Bart Senior wrote:

There is something to be said for a bullet proof
boat. It would be nice to have one that wouild
stand up to a .223 assault rifle calibre.


Well, Kevlar isn't that expensive. Actually a heavy gage Dynel laid up w
epoxy would probably be effective at lower cost. You could put it over
key parts of the boat... I'm thinkin about the forefoot, keep those
shipping container worries to a minimum.

Polyester & glass layups tend to not have great impact resistance, but
there are laminates that do much better.

What is your fuel capacity and range?


350 gal, I figure we've got 1200nm (2gph @ 7.5k) easy and probably 1600
if we go slow. I am going to add some fuel capacity by putting bladder
tanks under the aft cabin. I think we can add another 150 gal that way.

DSK