nearly done swim platform/hull extension is finished, just windows and antifoul and back in the water....
you might call it patchwork but 60% of all motorboats( older models and some new ones like the foto) have it built like that, most newer boats...
I expect to make the bottom from 2 plates and weld them up the middle and top and bottom on the hull,( 2 frames, middle of each plate) then the 2...
the shed is heated, the steel is cheap, the work I do myself and the misses will love me for it. As long as it doesnt decrease performance then...
maybe an old type speed log, works on pressure or vacuum
tom, the foto's I found on the local 2nd hand sites and the owners had already bought the boat with the swim platform built on and had no idea...
Par another question if I may. You say above " At 6 knots, you are well below the theoretical hull speed limit, which for you should be very...
Ok Par, I am begginning to get the idea. After I had seen the foto of the other boat and made the wooden frame I kinda had my doubts and thats the...
Par, I asked here what the idea was and the answer was: Additional wl length= less diesel used at the same rpm and a bit more speed airtight...
I have a 5 ton 8mtr motorboat with a wl lenght 7.3 and am building a swim platform/hull extension that is 70cm long. If I follow the hull lines...
I have the same boat but in a motorsailer version. The worst spots for a thin hull are along the stringers in the middle of the boat and along...
