Frogwatch wrote:
On Jul 1, 1:42 pm, HK wrote:
Zombie of Woodstock wrote:
On Wed, 1 Jul 2009 10:09:24 -0700 (PDT), Frogwatch
wrote:
I'd like to see a true high tech wood composite. Maybe bamboo
alternating with carbon fiber/ epoxy and then bamboo running at right
angles to the first. This would be lighter and stronger than marine
ply. On the outsides it would be skinned with a lighter glass than we
use for boats now like my Tolman.
It's called cold molding.
http://www.cwb.org/cold-molded-boat-building-2009
Been around for years.
Building a cold-moulded wood boat requires...well...the sort of skill
that comes from experience. But it does produce beautiful boats.

All glass boats are too heavy requiring too much fuel. Aluminum boats
are good but welding them right requires more skill than most boat
companies can afford and they are difficult to repair.
Above the waterline, foam/glass is ok but below the water, no.
Loogy, I am not a ME but a physics geek. Carbon fiber is currently
expensive and if such a boat was struck by lightning, the result would
be bizarre.


Loogy's accusing you of being a mechanical engineer, too? That's funny.
*His* engineering skills consist of twisting the throttle on his Lionel
trains.

I thought you were advocating a high tech composite incorporating carbon
fiber. Now you are telling us the results would be bizarre if such a
boat were struck by lighting.

You seem to have a big problem with boat weight, yet you want to boat
offshore in some comfort. You do realize there is a connection between a
boat's weight and how it performs offshore, right?

I agree that welding aluminum plate requires skill, but what's wrong
with that? Oh...I remember, you want to replace workers with robots.