before but believe a lifetime of...
I must say I find the discussions between Brent and Greg facinating and very informative. I understand just enough about boat design to be able to follow...
How about mating a plywood deck and cabin to a steel hull? I realise that this in not commonly done as most boats are either one thing or the other, but I...
Despite the claims of the foamers, I went ahead and coated all the foam with latex soon after they left. Liquidation World has a good selection of light...
Plywood decks on a steel boat? Don't do it. We own a Colvin Gazelle with a plywood cabin top - which is a lot simpler structure to attach to a steel hull than...
On my 36 feet steel boat project, I am planning to decrease deck weight using plywood sheets screwed from under side of " L " type steel deck beams .Most...
Regarding the use of plywood for decks and cabin tops: Topper Hermanson Boatbuilding has an article on their excellent website regarding shedding weight on...
I thought that I should post some more details about my cabin top to cabin wall joint failure. Maybe somebody will have a brilliant idea that I can steal. ...
Aargh! My TinyURL links to the photo and sketches seem to have been foxed. Sorry about that, you can find them in the Files section under the folder...
This is not a suggestion--it is a point of discussion. A few years ago we were asked to lighten the above deck portion of a certain type of naval vessels. We...
Here is a simple demonstration: ... overlap the cut edges of the slit in a triangle, about 2" on the end, to form a cone. tape in place. notice the curve on...
I think the problem may be that the hull flexes slightly under load and the bolts holding the cabin top allow it to float, the result being a small but...
Don, Tom Colvin in his book, Steel Boatbuilding Volume 2 page 44, discusses plywood cabin tops. The salient ppoints are drill the holes in the steel boundary...
Ted: I have Tom's book and have studied this section. I don't think that I can use his techniques to replace an existing roof - his fastening and luting...
Has anyone costed out pieces of "DetaCouple" , that explosively-bonded aluminum/steel strip in order to facilitate welding down an aluminum roof? Using such a...
Don, Now I reread your previous posts I can see you already knew what I wrote. Sorry about that. In the Gougeons Brothers book on boatbuilding using wood and...
