Very cool Doug. What's the bottom line ($$$) on this if you don't mind me
asking?
MMC
"DSK" wrote in message
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Joe wrote:

Hoping to get a glance at a finished picture.

Are you finished yet Doug?


Pic from this morning
http://sports.webshots.com/photo/261...35692614eOakGw

Here is the most recent pic
http://sports.webshots.com/photo/266...35692614wfZuXl

The stern sheets (seat) is not finished & installed structurally. The
center thwart is not totally finished yet but does have the knees tabbed
in (last night's epoxy job). The gunwhales are not finished yet and are
tremendously strong, you can lift the boat from any point (and drop it
too, ask me how I know) along the gun'l and there is zero flex.

The bow seat is just now having the foam core cut to fit.

The surfaces look rougher than they are because of the different shades of
filler/mix used in the epoxy. It is all finished to a satin feel from the
peel ply. I will have to do some sanding & fairing though.

The whole boat is TREMENDOUSLY strong. If I were to do it all over again,
I would use lighter cloth & save a lot of weight. I wish I had a video of
the neighbor & I jumping up & down on the thwart... think how many boats
you have to step gingerly when it's on the trailer (or any time). I don't
think it would be possible to build anything remotely comparable in steel
or aluminum. This shape could be approximated with a tortured-ply but it
would weigh a lot more (wood is 35# /c-ft, the foam core is 6) and be less
strong and far less rigid. With conventional fiberglass it would weigh
what the conventional dinks weigh (100# and up).

DSK