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    Which wood would you use?

    I have to brush up on my english i guess. sorry if people dont understand.
    Post by: yellow cat, Jan 30, 2015 in forum: Wooden Boat Building and Restoration
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    Which wood would you use?

    Personnaly i prefer wood boats, we had many "carte postale" crisscrafts in the past, i was the polisher man. The sound is cozy and i hate the...
    Post by: yellow cat, Jan 30, 2015 in forum: Wooden Boat Building and Restoration
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    Which wood would you use?

    check out corruven.com. you may be able to laminate maple onto those. Could even do curves with thin maple skin. I like maple too, but for fire...
    Post by: yellow cat, Jan 28, 2015 in forum: Wooden Boat Building and Restoration
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    Efficient electric boat

    And a well hydrodynamicly designed hull will be easy to move. I met an owner of a large trimaran in Florida who got towed and the towing boater...
    Post by: yellow cat, Sep 3, 2014 in forum: Boat Design
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    Efficient electric boat

    when you push and pull the fin gizmo, it is possible to "help" your legs by adding tension bars at the end of the foot bars. We would add some...
    Post by: yellow cat, Sep 3, 2014 in forum: Boat Design
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    Efficient electric boat

    Hi Thanks for the info. The idea is to get mechanical power stored. There are few ways to do it. Either lift loads up a mast , stretch bungies ....
    Post by: yellow cat, Sep 3, 2014 in forum: Boat Design
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    Efficient electric boat

    Hi John thanks for the feedback. I called Torquedo to get a ball park figure for their new ocean outboards. and batteries. this is more than the...
    Post by: yellow cat, Sep 2, 2014 in forum: Boat Design
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    Efficient electric boat

    Hi everybody I have been studying more on the costs of materieals vs finishes lately. The idea being to use a material that can be apparent inside...
    Post by: yellow cat, Sep 2, 2014 in forum: Boat Design
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    Why can't most catamarans get over the hump ?

    Hi Tommy, I own 2 (tanks) Prindle 16, and sail mostly now with my close friend on his Nacra 5,7. They have both the same purpose on this lake...
    Post by: yellow cat, Jul 31, 2014 in forum: Multihulls
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    A Modular Riverboat

    SD, You are right about the cut and dried. I read articles on some boat , looked like a house on water . There was , probably still is, a legal...
    Post by: yellow cat, Jul 24, 2014 in forum: Boat Design
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    A Modular Riverboat

    Hey SD Don't asume any behavior on a boat you own, at the end of the day, you are responsible for their stupid behavior , after drinking, after...
    Post by: yellow cat, Jul 23, 2014 in forum: Boat Design
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    A Modular Riverboat

    Hi Sweet dreamer Have you checked if your boat will be considered as a full size craft or as 4 small crafts bolted together ? I dont know if the...
    Post by: yellow cat, Jul 23, 2014 in forum: Boat Design
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    A Modular Riverboat

    i would anchor them together with full depth freeboard, otherwise it will act as an hinge and fold when people will mett at center. Think of it as...
    Post by: yellow cat, Jul 22, 2014 in forum: Boat Design
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    Which wood would you use?

    Hi SD there is an E value (formaldehyde content) , what is it in your okoume 5/8" you found ? WBP of course ... BS what ? That is going to be...
    Post by: yellow cat, Jul 16, 2014 in forum: Wooden Boat Building and Restoration
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    A Modular Riverboat

    5/8" plywood BS stamped. It could be hard to bend fancy, but a barge like hull , sort of like those everglade air boat could be done. If you use...
    Post by: yellow cat, Jul 16, 2014 in forum: Boat Design