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Midlant wrote:
http://www.hughsaint.com/ Pretty boats. While there are some really attractive fiberglass boats being built these days, some are just plain eyesores. These "old school" wood boats all have classic lines. |
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On Jul 22, 5:58?am, HK wrote:
Midlant wrote: http://www.hughsaint.com/ Pretty boats. While there are some really attractive fiberglass boats being built these days, some are just plain eyesores. These "old school" wood boats all have classic lines. "Old School" wood boats? Harry, these are cold molded (hardly old school) and overlaid with Dynel roving cloth. There is some mahogany in the deck planks and in the frames: Quote: We build entirely in the WEST (Wood Epoxy Saturation Technique) method for logevity and low upkeep. Framework and outer planking are of the finest pattern grade Honduras mahogany. Inner planking is African (Okoume) mahogany imported from France. Construction time averages twelve months for runabouts and 1 1/2 to 2 years for larger boats. All painted surfaces are sheathed with Dynel cloth, which is 6 times more abrasive-resistent than fiberglass. End Quote. But it's nice to see that you're no longer sensitive to any mention of a boat manufacturer or product for sale. (especially four year old Parkers with 115 hours on the meter) :-) |
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Chuck Gould wrote:
On Jul 22, 5:58?am, HK wrote: Midlant wrote: http://www.hughsaint.com/ Pretty boats. While there are some really attractive fiberglass boats being built these days, some are just plain eyesores. These "old school" wood boats all have classic lines. "Old School" wood boats? Harry, these are cold molded (hardly old school) and overlaid with Dynel roving cloth. There is some mahogany in the deck planks and in the frames: Quote: We build entirely in the WEST (Wood Epoxy Saturation Technique) method for logevity and low upkeep. Framework and outer planking are of the finest pattern grade Honduras mahogany. Inner planking is African (Okoume) mahogany imported from France. Construction time averages twelve months for runabouts and 1 1/2 to 2 years for larger boats. All painted surfaces are sheathed with Dynel cloth, which is 6 times more abrasive-resistent than fiberglass. End Quote. But it's nice to see that you're no longer sensitive to any mention of a boat manufacturer or product for sale. (especially four year old Parkers with 115 hours on the meter) :-) By "old school," I was referring to the look, not to the method of manufacture. Oh...while the wood molding process is more modern, there's also nothing new about molding mahogany into beautiful boats. In the 1950s, Wolverine and Yellow Jacket manufactured some damned tasty boats with molded mahogany. My objection to commercialization here never had a thing to do with individuals selling their boats, or even businesses hawking their product or services, and everything to do with the sort of boat manufacturer pimping you do here. As for my pattern of use, it's not particularly relevant. Where I keep my boat, I can get to good fishing spots in 15 minutes to an hour of running the engine. So, it's easy to spend the entire day fishing and not have the engine on for more than hour on some trips. I can cross Chesapeake Bay in 15-20 minutes and drift fish for flounder all day long without starting the engine up for the return home. You can do these sorts of things when your boat cruises easily at 25-30 mph. |
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On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 13:13:26 -0400, HK wrote:
Chuck Gould wrote: On Jul 22, 5:58?am, HK wrote: Midlant wrote: http://www.hughsaint.com/ Pretty boats. While there are some really attractive fiberglass boats being built these days, some are just plain eyesores. These "old school" wood boats all have classic lines. "Old School" wood boats? Harry, these are cold molded (hardly old school) and overlaid with Dynel roving cloth. There is some mahogany in the deck planks and in the frames: Quote: We build entirely in the WEST (Wood Epoxy Saturation Technique) method for logevity and low upkeep. Framework and outer planking are of the finest pattern grade Honduras mahogany. Inner planking is African (Okoume) mahogany imported from France. Construction time averages twelve months for runabouts and 1 1/2 to 2 years for larger boats. All painted surfaces are sheathed with Dynel cloth, which is 6 times more abrasive-resistent than fiberglass. End Quote. But it's nice to see that you're no longer sensitive to any mention of a boat manufacturer or product for sale. (especially four year old Parkers with 115 hours on the meter) :-) By "old school," I was referring to the look, not to the method of manufacture. Oh...while the wood molding process is more modern, there's