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1960 Popular Science Boat Kit Ad.
Corrugated cardboard, die-cut and numbered, forms the frame of a
fibreglass dinghy mold. To it you fasten a wooden breast hook, transom, seat, gussets, and gunwales. Pull the cotton-jersey "sock" over this and harden it with resin. Two layers of fibreglass and resin go on, then a wood keel and rub rails. The cardboard is pulled out. Kit for 61/2 foot dink is $89. I found this ad with three photos in a 1960 Popular Science magazine. I found this interesting. Thanks, Ted in Mich |
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1960 Popular Science Boat Kit Ad.
Reminds me of my first boat project. In 1955 I was about 11 and pestering
my dad for a sailboat. That year under the Christmas tree I found a big box with a picture of a cute little sprit rigged pram on the outside. Inside was a pile of precut plywood and a bag of screws! Took me until June to put it together and it leaked like a sieve but I had a great time bailing my way around the pond. :-) -- Glenn Ashmore I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com "Ted W Lee" wrote in message ... Corrugated cardboard, die-cut and numbered, forms the frame of a fibreglass dinghy mold. To it you fasten a wooden breast hook, transom, seat, gussets, and gunwales. Pull the cotton-jersey "sock" over this and harden it with resin. Two layers of fibreglass and resin go on, then a wood keel and rub rails. The cardboard is pulled out. Kit for 61/2 foot dink is $89. I found this ad with three photos in a 1960 Popular Science magazine. I found this interesting. Thanks, Ted in Mich |
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