On Tue, 3 Feb 2009 18:04:55 -0800 (PST), Frogwatch
wrote:

On Feb 3, 8:56 pm, Frogwatch wrote:
On Feb 3, 8:43 pm, HK wrote:

Frogwatch wrote:
OK its not a boat, its the camper I am building.

I thought you were opposed to abortions, and now you are building one, eh?

I'll admit, my first boat was an abortion. I rebuilt it though.

My first boat (12' MiniCup sailboat) really was a sort of
Frankenboat. Being pathologically unable to follow directions,
everything I do turns into an experiment. When I ran out of epoxy
thickener, I looked around for powdery materials on hand, hmmm, cement
dust, nah, flour? No, bug'sll eat it, Sevin dust? Hmm, insecticide
dust as an epoxy thickener sounded like a great idea. Combine bug
killer and epoxy in one. It actually worked but even I got scared to
use ita lot.
Ran out of epoxy, tried Gorilla Glue, awful stuff for a boat but it
worked long enough. Eventually it does lose adhesion in water though
and the mast step collapsed.

I can think of a lot of ways to "experiment" and save money, but most
of us draw a sharper line on something we care about.
So I assume you didn't care a whit about that boat.

--Vic