diagonal planking

Her's what it's shaped like Terry.

 

Thanks Paul. The stem is neat and the rake of the mast seems to complement it nicely.

 

Epoxy should never be used as "Paint", because it deteriorates quickly with exposure to the ultra violet in sunlight.
I prefer to refer to it as a protective coating. Good quality marine polyurethane paints bond exceptionally well to an epoxy surface without an underlying primer and since they usually contain an anti UV element they also protect the underlying epoxy coating.
I have a little book on boatbuilding with a particular brand of epoxy, which shows a picture of a boats transom saying "Magnificent Mahogany Grain Finishes which will stand up to sea and sun are possible using ----epoxy plus a clear polyurethane with UV filter. This 28' boats transom is an example".

 

Epoxy should never be used as "Paint",

...very true, NEVER can it be used as paint, but I think that expression was more as a description of layering more so than actually painting, but you are very right, it must be always covered.

 

here's something you could build

 

Send me some money and I built one, a Ferris hull like this one of wood ordered by the Emergency Fleet Corporation in the 1917. I have the set of plan. Look at the construction of the stern planking, quite nice.
I have to order a million board feet of fir, so don't waste to much time to send the check, the mill is waiting

 

this is a ferris wooden ship

want the link for the book about then?

 

http://ia311221.us.archive.org/3/items/buildingawooden00sectgoog/buildingawooden00sectgoog.pdf

http://www.cocatrez.net/Water/FerrisShips/FerrisShips.html

 

I have several book about this period of shipbuilding, mostly the Ferris design. But I will be interrested to know the one you have, please send a link.

 

see post above

 

Thank you for the link.
I have the first one, and printed the second one also.

Boston I apologise, I am hitchhiking your thread, I will get out now.

I love so much these wooden ship that I can control myself when i see a picture like this Ferris.

But I should know better.

Daniel

 

eh dont worry about it

welcome to the pile

B

 

nice hull shape Par

http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/at...262d1288731996-diagonal-planking-byyb-137.jpg

looks like it would be a lot faster than the typical friendship sloop
if I remember you mentioned 28' which on a friendship would mean a beam of about 9'4"
whats your draft and led# if I might ask
I'd guess the draft at a bit under 40" and the led at about 4.5 tons, the mast would be about 31' off the deck and likely out of carbon cause at that shallow a draft and reduced displacement you would need to have a similar reduction in weight aloft in order to maintain the traditional rig. My guess is that thing would blow the doors off the completion at the friendship sloop races even if it did slip a bit more going upwind.

 

Now that we have heard about this method so often, I would like to know more Paul.
What exactly is Lords method?

Regards
Richard

 

That would be Lindsay Lord, mentioned in a Dave Geer book

http://books.google.com.au/books?id...v=onepage&q=lindsay lord boatbuilding&f=false