You really need to install the transom inside the hull sides, unless I am seeing things wrong. It looks like I see end grain on the plywood transom.
No way I would do what you are saying. First off building the add on sturdy enough for a walk around is not an option when looking at it from a...
Hum, glassed plywood does not swell after its been properly glassed, or we would have some serious problems in a lot of expensive boats in...
Hum, stable? The problems with neglect has little to do with the materials. Just look at some of the wooden boats on the hard that you can go up...
There are several stages to creating solid veneers, which also can create a huge amount of waste. Its not just running boards thru a resaw. Thats...
This still goes back to the shape for a certain span or location in certain shapely hulls. So the broadbrush of reducing the total amount of...
The problem with using Juniper for veneers is the labor involved to create the veneers. Personally I have a 24 foot hull right now that I sawed...
You may be interested in this link. A fellow acquaintance is building this transatlantic cat solely from composite layups. He did the job in two...
Look for some Spanish Cedar if you wish for a better alternative along the eastern seaboard. There are outlets that do sell solid veneers of the...
I resawed my own white cedar veneers from solid stock planking, which does have some waste in that approach. Of course the labor does come with...
More ifs, ands and buts,,, Look if you wish to do someone one way, that does not mean that its your way or the highway across the board in the art...
These days the Okoume has been questionable when it comes to quality. Its not as durable and some of the guys on the east coast are selling...
Sure, as you back track on the folly of your laminating foam and admit that torturing into some shape can and will stresse the layup. You are...
Howdy Grady, I would also agree on the foam core cabin, both to reduce weight and to also insulate the cabin for multiple seasons where sweating...
Yep, sure have, you have a bit of a nasty streak sir, and its of no interest to me to match your wits. Your examples are apples to oranges, and...
You cannot suspend sheet foam across the same jig or form that is slated for plywood without sheet or cut paneled foam sagging, because normally...
Well then let me rephrase my reply. You cannot use 1/4" foam for a boat hull thats been speced out for 1/4" plywood and end up with a sea worthy...
Hum, I would never atttempt to skin any foam solely with finish cloth as is done all the time with plywood hulls for any hull slated for an open...
I don't care, but as with others we have pointed out pitfalls for what you end up with for the work and costs. The context is everything. There...
Yep,[Juniper in our part of the world] and you can make them as long as you wish, off the jig, scarfing them and then resaw them. With the...
