On Feb 4, 7:52 am, HK wrote:
Vic Smith wrote:
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

I think it apparent from what he has posted here that expediency is the
ruling word for whatever he builds, and if all he has available for boat
building is gorilla glue, then that is what he will use.

Last week he said he sold products to the Chinese. That seems...fitting.

The MiniCups were designed to be easy to build but short lifespan
boats..Once i got mine built, I decided that I didnt like the short
lifespan part so I radically rebuilt them. For example, the sails as
designed are actually to be made from visqueen and duct tape. I
finally sewed mine from white polytarp that has internal threads for
addl tear resistance.
As designed, the boats use mild steel fasteners but in rebuilding them
I took out all the old fasteners and used stainless of just epoxy. I
redesigned the mast step and the joint for the gaff and boom to be
very strong.
Eventually, I intend to publish plans for a modern stitch and glue
(epoxy) version that will last a long time.