Metacentric height is always 24/12, or so.

That was never planned! And sure would´nt be sensible.

 

Question: Which method would be the simplest for a 13 year old to understand. For such a young builder, skin on frame might be easier to do. Remarks, please.

 

I've been debating this in my head. I'm inclined to agree that plank on frame may be easier for little Mike to get his head around. Then again, he's the type that may just like to play with goo. It's not especially hard and before long he'll be fixing and molding things out of the stuff for other uses. It would be cheaper and lighter to building taped seam. I know these are concerns of his.

On the other hand, cutting a 2x4 to length and screwing it to the boat is easy to comprehend. A plank on frame build will be considerably heavier then the other, maybe too heavy. Another consideration I've thought of is parent participation. The parent may have issue with epoxy and can wrap their head around plank on frame more easily.

 

Ah, right, it was a bit hidden in your original message, and a few persons replied accordingly, but by page two it was all about a boat plan, and I felt it did not make much sense to discuss the design, unless, like you suggested, someone near him offer face to face building assistance. So, I hope the thread gets back to solving that first, then we can think about plans, but more importantly, money for materials...

Still, perhaps a boat program in the area would be the best and easiest solution...

Cheers,

Grant

 

pointing the guy to free delftship if he isnt using it allready may be an eye opener of an idea?
to me it was and still is about the best gift i ever had and a interested 13 year old can learn in a week
and my last drawing should be to what size plates o great old grandmaster par? lines bling but ok?
its wise to close some leak points and play around a bit with delftship before taking the tools out
but to get the plates (layers) out of a quik one layer drawing like i did is easy, read this:


from manual
"You can identify which layer is active
by looking at the layer toolbar at the top of the screen (illustration
9.10) This contains a list of all layers, and only if no faces are
selected it displays the name of active layer. You can modify which
layer is active when no faces are selected by simply selecting
another layer from the drop down list in your toolbar.
If the event that faces have been selected there are two
possibilities:
● All selected faces belong to the same layer. In that case the name of that layer is shown,
even if it is not the active layer.
● The selected faces belong to different layers. No layer name is shown in the toolbar at all,
it will be blank. By selecting a layer from the list with layers while faces are selected,
all the selected faces will be removed from their current layer and assigned to this selected layer."

 

I think the "whatever" works well.. smth like a pack of bronze screws, a seacock etc. Maybe something used but still in shape like a fishfinder or navigation lights?? Anyway.. too early to worry about

 

Of course we need some adult in his area to assist. Or, better, get the parents involved. And I guess the average novice will find tapered seam the easier way.
Unfortunately I found no way to contact the parents. Mikes account is not set to receive e mail!???
What now?
Any suggestions?

Richard

 

How about suggesting (with pm) him a visit to some boat shop/boatbuilder (or some related place) as a bait? and needing permission & coordination from his parents... They can propably even take him..

 

OR, finding out from the tike what his favorite marine shop is nearby and contacting them directly. This may be a way to reach his parents when he goes in.

 

Thanks Teddy and Tom,

problem is, he probably has no internet connection at present! As he told us in his last post!
Look at the opening post to find the link.

 

h
He'll be back.. esp if we'll keep he's threads alive so he get's a note of the replies to his e-mail..

 

No reply by now......that starts to become a little problem.

 

Puschhhhhhhhhh

 

http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/boat-design/building-small-boat-26691-11.html#post315976
Might be only some delay getting the internet connection to work in new place... Just got to wait until he let us hear of himself..

 

Nov. 5 2009 a Jordan Griffin drowned in South Carolina, but he was only 10 Yahren, not Michael.