Am playing with the idea of removing the steel deck and cabin from Nekeyah, raising the freeboard and building a flush deck and deckhouse from marine grade...
You should look into using a "detacouple" - a bar of aluminum and a bar of steel fused together using an explosive. You can then weld to both sides. But I...
Practical Sailor just did an interesting article on diesel engines. The point was made that Yanmars are kind of rough running, but they have a huge market...
You can have both sliding and hinged hatch in one if you mount the pivots on dinghy mainsheet carriers on appropriate track attached to the cabin top. You just...
Will try to look up the article in Practical Sailor. All reports in this locale are that Yanmar is good. rt ... engines. The point was made that Yanmars are...
Sorry. For my zip files go to http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/ <http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/> click on "Boatbuilding," then on "Origami Steel Yacht...
Hello everybody, I have really enjoyed the responses generated by my cat question.One measure of wisdom is knowing when, figuratively, to call a plumber! I...
I like your concept of origami construction. It is a real boon for the amatuer builder. Your hull underwater though is rather ugly,not that it matters that...
Vertical slits would be impossible to keep fair. I've seen it tried and the result was an abortion with hard ridges at each seam, which would greatly increase...
Moon Raven's wheelhouse measures 10 inches off the cabintop. Your taller wheelhouse will give you a lot more room . Having 3 inches more slope to the aft end...
robert anthony <robert44654@...> wrote: I have looking on the internet, and have difficultly finding suppliers of plate steel 8' by 36' that is wheel...
Anthony, The alumimite is something like solder, it is not a fusion weld like regular welding. A weld harder than the base metal is a source of cracking under...
One of my 36 footers is being built in Nanaimo using 1/4 inch aluminium.No problem. Brent Swain ... Then can you use 1/4" aluminum plate to construct your...
This has been a problem in the US, but no problem in Canada. The only place we have been able to find wheelabraded plate in the US so far is Farwest Steel in...
I think it's fun to speculate about different ways to put a boat together { Aluminite or glue or sticky tape] but I doubt that any of us can afford that kind...
a major problem with using aluminite is that the aluminum must be above the melting point of the rod. for a soda can, that's not much of a problem. for 1/4"...
I am building as a hobby. There are no pressing time lines and it is fun to experiment. Much of the joy comes from doing something with my kids and finding...
To suggest that over 100 very successful boats which have been built , and have survived everything from circumnavigations ,to the northwest passage , to...
Hi Brent, Seems to me your a bit touchy about orgami construction. Had you bothered to take a close look at my e-mail you would have seen that it was in reply...
Yeah, Brent, way to go. These parasites shouldn't even be on our group, sucking on our positive vibes. Go away, Duggy, and criticise others. We don't people ...
I am glad to see all the discussion. I think this is healthy. I would like to add my thoughts to the discussion. First, I have not welded a boat before and...
List, Because some think me a coward for saying that the one boat you build in your life time is not the boat to use unproven methods on, I'm writing this to...
Just thought I would add a quick note in support of Doug. The origami technique is innovative, but it was an adaption of proven techniques of welding, etc. To...
... couple of shallow draft sailboats of aluminum. Wolf Trap 30's? A point about innovation. Although it is difficult to forsee every aspect of a major...
I repeat, over 100 of these boats have been buiult, and all have been well proven successes despite many torture tests . It's not anything new or experimental ...
I don't mean to butt in, however, I've lost the thread (I think). Are you discussing the Origami design (concept) or the method of joining the various parts...
As moderator I will jump in here, pull back the reins, and note that it appears that there may have been some confusion over the intent of recent messages, and...