also nothing new about molding mahogany into beautiful boats. In the 1950s, Wolverine and Yellow Jacket manufactured some damned tasty boats with molded mahogany. My objection to commercialization here never had a thing to do with individuals selling their boats, or even businesses hawking their product or services, and everything to do with the sort of boat manufacturer pimping you do here. As for my pattern of use, it's not particularly relevant. Where I keep my boat, I can get to good fishing spots in 15 minutes to an hour of running the engine. So, it's easy to spend the entire day fishing and not have the engine on for more than hour on some trips. I can cross Chesapeake Bay in 15-20 minutes and drift fish for flounder all day long without starting the engine up for the return home. You can do these sorts of things when your boat cruises easily at 25-30 mph. Note that this 'drift fishing' must be done on a totally windless day. Either that or the Yo Ho is aground! -- John H |
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On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 13:13:26 -0400, HK wrote:
As for my pattern of use, it's not particularly relevant. Where I keep my boat, I can get to good fishing spots in 15 minutes to an hour of running the engine. So, it's easy to spend the entire day fishing and not have the engine on for more than hour on some trips. I can cross Chesapeake Bay in 15-20 minutes and drift fish for flounder all day long without starting the engine up for the return home. You can do these sorts of things when your boat cruises easily at 25-30 mph. Maybe so but 115 hours in 4 years is very light usage by anyone's definition. You need to get out more. We've run 200 hours in the last 5 weeks. |
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There's nothing really molded about them. My brother is one of the
handful of men Hugh has building them. It's hand work after hand work in a hot shop in southern Florida. John |
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Wayne.B wrote:
On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 13:13:26 -0400, HK wrote: As for my pattern of use, it's not particularly relevant. Where I keep my boat, I can get to good fishing spots in 15 minutes to an hour of running the engine. So, it's easy to spend the entire day fishing and not have the engine on for more than hour on some trips. I can cross Chesapeake Bay in 15-20 minutes and drift fish for flounder all day long without starting the engine up for the return home. You can do these sorts of things when your boat cruises easily at 25-30 mph. Maybe so but 115 hours in 4 years is very light usage by anyone's definition. You need to get out more. We've run 200 hours in the last 5 weeks. Yeah, well, what takes you 200 hours I probably can do in two on a commercial flight. I like being there, not getting there. |
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On Jul 22, 1:13 pm, HK wrote:
Chuck Gould wrote: On Jul 22, 5:58?am, HK wrote: Midlant wrote: http://www.hughsaint.com/ Pretty boats. While there are some really attractive fiberglass boats being built these days, some are just plain eyesores. These "old school" wood boats all have classic lines. "Old School" wood boats? Harry, these are cold molded (hardly old school) and overlaid with Dynel roving cloth. There is some mahogany in the deck planks and in the frames: Quote: We build entirely in the WEST (Wood Epoxy Saturation Technique) method for logevity and low upkeep. Framework and outer planking are of the finest pattern grade Honduras mahogany. Inner planking is African (Okoume) mahogany imported from France. Construction time averages twelve months for runabouts and 1 1/2 to 2 years for larger boats. All painted surfaces are sheathed with Dynel cloth, which is 6 times more abrasive-resistent than fiberglass. End Quote. But it's nice to see that you're no longer sensitive to any mention of a boat manufacturer or product for sale. (especially four year old Parkers with 115 hours on the meter) :-) By "old school," I was referring to the look, not to the method of manufacture. Looks like the Old School lines and cabin designs were taken from the Popular Mechanics stuff from the 50's. |
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On Jul 22, 8:16 pm, "Midlant" wrote:
There's nothing really molded about them. My brother is one of the handful of men Hugh has building them. It's hand work after hand work in a hot shop in southern Florida. John Soooo, this is really a spam for your brothers business eh! OK, still don't like the lines but what do I know;) |
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On Jul 22, 7:53?pm, wrote:
