On Feb 25, 11:38 am, Joe wrote:
On Feb 25, 1:01 pm, Two meter troll wrote:



On Feb 25, 9:49 am, "Leanne" wrote:

"Wayne.B" wrote in message

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On Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:56:15 +0700, Bruce in Bangkok
wrote:

Out of curiosity, what are you doing with the cargo hold?

Heh, good question.

You're not going into coffee shipping, are you???

Leanne

naa that cargo is not worth transporting by boat its cheaper to fly.
the things i am thinking of hauling are durable and costly to fly. I
might make less money but i wont have to deal with the authorities
trying to shoot me out of the water.

all in all a good trade.

Are you going to be hauling cargo for hire? Or just trading stuff on
the sly?

probably a bit of both if on the sly you mean taking cargo up to
remote places in the arctic for friends that dont have boats to carry
bulk goods from the lower 48. ive done that for years.

Have you ever taken a cargo boat with stuff in i'ts hold into another
country?

yep its not to bad as long as you go point to point. stopping in the
little ports coast hopping is a good way to go broke. Every inspector
expects a bit of ba-keesh.

Coffee is a very durable cargo green. You can carry alot in a very
small space.
20'x8'x8'6" can carry around 50,000 lbs or 40'x8'x8'6" can carry 100
thousand.

however Coffee is also a drug smugglers cargo. i would rather not have
my cargo ripped apart at every stop. and i don't want a whole passel
of mutts on my boat.

Good luck on the Junk, I would love to have one, but feel they are
more suited for near coastal and harbor work.

I like building boats this one will be number 7 and the third of over
30 feet.

I'd consider Kawlon Harbor and buying vs building new...go with a ming
dynasty design.

http://www.chrisdixonstudios.com/hcs...reenwidth=1024

If you build, will it be steel?

not if i am sane.
wood Doug fir, myrtle wood and PO cedar specifically

Do you have a boat now?
yep 3 and more i can lay my hands to. two of those are 28 and 30 foot
skin on frame student boats.

I saw you mentioned Work boats, what type of work?

King crabbing, salmon trolling, Cargo, tendering and oil exploration
OBC and streamer.


Joe