Ok - an update at last, as I've been waiting for the epoxy to fully cure before subjecting the test pieces to any destructive testing. The...
Yeah - a good thought, too ... I've just looked up some Coefficient of Linear Expansions (expressed as 'mm per metre per °C') - here are...
Thanks for that link - good to see that there are other lunatics out there building boats. :) It's proving difficult to see exactly how to use...
I very much appreciate the 'heads-up' on this aspect - indeed, it's the one feature which continues to trouble me. On my excursions around scrap...
Hi Michael well, I normally build structures in steel so I'm really enjoying the prospect of working for a change with something which doesn't...
Yes. So there'll be the equivalent of 9mm x 20mm stringers at the lapstrake join. Should help with stiffness.
Ah - but this isn't polycarbonate. Polycarbonate, as you know, is transparent ... and bullet-proof, and so on. Palram have modified this stuff...
Much will depend on the results of the test pieces I'll be making this afternoon. If the epoxy bonds as well as is suggested - then I'll use the...
The density of Compax is 1230 kg/m3 The density of BS 1088 Marine Ply is >500 kg/m3. i.e. Compax = 2.5 times as dense BUT - wooden D/Lugger hulls...
For a long time now, I've had ambitions of building a Drascombe Lugger clone - what's been putting me off until now is the cost of marine-grade...
Haven't been around for a while, but I've just come over from 'that other thread' on autopilots, and to be honest my eyes glazed over after...
Well - I'm very surprised that anyone has replied to your post in view of your rather rude comment. Wiseacre: A person regarded as being...
I can confirm that Jack Kitchen was indeed a professional Lancashire inventor and, having checked the Royal Navy lists for that period, I can also...
Yes - I could have phrased it better: like - "what is the likely carrying capacity of this size of boat ?" Seems like it's a trade-off between...