On Jul 22, 8:16 pm, "Midlant" wrote: There's nothing really molded about them. My brother is one of the handful of men Hugh has building them. It's hand work after hand work in a hot shop in southern Florida. John Soooo, this is really a spam for your brothers business eh! OK, still don't like the lines but what do I know;) "Cold molding" is a term used to describe a construction process where wood strips or sections are used to create the shape of the hull and are bonded together with resin. See the mfgr's statement about manufacturing technique...... Been popular with one-off's for a long period of time. Creating the molds is a huge expense in traditional FRP construction, to the point where a few boats normally need to be sold before enough of the mold cost is amortized to begin breaking even. With cold molding, there is no mold per se. In some cases, the wooden strips are simply applied directly to the frames- almost like planking a traditional wooden boat. |
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On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 21:24:37 -0400, HK wrote:
Yeah, well, what takes you 200 hours I probably can do in two on a commercial flight. I like being there, not getting there. Not unless you're supersonic. And try landing your commercial flight here in Hadley Harbor. The Forbes family will *not* be amused. :-) |
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Wayne.B wrote:
On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 21:24:37 -0400, HK wrote: Yeah, well, what takes you 200 hours I probably can do in two on a commercial flight. I like being there, not getting there. Not unless you're supersonic. And try landing your commercial flight here in Hadley Harbor. The Forbes family will *not* be amused. :-) Well, of course...near the top of my list is what "the Forbes family" cares about, eh? Why, I care almost as much about "the Forbes family" as I do about Dick Cheney. |
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wrote in message ps.com... On Jul 22, 8:16 pm, "Midlant" wrote: There's nothing really molded about them. My brother is one of the handful of men Hugh has building them. It's hand work after hand work in a hot shop in southern Florida. John Soooo, this is really a spam for your brothers business eh! OK, still don't like the lines but what do I know;) Nope. Thought you guys might like seeing them is all. They're small and hand craft each one. They're not mass producers. John |
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Midlant wrote:
wrote in message ps.com... On Jul 22, 8:16 pm, "Midlant" wrote: There's nothing really molded about them. My brother is one of the handful of men Hugh has building them. It's hand work after hand work in a hot shop in southern Florida. John Soooo, this is really a spam for your brothers business eh! OK, still don't like the lines but what do I know;) Nope. Thought you guys might like seeing them is all. They're small and hand craft each one. They're not mass producers. John I didn't see anything "commercial" or offensive about the post. It's not as if you're giving your publication's advertisers a handjob. |
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On Jul 23, 10:13 am, HK wrote:
Midlant wrote: wrote in message ups.com... On Jul 22, 8:16 pm, "Midlant" wrote: There's nothing really molded about them. My brother is one of the handful of men Hugh has building them. It's hand work after hand work in a hot shop in southern Florida. John Soooo, this is really a spam for your brothers business eh! OK, still don't like the lines but what do I know;) Nope. Thought you guys might like seeing them is all. They're small and hand craft each one. They're not mass producers. John I didn't see anything "commercial" or offensive about the post. It's not as if you're giving your publication's advertisers a handjob.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - No problem, just needed to see where the goalposts were.;) |
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HK wrote:
Wayne.B wrote: On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 13:13:26 -0400, HK wrote: As for my pattern of use, it's not particularly relevant. Where I keep my boat, I can get to good fishing spots in 15 minutes to an hour of running the engine. So, it's easy to spend the entire day fishing and not have the engine on for more than hour on some trips. I can cross Chesapeake Bay in 15-20 minutes and drift fish for flounder all day long without starting the engine up for the return home. You can do these sorts of things when your boat cruises easily at 25-30 mph. Maybe so but 115 hours in 4 years is very light usage by anyone's definition. You need to get out more. We've run 200 hours in the last 5 weeks. Yeah, well, what takes you 200 hours I probably can do in two on a commercial flight. I like being there, not getting there. This was really posted by the guy who was contemplating (due to his narcissism no doubt) repowering the Parker with a 300HP Yamaha! What next, Harry? |
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