swim noodles are those cylindrical shaped long colorful floats used in pools and the beach...light,highly flexible and closed cell... how...
thanks for the bravo zulu everybody...sorry it took me a bit to get back... irt floatation... I am using swim noodles cut into size for...
Hey everybody, This week my Shantyboat project got dipped for the first time... about 7 months of work... if anybody is intrested in pics...
Some helpful stuff thanks guys... I'm still a little confused on 2x4 tho...2x4x8' white pine weight? and 1x2x8' fir wt? the ply was...
Can anybody tell me how I could find out wood weights? like for example white wood pine 2x4x8 or how much per foot 1x4, 1x2 ect... and...
thanks yoke...that sounds good...I was not wanting to try to do this with the eng running...taking extra time to go this route works for...
It is push rods and OHV...I've been told it's a '67 chevy non integral head type eng...I have heard about 3 or four different methods of valve...
I have recently aquired an old chevy 250 cid straight 6 eng cheap and I have heard these can be great boat engines..I have been trying to fix it...
that's what my wife says... she got the double whammy when I told her my next project boat would be named after her and she said I would be...
that is handy...I appreciate you passing that on...I'm gonna have to take some time to figure it out :)
sound advice...I appreciate it...this project I am contemplating would not be a sailboat...I already have three of those...I want this one to be a...
Thanks...I've seen a few like that this included... http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/store/plans/markv/39/ I'd like to go way beamy...I'm...
Been considering another Sharpie hull project or even something a bit different and I was wondering if anybody had any input as to max beam......
That's a shame about Apopka...back in the 80's when I lived there they kept going on about getting it cleaned up..I guess it was wishful thinking...
I like wood too but I'm not a total purist...for me it's about getting on the water economically mostly ...but maybe you should check out...
St Auggies is a Jamming place...loaded with history and awesome places to exploit water toys to the fullest....St John's county is choice with two...
I think you have me convinced to give the foam a try...the stuff should be "closed cell" type eh? or would that matter in this application ?...
Two pine trees...that's totally cool...:) I have a Sharpie I just finished building but it's much smaller... I wonder if smaller pine trees...
I appreciate the physics lesson I know exactly what you mean about the pipe flattening out and I can see and concur that foam alone would no doubt...
1" emt (an alloy) fits nicely inside of a 1 1/4" pvc stick...of course weight is always a factor but two sticks of 1" is not real heavy in the...
