No harm done Ken, I am always open to new information. The Usenet has been
a great source of information and also a way for me to help others as well.

This project is the coolest thing I have ever built, and I have worked in
many multimillion dollar homes as well as some large yachts.

The greatest challenge to me was honing my skills in both design and
construction of this boat. We conceived the Idea a little less than a year
ago, made the first sawdust on Feb 23rd and splashed her on Aug 23rd same
year!

"May the barnacle gods be kind to your bottom"

Tom

"Island Teak" wrote in message
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Hello Delburt,

Please do not let my post belittle what you have accomplished.

I am simply obsessive when it comes to nomenclature ,in regards to wood.
It is best , in my opinion, to know the wood by it's real name.

very best regards...Ken





"Delburt D" wrote in message
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"Island Teak" wrote in message
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Sounds great....but, just share the 'african mahogany' part with your
best friends.

...Ken

Actually I checked this out before we started to build the boat. African
Mahogany is not endangered or in short supply since it is actually
several different species all classified as African Mahogany. I have
been in the wood working business for over Twenty five years and
researched this extensively.

Besides I know of no other specie that would work for this boat. We
needed both light weight and flexibility to make the shape come to pass.

If you know of specific issues with African Mahogany I would like to know
about them.

Thanks for the input

Tom





"Delburt D" wrote in message
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Hi all,

We just completed a brand new, not restored, 17 foot African mahogany
barrelback runabout. The really cool thing about this boat is that is
has twin 85 peak HP ELECTRIC MOTORS, Yes I said electric.

So far we have had her up over 30 MPH!.

I had to start from scratch as we could find no plans available
anywhere. I found some hull design software and we took some offsets
from a 1/8 scale model and modified the hull from there to accommodate
the twin screws and additional weight of the batteries.

We are carrying a 15000 watt battery pack of 100 amp hour deep cycle
AGM batteries which will give us all day cruising at hull speed with
some reserve to show off when desired.

Check out our web site www.edison-marine.com

There are some streaming videos on the site.

Tom in Oregon