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Silly questions - aluminum plank construction?
On do, 22 jul 2010 18:10:01 DougC
) wrote: Recently I have gotten the urge to build a small rowing boat. The size would be 15 feet or less, as I want it car-toppable. I like the looks of the wineglass-transom rowing boats, but so far haven't seen anything that quite matches what I think I'd want. This web page shows one example of something that is /somewhat/ similar to what I'd like: http://www.clcboats.com/boatbuilding_classes/59.html -although what I want differs greatly from this. I may eventually hang a very small engine on it, but only 2 or 3 hp or so. --------- One question I have is if the individual strips/planks usually change in width from one end to the other. On most boats it appears they do not, but on a few (such as the one linked above) it looks like they do. Another matter I've noticed is that boats using this "strip" construction are always wood. I would think that I would rather use welded aluminum for easier maintenance, but I cannot find any commercial or amateur boat manufacturer using this method for these plank-style boats. The aluminum boats all look like the plywood boats -- using large fairly-flat pieces with simple curves. ..... Is there some reason that strips of aluminum cannot be joined this way? -Aside from requiring welding a lot of thin pieces of aluminum, that is. What gives a lot of stress in the material, that's why light weighted aluminum boats are revited. In Holland i see Quicksilvers like these: http://www.outboardservicepurmerend....icksilver.html but Google gives GRP boats Lastly if there's an online site that shows photos of the different types of boats, it'd be real nice. What other sites seem to call a skiff or a dory, this page calls a yawl. ~ In dutch there is http://www.vaartips.nl/ ;-) with a lot of photo's. We have sloep, vlet and jol. -- Richard e-mail: vervang/replace invalid door/with NL.net |
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