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Very cool Doug. What's the bottom line ($$$) on this if you don't mind me
asking? MMC "DSK" wrote in message ... Joe wrote: Hoping to get a glance at a finished picture. Are you finished yet Doug? Pic from this morning http://sports.webshots.com/photo/261...35692614eOakGw Here is the most recent pic http://sports.webshots.com/photo/266...35692614wfZuXl The stern sheets (seat) is not finished & installed structurally. The center thwart is not totally finished yet but does have the knees tabbed in (last night's epoxy job). The gunwhales are not finished yet and are tremendously strong, you can lift the boat from any point (and drop it too, ask me how I know) along the gun'l and there is zero flex. The bow seat is just now having the foam core cut to fit. The surfaces look rougher than they are because of the different shades of filler/mix used in the epoxy. It is all finished to a satin feel from the peel ply. I will have to do some sanding & fairing though. The whole boat is TREMENDOUSLY strong. If I were to do it all over again, I would use lighter cloth & save a lot of weight. I wish I had a video of the neighbor & I jumping up & down on the thwart... think how many boats you have to step gingerly when it's on the trailer (or any time). I don't think it would be possible to build anything remotely comparable in steel or aluminum. This shape could be approximated with a tortured-ply but it would weigh a lot more (wood is 35# /c-ft, the foam core is 6) and be less strong and far less rigid. With conventional fiberglass it would weigh what the conventional dinks weigh (100# and up). DSK |
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MMC wrote:
Very cool Doug. Thanks. Can't wait to try it out! What's the bottom line ($$$) on this if you don't mind me asking? Hmm. Obviously it's not cheap, would rather not talk about it. Let's say, the materials to build it cost somewhat less than one of these http://www.yachtworld.com/core/listi..._boats=1370362 Question is, which is one is worth more coolness points? Fresh Breezes- Doug King |
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MMC wrote: Very cool Doug. Thanks. Can't wait to try it out! What's the bottom line ($$$) on this if you don't mind me asking? Hmm. Obviously it's not cheap, would rather not talk about it. Let's say, the materials to build it cost somewhat less than one of these http://www.yachtworld.com/core/listi..._boats=1370362 Question is, which is one is worth more coolness points? Fresh Breezes- Doug King HA! You didn't include labor! How many hours you have into it? At what hourly rate? Bit personal satisfaction does exonerate some of that. (IOWm does K. know how much you spent?_ |
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Question is, which is one is worth more coolness points?
katysails wrote: HA! You didn't include labor! How many hours you have into it? Well, not quite enough to grow a long gray beard.... I've been working on it, off & on, for two years. The first year was all design work and talking (emailing) back & forth with some naval architects... which was actually kind of fun. Should I count that as "labor"? Then there was building two models. The real "work" started with lofting, which I should have spent more time on. The building the mold stations & jig, which was kind of fun. That was back in April or so. It took until mid-summer before it was recognizable as a boat. And now look! At what hourly rate? Bit personal satisfaction does exonerate some of that. (IOWm does K. know how much you spent?_ Oh yes. She's the one egging me on, saying "Go ahead and order all that stuff... get extra epoxy, we have some more projects to use it on." DSK |
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More new pics
The fairing layer, partly sanded off. http://sports.webshots.com/photo/275...35692614NTiuGw Last few dabs of fairing, first few dabs of paint http://sports.webshots.com/photo/245...35692614VHryVr If the weather stays nice (clear, highs around 70) I will be able to finish sanding the hull and get a full coat of paint laid on this afternoon. The interior needs a little bit more sanding but is 99.9% ready to be painted also. I am hoping that some time next week, I will be able to report how the thing works! |
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"DSK" wrote | The fairing layer, partly sanded off. | http://sports.webshots.com/photo/275...35692614NTiuGw | | Last few dabs of fairing, first few dabs of paint | http://sports.webshots.com/photo/245...35692614VHryVr | It looks like a Dyer. Do you have the mast, rudder and sail? Those Dyer's sail pretty good. They tend to be flexi if the gunnels aren't new and stiff. It helps to have the original floor boards because that stiffens the bottom which can be flexi too. Cheers, Ellen |
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| http://sports.webshots.com/photo/275...35692614NTiuGw
| | Last few dabs of fairing, first few dabs of paint | http://sports.webshots.com/photo/245...35692614VHryVr | Ellen MacArthur wrote: It looks like a Dyer. Only if you have extremely poor eyesight. DSK |
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"DSK" wrote | Only if you have extremely poor eyesight. My eyes are probably better than yours. Those two pictures aren't the best to tell much of anything. Maybe basic shape. It's all splotchy and dull. It's shaped like a Dyer but maybe no chine there. But it's hard to see if there's a chine because the pictures are dull or the hull is dull and splotchy. So gimme a break, please.... Cheers, Ellen |
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DSK wrote:
More new pics The fairing layer, partly sanded off. http://sports.webshots.com/photo/275...35692614NTiuGw Last few dabs of fairing, first few dabs of paint http://sports.webshots.com/photo/245...35692614VHryVr If the weather stays nice (clear, highs around 70) I will be able to finish sanding the hull and get a full coat of paint laid on this afternoon. The interior needs a little bit more sanding but is 99.9% ready to be painted also. I am hoping that some time next week, I will be able to report how the thing works! Yippeee!! A new toy to try out! Looks good, Doug. |
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katysails wrote:
Yippeee!! A new toy to try out! Looks good, Doug. Thanks. You're signing on for the trial voyage, right? I already have the oars. If I had more time, I'd complete a sailing rig for it, but I'm losing my work shop next week. DSK |
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