Sea Sled madness. It’s in my brain.

Why not just knife in some csm then wet it in?

 

Had to get complete fill,or right to the bottom. I've got an 8" mud knife for drywall tapng. Has a permanent bend in it, because I've been forcing the fairing mix into the cracks and voids, pretty hard.

 

In other news, just got off the phone with Marcus Lee, up in Sitka. Grilling him about his boats, vs all the local Munson landing crafts. Sled is much much more capable in rough water. But also very dependant on trim angle. If planing with the bow up too high, so that contact with the water is midships or aft, pounding ensues. If outboards are trimmed properly so that bow stays down, compressed air cushion forms, and pounding vanishes. He says the chief experience is an awareness of huge lift, so that it always feels kind of floaty. Also confirmed, again, huge load capacity, and ability to handle all the load being on 1 side. I am impatient to see this first hand. I hope at least a few forum members will be around on the first days in the water.

 

A ways into the future but if the weather is half decent and you don't have anyone closer, I could probably supply a chase boat for filming - I have a lot of boat friends on the mainland still. Hell if the strait is reasonable I'd jet over in my own boat to see that.

 

Texas sled or sea sled is the same design. It's been around for quite some time. These hulls almost remind of a woman with huge boobs. Pillows more or less once on plane. Theyre wide and stable. An extremely modified tunnel hull lol.

 

That's what she said.

 

If you wouldn't be 2500 miles away I'd definitely be there. Would enjoy watching that maiden voyage.

 

I'm looking at hdpe for rub surfaces under the keels. Manufacturers suggest that it can be bonded with epoxy. Anyone ever managed this?

 

That sounds a bit optimistic to me - could you perhaps use fairly thick rubbing surfaces (maybe 10 mm?) and bolt (or screw, if bolts are not practical) them on, with deeply countersunk holes (to allow for wear) while bedding them down on something like 5200?

 

That's what I was thinking. Shedding a strip 10mm by 150mm by 8000mm at 60km/h is likely to result in dissatisfaction with life, God, the color of the sky, and anything else in reach.

 

Yes, that would kinda ruin your day, plus anyone else aboard the good ship.

 

HDPE is formable under heat. Big piece to form though.

 

That it is, but, if I were you, I would put it on in strips using panhead bolts and lock nuts. It's a lot cheaper to replace a piece of it if it breaks. And it will break. My airboat lost pieces of the stuff. Luckily, the guy that had it before me applied it in strips. Replace what is needed as needed. Not an entire piece. Savvy?

 

Gotcha.

 

Don't glue it either. Just silicone around each nut and bolt. It's already enough of a pain having to replace.