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building a wooden boat from a fiberglass design
It's the snow...gives you time to think...about when it all melts...
I'm asking because I don't know the first damn thing about boat construction. I've got an older fiberglass boat, an HR28 made by Hinterhoeller. It's sound and will be getting new standing rigging and sails this year. I love the lines and the way it handles. Is it possible to take the lines from this boat and have one made in wood? What kind of changes in performance, behaviour might you expect? Is it even possible with the differences in the weight of bldg. materials to build an exact copy in wood? At my age I'm thinking the next boat I own may be the last one I own, and there's something really appealing about a wood boat. This particular boat is a perfect size for my mate and me and it can handle just about any kind of weather the Great Lakes can throw at it. In fact one guy sailed his from Quebec to South Africa and back without a motor. Opinions? |
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building a wooden boat from a fiberglass design
"mr.b" wrote in message news It's the snow...gives you time to think...about when it all melts... I'm asking because I don't know the first damn thing about boat construction. I've got an older fiberglass boat, an HR28 made by Hinterhoeller. It's sound and will be getting new standing rigging and sails this year. I love the lines and the way it handles. Is it possible to take the lines from this boat and have one made in wood? What kind of changes in performance, behaviour might you expect? Is it even possible with the differences in the weight of bldg. materials to build an exact copy in wood? At my age I'm thinking the next boat I own may be the last one I own, and there's something really appealing about a wood boat. This particular boat is a perfect size for my mate and me and it can handle just about any kind of weather the Great Lakes can throw at it. In fact one guy sailed his from Quebec to South Africa and back without a motor. Opinions? Perfectly possible from a technical point of view, but it will be a _huge_ hit on your bank balance. Better stick with the boat you have or else find a wooden boat that is already in existence and ensure that you find a surveyor who knows about wooden boats to check it before you buy. Bringing back a wooden boat that has been allowed to deteriorate is also _very_ expensive in terms of man-hours. Been there, done that on small boats several times, but with my own labour. Problem is, having done it I am reluctant to part with them so now have more boats than I can ever use. Passing the problem to my executors... |
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building a wooden boat from a fiberglass design
The H-28 (if it's the Herreshoff one) was originally designed for wood
construction and those drawings are available. A new wooden boat, built by someone who knows how (and there are several of them in Maine) does not absorb much more care than fiberglass adn is much more rewarding! Cheers, Michael "mr.b" wrote: It's the snow...gives you time to think...about when it all melts... I'm asking because I don't know the first damn thing about boat construction. I've got an older fiberglass boat, an HR28 made by Hinterhoeller. It's sound and will be getting new standing rigging and sails this year. I love the lines and the way it handles. Is it possible to take the lines from this boat and have one made in wood? What kind of changes in performance, behaviour might you expect? Is it even possible with the differences in the weight of bldg. materials to build an exact copy in wood? At my age I'm thinking the next boat I own may be the last one I own, and there's something really appealing about a wood boat. This particular boat is a perfect size for my mate and me and it can handle just about any kind of weather the Great Lakes can throw at it. In fact one guy sailed his from Quebec to South Africa and back without a motor. Opinions? Michael Porter Marine Design mporter at mp-marine dot com www.mp-marine.com -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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building a wooden boat from a fiberglass design
On 2007-12-17 10:25:16 -0500, "Edgar" said:
"mr.b" wrote in message news It's the snow...gives you time to think...about when it all melts... I'm asking because I don't know the first damn thing about boat construction. I've got an older fiberglass boat, an HR28 made by Hinterhoeller. It's sound and will be getting new standing rigging and sails this year. I love the lines and the way it handles. Is it possible to take the lines from this boat and have one made in wood? What kind of changes in performance, behaviour might you expect? Is it even possible with the differences in the weight of bldg. materials to build an exact copy in wood? At my age I'm thinking the next boat I own may be the last one I own, and there's something really appealing about a wood boat. This particular boat is a perfect size for my mate and me and it can handle just about any kind of weather the Great Lakes can throw at it. In fact one guy sailed his from Quebec to South Africa and back without a motor. Opinions? Perfectly possible from a technical point of view, but it will be a _huge_ hit on your bank balance. And an even more huge hit on your sailing time. This sort of project takes man-years to complete... and in the end you'd end up with a boat that requires considerably more maintenance -- time that you can't spend sailing. There's a reason few wooden boats are made currently. -- Jere Lull Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD Xan's pages: http://web.mac.com/jerelull/iWeb/Xan/ Our BVI trips & tips: http://homepage.mac.com/jerelull/BVI/ |
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building a wooden boat from a fiberglass design
On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:04:56 -0500, Michael Porter wrote:
The H-28 (if it's the Herreshoff one) was originally designed for wood construction and those drawings are available. A new wooden boat, built by someone who knows how (and there are several of them in Maine) does not absorb much more care than fiberglass adn is much more rewarding! No, the boat we sail is an HR28, designed and built by George Hinterhoeller in Canada. I'm feeling you about the wood though... |
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