BYW there is proof that other people use coal tar. SK Seeker, “the boat the internet built” a 70 ft steel monohull is coated in/out with coal tar....
When the DOT stops using COAL TAR all over the roads in the United States then maybe I would think twice about putting on gloves when I paint with...
What are those seven asterisks? “*******” cancer? I believe it was Denorex that had the 3%, home remedies had much more, one old man on the...
I wouldn’t “treat” wood. As a “qualified pest applicator” I would spray (into a soaking puddle) my lumber for termites. Just build the house boat...
Ok. I’m not going to argue that there are no sources available to trump up a case against coal tar. But facts are facts- nobody gets non skin nor...
Hilarious. what exactly is “Cancer Studies in Humas Numerous “ ? Is that an organization? Or just some bold type paragraph heading for a surface...
Creosote is not banned by the EPA. It is “restricted” from the general public. You can buy it as an insecticide from farm suppliers and paint 100s...
Cheap mass quantities of bamboo still out of reach...but the probabilities of a successful coal tar/“random width and length” bamboo slivers/nylon...
Coming soon test results of 1x20 double diagonal ply (any length possible!) made by cold laminating scrap pallets (+/-30) with a 90% Henrys 071...
Suspected carcinogen...some rats who had there ears COATED with coal twice a day for two weeks developed “lesions”...whether these were malignant...
Harry Proa is great also, especially if you want to sail more. But 5 hsp disposable engine gets you 20plus miles per gallon. And if you have never...
Research design called FROG. I think it was a catamaran but you can convert it to a proper(lol) trimaran. It was 21 or 24 ft(just use 1/2), and...
I dropped my “kickstart” project. It would not have qualified because it was Philippine based #1 and number #2 I would not have been allowed to...
As much as I hate to hijack threads...I’ll help do so anyways for the hell of it. #1) preserved only by salt water bamboo fish traps generally...
Hmm... so if I run some numbers by of boat “costs” and include some sketchier numbers as far as agro/fishing (on board as opposed to...
As of now I can not as I am not part of the Naval architect desisign community nor do a have a firm “project” of my own. Only a start date-Feb...
Well start by assuming that the majority of westerners are mindfahked and although their technology may be the best it is not utilized in the...
As far as “large” timbers with “tight” tolerances, one way to do this would be to manufacture a longitudinally biased plywood. There are bamboo...
The way to go is BIG. The open ocean 500ft to unlimited miles offshore is “free”. Get a few friends to split the cost of a 200+ ft “pontoon”...
Forgot to add that we will be adjusting “a notch” (cut to depth and siced/prayed out with a machete( “itak”)) twice every 10 inches on each outer...