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Titanium boat hulls
Jax,you are 100% rite.
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Aliminum? After 7 hurricanes in the Caribbean, I have seen aluminum
boats fared the worst, often ending up in peels (yes, as in strips). And I have seen over 1000 boats go down and on the rocks in St. Maarten's, Simpson Bay Lagoon and from my personal observation feel that aluminum does not stand up to the test. Cement boats fared better. Steel the best. Fiberglass the worst. |
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Great, now you have listened to a few ideas.
Here's mine, Check prices for Titanium panel on mcmaster.com You had better have a lot of money to use titanium for anything. PVC will be a great source once technology gets to strengthening and hardening methods to create PVC suitable for aquatic use. There was a model I read through on a web page from reading one of the boating newsgroups once. They use a small hull with large inflatable tubes around. The big diesel is used for towing broken down racing sailing vessels from far out. Their plans listed 44 knots while towing. Also the heavy engine acts as the lever to make the craft self-righting. This plan would place a 50' craft upwards of 1/2 million bucks if done correctly. Using titanium, you'd probably touch 100 times that. Just a thought, GH On Sun, 22 Jun 2003 09:12:45 +1000, "Christo" wrote: I'm not sure how flexible titanium is when it has been hardened, by heat treatment. I guess you would have to look at the processes that have been implemented by jet fighters that have been made from titanium, and the titanium submarines, and come up with a process that is suitable for boating conditions. One of the big advantages of titanium is that it is so corrosive resistant, and would require less painting and descaling. I know that titanium may not be the only answer to making hulls lighter and stronger, and is not the easiest material to use and source, but I think that when someone comes up with the right process, it will be a winner. I welcome all comments and information that anyone may have on titanium boats. Kind regards Chris Winton www.titaniumboats.com ============================ |
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This thread is nearly a year old. Why are you dredging it up?
G. Harper wrote: Great, now you have listened to a few ideas. Here's mine, Check prices for Titanium panel on mcmaster.com You had better have a lot of money to use titanium for anything. PVC will be a great source once technology gets to strengthening and hardening methods to create PVC suitable for aquatic use. There was a model I read through on a web page from reading one of the boating newsgroups once. They use a small hull with large inflatable tubes around. The big diesel is used for towing broken down racing sailing vessels from far out. Their plans listed 44 knots while towing. Also the heavy engine acts as the lever to make the craft self-righting. This plan would place a 50' craft upwards of 1/2 million bucks if done correctly. Using titanium, you'd probably touch 100 times that. Just a thought, GH On Sun, 22 Jun 2003 09:12:45 +1000, "Christo" wrote: I'm not sure how flexible titanium is when it has been hardened, by heat treatment. I guess you would have to look at the processes that have been implemented by jet fighters that have been made from titanium, and the titanium submarines, and come up with a process that is suitable for boating conditions. One of the big advantages of titanium is that it is so corrosive resistant, and would require less painting and descaling. I know that titanium may not be the only answer to making hulls lighter and stronger, and is not the easiest material to use and source, but I think that when someone comes up with the right process, it will be a winner. I welcome all comments and information that anyone may have on titanium boats. Kind regards Chris Winton www.titaniumboats.com ============================ |
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Perhaps titanium prices have fallen dramatically in the interim? (g)
"Brian Nystrom" wrote This thread is nearly a year old. Why are you dredging it up? G. Harper wrote: Great, now you have listened to a few ideas. Here's mine, Check prices for Titanium panel on mcmaster.com You had better have a lot of money to use titanium for anything. PVC will be a great source once technology gets to strengthening and hardening methods to create PVC suitable for aquatic use. There was a model I read through on a web page from reading one of the boating newsgroups once. They use a small hull with large inflatable tubes around. The big diesel is used for towing broken down racing sailing vessels from far out. Their plans listed 44 knots while towing. Also the heavy engine acts as the lever to make the craft self-righting. This plan would place a 50' craft upwards of 1/2 million bucks if done correctly. Using titanium, you'd probably touch 100 times that. Just a thought, GH On Sun, 22 Jun 2003 09:12:45 +1000, "Christo" wrote: I'm not sure how flexible titanium is when it has been hardened, by heat treatment. I guess you would have to look at the processes that have been implemented by jet fighters that have been made from titanium, and the titanium submarines, and come up with a process that is suitable for boating conditions. One of the big advantages of titanium is that it is so corrosive resistant, and would require less painting and descaling. I know that titanium may not be the only answer to making hulls lighter and stronger, and is not the easiest material to use and source, but I think that when someone comes up with the right process, it will be a winner. I welcome all comments and information that anyone may have on titanium boats. Kind regards Chris Winton www.titaniumboats.com ============================ |
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"auerbach" :
Perhaps titanium prices have fallen dramatically in the interim? (g) "Brian Nystrom" wrote This thread is nearly a year old. Why are you dredging it up? They have not yet, but they soon will as there is now a new process coming online that will drop the price of raw titanium by a huge amount. Notice the use of 'raw', labour and metal processing costs will still make titanium just about the most expensive usable metal to make a boat out of. Earl Colby Pottinger -- I make public email sent to me! Hydrogen Peroxide Rockets, OpenBeos, SerialTransfer 3.0, RAMDISK, BoatBuilding, DIY TabletPC. What happened to the time? http://webhome.idirect.com/~earlcp |
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Can always try platinum! Or just work gold leaf over a wooden hull. If you
should decide on titanium, let me know. I'll corner the market on hacksaw blades! lol "Earl Colby Pottinger" wrote in message news "auerbach" : Perhaps titanium prices have fallen dramatically in the interim? (g) "Brian Nystrom" wrote This thread is nearly a year old. Why are you dredging it up? They have not yet, but they soon will as there is now a new process coming online that will drop the price of raw titanium by a huge amount. Notice the use of 'raw', labour and metal processing costs will still make titanium just about the most expensive usable metal to make a boat out of. Earl Colby Pottinger -- I make public email sent to me! Hydrogen Peroxide Rockets, OpenBeos, SerialTransfer 3.0, RAMDISK, BoatBuilding, DIY TabletPC. What happened to the time? http://webhome.idirect.com/~earlcp |
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