JoelP
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| posted on 12/9/09 at 09:27 AM |
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wish me luck!
im off to test launch a chipboard boat 
 
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JoelP
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| posted on 12/9/09 at 09:27 AM |
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prawnabie
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| posted on 12/9/09 at 09:29 AM |
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haha good luck!
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Miks15
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| posted on 12/9/09 at 09:35 AM |
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good luck, expect to see videos of the success/failure later!
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iank
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| posted on 12/9/09 at 09:44 AM |
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Good luck, I suspect you're going to need it.
Youtube it!
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
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Dusty
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| posted on 12/9/09 at 09:47 AM |
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Just realized I have a whole flotilla of those in my kitchen. Not so pointy ended as yours. Good luck. May find it's single use only. Wear a
wetsuit!
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 12/9/09 at 09:53 AM |
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A double-ended coffin for a conehead surely?
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BenB
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| posted on 12/9/09 at 10:01 AM |
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Cool! Good luck 
Hope the water's warm for you!!!
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 12/9/09 at 10:32 AM |
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Remember , a captain is supposed to go down with his ship ,
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55ant
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| posted on 12/9/09 at 10:38 AM |
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good luck! what you expecting out of that beast? 20-25 knots?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oBr8bHuZ1k
i reckon you may have the same problem as the first boat.
away from cars, now cycling and building TT bikes
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Confused but excited.
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| posted on 12/9/09 at 11:06 AM |
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I recon those bins will make it ride too high in the water.
Tell them about the bent treacle edges!
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Guinness
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| posted on 12/9/09 at 11:46 AM |
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Has it rained that much in Leeds?
Mike
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JoelP
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| posted on 12/9/09 at 11:51 AM |
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diabolically unstable but i managed one width of the aire and calder navigation!
Too narrow i guess, next one will be wider!
No good pics because it was to unstable to take a camera out in!
 
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JoelP
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| posted on 12/9/09 at 11:52 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Dusty
Just realized I have a whole flotilla of those in my kitchen. Not so pointy ended as yours. Good luck. May find it's single use only. Wear a
wetsuit!
well spotted, it is indeed made from a kitchen larder unit!
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 12/9/09 at 01:28 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by JoelP
diabolically unstable but i managed one width of the aire and calder navigation!
Having a completely flat bottom (the canoe...not you!) probably doesn't help.
Did you build this on a whim or is there some kind of race you are entering?
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tegwin
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| posted on 12/9/09 at 02:41 PM |
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That would be much more stable if you added a couple of bricks underneath the boat almost like a keel... Assuming it still floats, the extra weight
low down might help
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Hellfire
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| posted on 12/9/09 at 02:51 PM |
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No need to make a wider one, just stick a pair of outriggers on it.
Phil
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MikeR
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| posted on 12/9/09 at 03:00 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Hellfire
No need to make a wider one, just stick a pair of outriggers on it.
Phil
just what i was thinking.
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JoelP
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| posted on 12/9/09 at 03:00 PM |
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it was a bit of a whim - basically, ive been drawing boats for years but never get round to making one, so i thought id just throw something together.
Im actually quite chuffed TBH, its my first boat and it worked!
Ive thought of outriggers and a keel but if im honest, chipboard isnt the ideal material for a boat anyway. Its all chipped up where i dragged it out
over the stonework. Only used it because it was free! I suppose i could glass over it and add an outrigger, but i fancy something in ply now, and
eventually something with a sail - or maybe a metal canal boat!
Fantastic fun though, the looks some people pulled as they walked past!
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zilspeed
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| posted on 12/9/09 at 03:53 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by JoelP
it was a bit of a whim - basically, ive been drawing boats for years but never get round to making one, so i thought id just throw something together.
Im actually quite chuffed TBH, its my first boat and it worked!
Ive thought of outriggers and a keel but if im honest, chipboard isnt the ideal material for a boat anyway. Its all chipped up where i dragged it out
over the stonework. Only used it because it was free! I suppose i could glass over it and add an outrigger, but i fancy something in ply now, and
eventually something with a sail - or maybe a metal canal boat!
Fantastic fun though, the looks some people pulled as they walked past!
Joel.
If working wood is your thing (kitchens etc IIRC ? )
why don't you go down the lines of
Making a buck followed by a mould then a finished boat in GRP ?
You must have access to lots of builders foam for squirting into the floaty bits.
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JoelP
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| posted on 12/9/09 at 06:31 PM |
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not a bad idea zil, esp since my friend is a wizard with GRP. Think its ply next though, just for a tender sized thing for some exploring without
needing a waterway permit. GRP for the sailing boat!
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 12/9/09 at 07:44 PM |
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My uncle made a little powerboat from marine ply some years back. He used the
stitch and glue technique.
Was a cracking little boat when he finished, had modest (~9hp) outboard motor with proper remote steering and throttle etc. I remember that part of
the mounting that the engine swivels on was broken...he cast his own using a pile of old tractor pistons for alloy and oxy-acetylene to melt them.
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JoelP
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| posted on 12/9/09 at 08:09 PM |
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good link mike! cheers.
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