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Comment on Hulls etc by jeff

jeff — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:05:04 +0000

Thanks for the comment, John. I often have this Thursday night reaction that it’s time to pack up the car to head north and I look forward to decompressing/procrastinating with you, a good fire, and an almond/date/kale smoothie. I am often sad that our trip won’t be starting up there, but I have no doubt we will make it back there the long way around.

Comment on Hulls etc by John

John — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:46:22 +0000

With the snow outside and the wind blowing, having gone brain dead from studying, I went out to the shop and wandered down the long hall to where the boat took shape. Jeff and I loaded out the separate hulls last fall and he moved them to Minneapolis for final assembly. The huge empty space where the boat used to be startled me, as the rest of the shop is packed solid with machinery and other good stuff. My hand found a broom handle and I pushed it around for a while, with no intention of doing a thorough job of it. All the small scraps of core material, fiberglass chunks, pieces of rope, a few clamps, loose screws, a pile of recycled plastic cups used for fiberglass mixing, and a hundred other clues of how MUCH work was put into getting those hulls to where they are now. I am truly amazed at the progress and results. Congrats Jeff, Heather, and Ethan

Uncle John

Comment on back to boat building season by Sergey Orlov

Sergey Orlov — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 08:10:30 +0000

Сlearly, it is simple and high quality. I watched!
The foam is poleuretan or stirol?
What density are you using glass fabric, and how many layers placed on the outer surface?
Yes I really like your technology. Simple!!!

Comment on back to boat building season by jeff

jeff — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:55:01 +0000

I didn’t use vacuum bagging, I just applied the glass and epoxy directly to the foam and then put on a layer of peel ply while the epoxy was still wet. I attached the foam a female half mold and stringers. If you go back far enough in my hulls category, you can see the frames.

Comment on back to boat building season by Sergey Orlov

Sergey Orlov — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 17:55:30 +0000

My name is Sergey, I’m from Odessa, Ukraine. I am fond of construction of amphibians airplane. I am building one plane.
Watched your albums, very interesting. Especially the technology of construction of the bodies of the catamaran. I have not seen vakuming, you do not use? Then how are you lamination surface? and even foam, it is white, it stirol ?
Sorry for the many questions.
Thank You!!!!

Comment on Looks like a catamaran by ajoyfulgirl

ajoyfulgirl — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 06:15:46 +0000

~woot!!!~

Comment on slight change of plans by jeff

jeff — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 03:59:35 +0000

getting on the trailer wasn’t that tense. It felt very solid and smooth moving the whole time. Driving down the shore and then 35 to the cities had its moments though.

Comment on slight change of plans by Duke

Duke — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 01:57:33 +0000

Uncle John’s skills notwithstanding, there must have been some tense moments loading up das boat onto the trailer!

Comment on slight change of plans by jeff

jeff — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 14:44:47 +0000

once I get the hulls lined up I’ll back the cuddy in place and take a picture. It’s all askew down there right now.

Comment on slight change of plans by ajoyfulgirl

ajoyfulgirl — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 14:33:47 +0000

Awe. Some.

It’s fun to see the photos of it backing out of John’s shop. You need one more pic of both hulls and the cuddy in their new home, though.