Shame on Bush for putting the security of No. America before your amateur boat building needs. Sheesh!:mad:
Perhaps some numbers, rather than subjectivity, would help clarify things. To preface, let’s note that what is important in boat building is...
Garth - as I mentioned above, wood/FRP is far stronger than steel, pound for pound. Check out Dave Gerr's book "The Nature of Boats"....
Consensus shows your experience is not representative. Steel requires care just like wood/FRP, and rust and electrolysis can be a major problem...
It is a well-accepted fact that wood, in combination with epoxy, glass fiber and perhaps other reinforcements, is a far stronger material for boat...
Least reliable in what sence??? Steel requires some pretty specialized skills and equipment and is far from the ideal material for many boats....
I wanted some info on using ply versus veneer for cold molding. Tad answered my questions. Let's leave it at that. Thanks.
Tad – thanks again for sharing the detailed information and your obviously very educated opinions about cold molding. You’ve answered my...
Tad, thank you for your reply. In your experience, for cold molding is plywood the most common choice these days, or is veneer still used a lot?...
I don't need a rounded bilge but I do want flare in the bow portion of the top sides. For me, designing the boat myself is more than half the...
Thanks for the reply, frosh. I'm surprised by your comment that cold molding is not used much anymore, as I thought I had read somewhere it is a...
Where would one find these products? Thanks.
Hello, I’m new to this forum and want to say hello and thank everyone for a very interesting and informative forum. I am new to boatbuilding...
