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Discussion in 'All Things Boats & Boating' started by kach22i, Mar 30, 2006.

  1. lewisboats
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    Every time I see a surfer on a ginormous wave... Hawaii 50 theme song goes off in my head.
     
  2. Alan8100
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  3. hoytedow
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    Welcome, Alan. What body of water is it?
     
  4. Landlubber
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    Nice little rig there mate, good on ya.

    Welcome to the rat race.
     
  5. kach22i
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    A hooked marlin sinks a fishing boat? Well, something like that
    By: David Strege
    http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/blog...inks a fishing boat well something like that/
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    Sometimes the fish wins.
     
  7. WestVanHan
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    Cool...is that an ICBS lake?
     
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  9. MikeJohns
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    And apparently a huge embarrassment since they were warned they had headed into the marine reserve by shore based radar, and they were asked to alter course out of it. The ship apparently responded to the Philipines park authority to take it to the US Embassy ! Shortly thereafter they ran onto the reef.
     
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    Famous last words!
    How did they expect to ever locate a mine when they could not even find a reef without colliding with it?
    The Royal Navy tried this trick at Lord Howe Island. Ramming Wolf Rock with HMS Nottingham.
    Famous quotes from the court martial were "What the hell is that?" and then later "The sun comes up in the morning, you run your ship aground, you get court-martialled," adding: "This is not a good day for me."
     

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  11. troy2000
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    The hull on that thing is 'made of wood and sheathed in fiberglass,' according to news reports. Does anyone have any better information? My guess would be that it's cold-molded, and then has a layer of fiberglass sheathing over that.
     
  12. Tad
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    Most of the Avenger class were built at Peterson Shipbuilders in Wisconsin with one or two built by Martinac(?) I think.....Peterson built 11 ships in 6-7 years from 87-94. They are all laminated structures. Wood used was/is white oak, yellow cedar, and Douglas fir. These MCM's are the largest laminated wood vessels i know of. Framing is traditional laminated backbone, clamps, and bilge stringers, with laminated close-spaced transverse frames, and laminated skin. Much of the early research on large laminated structures (including manufacturing methods) came from Peterson. The book, Wood; A Manual For it's use in Shipbuilding, came from this work.

    Most of the US Navy work required Resorcinol type glue, and lot's of clamping pressure. I used to know if they used epoxy on the Avenger's, but I've forgotten.
     
  13. MikeJohns
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    I'm familiar with the Ton class minesweepers used by Australia, UK and SA but all decommissioned now. They were built with oak mahogany and teak. Several nice houses and a lot of nice floors and furniture have been built using wood from the hulls that were broken up. But the Ton class were only 152 feet LOD compared to the Avenger class at 224 Feet. Lots of bronze and aluminium.

    Avengers were apparently heavily sheathed externally with GRP.
     
  14. troy2000
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    Tks for the info.
     

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    Many wooden hull mineweepers were built in Marystown Shipbuilding, Newfoundland. My father had the privilage as crew delivering many across the Pond during ww2. Able and successful vessels.
     
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