Recent content by wet feet

You have understood the basic idea correctly.It may be superfluous to mention it but do plank the two sides at the same rate,which is to say that having cut a pair of planks,fit one to each side before moving on to the next plank.I have heard of builders completing the planking on one side and...

Mere paint! Surely you mean highly refined "coating systems"!At least that's what some of them believe they are selling.It almost justifies the cost of the goop.

I suppose it would depend on whether the owner would be using it to transport his own goods,since an insurance company is unlikely to assume the risk of providing cover for any goods in such a fragile vessel and whether the owner is going to be happy to earn a meagre living.It might be feasible...

I very much doubt that any part of the structure has let go,there isn't much structure in the first place as one of the design goals was keeping the weight down for car topping.If,as I suspect,the distortion was caused by the trailer supports the boat must have sat for quite a while and the...

I'm guessing that the distortion of the bottom is the result of leaving the boat on a trailer with a leaky or no cover.The weight of water will probably be the cause of the distortion.If you have the time and inclination,the boat can probably be brought back to life but don't expect to be...

There is good information in the posts above.the economics of the project need to be looked into carefully because as gonzo pointed out,the sheer time taken will make it hard for an operator to earn much of a living if he has to compete with a truck travelling ten to twelve times faster.Then we...

If the joints are sloppy and need filling with epoxy the weight of that epoxy is added to the weight of the boat and over the length of the chine joints and other gaps it can ad up.

Never,ever apply epoxy that hasn't had hardener added!!! I'd also suggest that you don't add hair or sand to epoxy there are better products for making filler or putty variation of epoxy.Microballoons for one,which you can add to the epoxy mix-a little at a time-until you achieve the consistency...

An interesting project.I have seen one or two B&W photographs of the old scows and thought they weren't that far removed from the swim headed Thames barges of the same era.In both cases the end users sought ample cargo capacity and a simple build.I hope we get to see photographs of the build and...

If Rhino says the surfaces are developable,I'd be inclined to believe it.Which may not mean that it will be an easy build and could fall into the construction description of tortured ply,which we don't see too often these days.I think it is an attractive looking boat and I would expect it to...

Living less than 10 metres above sea level means that this is a problem I have never had to consider.What I will point out is that lots of resin is used in infusion projects and the level of pressure within the vacuum bag is much lower than ambient at a moderate altitude,we don't hear of a...

If you've glassed the foam before inducing the shape of the hulls you may be heading for a disappointment.Do keep in mind that having a hull surface that is derived from a conic will only be relevant if you are wrapping the new parts around a curve that is perpendicular to the axis of the...

If you drill holes for mechanical fastenings you are introducing stress raisers and potential leak paths.If you have sufficient time when doing the job,and you ought to try hard to arrange it,gently attempt to wrap the first part around the hull in the correct location.If they are causing...

I'd suggest that the video above shows two things,once foiling has been achieved a displacement hull can't catch the foiler for the duration of the paddler's energy reserves.Once that level of energy has been depleted the drag of the immersed foils would probably reverse the situation.A rower...

I do hope you have built in some curvature to those parts as bending glassed Divinycell won't be a trivial task and it gets a lot more interesting if you need to persuade them to a particular location.