I'm curious to hear if any progress has been made. If wood is in fact viable, why not contact a designer with experience of the method? George...
I've taken courses on Chalmers myself. It's a great university, and Gothenburg is a very nice place to live.
Or you could just start a new thread yourself. This thread deals with the design requirements for a canal boat to be built and used in France. I'm...
http://www.yago-project.com/ I've been checking in on this site from time to time looking for updates, but it seems like the site has been more...
Hannu Vartiala has an interesting article on primitive flat-bottomed swamp boats: http://koti.kapsi.fi/hvartial/ruuhi/ruuhi.htm As for having...
But where do you get a 5000 kg payload log canoe? If you can't find any welders in Congo, or volunteers from abroad, what about a flat bottom...
I guess the OnBoard Electronics & Controls forum is as close as you get. I can't see any problem with fluorescent lights other than perhaps the...
Where in the Arctic are you planning to cruise? Barents sea, Greenland sea, Northwest passage, Bering sea?
The Fram was sheathed in greenheart, and made it across the arctic ice sheet in one piece. But steel is probably much more practical. Are you...
My guess is some kind of bondo-like compound
You're apparently not building a boat for disabled people after all, but if I may digress: Consider adding wheelchair accessibility to it as well....
Exactly. An extra rudder on the keel would provide lots of righting moment, a bit like the stabilizing fins you may find on larger boats. You...
I second that. I have to climb over piles of junk (moved recently) when working on my project. Not good for morale.
What are you trying to accomplish with this? Radio control? Sailing for handicapped? One advantage with actually being in the boat is that you...
What's your point? There is also the possibility of using hemp fibre for reinforcing the concrete instead of rust-prone chicken wire. I'm...
From that standpoint steel may actually be a better material, simply because it's more obvious when and where it needs to be repaired. Question...
A ferrocement hull makes the most sense to me as well. It doesn't really have to be fast, efficient or good-looking, but it has to be built and...
How about an inflatable catamaran? Two inflatable pontoons fixed to a collapsible aluminium frame. Edit: This guy beat me to the idea:...
I was thinking of taking a stitch and glue canoe and build it like a steel origami boat. But I'm not sure how easy it is to weld thin sheets with...
One very important thing to think about with woodgas: Carbon monoxide poisoning. A leak in the system could be deadly to the passengers! CO2...
