Clifton Brittain
11-01-2002, 12:26 AM
I've recently read Farmer's FROM MY OLD BOATSHOP and I am very much enchanted with the Coyote II. However, the very limited construction instructions leave far too much to my imagination.
I have written via snail-mail to the designer's son, Mark Weston, requesting further information.
In the meantime, can anyone tell me more about this boat? I would love to know about the disposition of the original. (Did anyone make fg copies?) Have any wooden boats been built to this design?
I am am particularly interested in how the skin/frame/keel/engine stringer construction fits together. i.e., If the strips of the skin just abut the keel, and the frames go over the keel, wouldn't that leave a very tender area between the point where the frames first contact the strips and the keel?
Alternatively, if the frames come down to the keel, wouldn't that act as a huge lever to break right at that point, especially if a limber has been provided?
Would the frames be let into the keel? Wouldn't that weaken the keel (only 2" thick to begin with)?
Floor timbers connecting frame-keel-frame? If so how big?
Engine stringers directly on hull? Engine stringers on frames?
Also, article describes a 25hp Gray Sea Scout gasoline engine, circa 1907, driving an 11" x 11" prop at speeds up to 18 mph at 2450 rpm. In terms of today's diesels, what is that equivalent to?
Thanks.
I have written via snail-mail to the designer's son, Mark Weston, requesting further information.
In the meantime, can anyone tell me more about this boat? I would love to know about the disposition of the original. (Did anyone make fg copies?) Have any wooden boats been built to this design?
I am am particularly interested in how the skin/frame/keel/engine stringer construction fits together. i.e., If the strips of the skin just abut the keel, and the frames go over the keel, wouldn't that leave a very tender area between the point where the frames first contact the strips and the keel?
Alternatively, if the frames come down to the keel, wouldn't that act as a huge lever to break right at that point, especially if a limber has been provided?
Would the frames be let into the keel? Wouldn't that weaken the keel (only 2" thick to begin with)?
Floor timbers connecting frame-keel-frame? If so how big?
Engine stringers directly on hull? Engine stringers on frames?
Also, article describes a 25hp Gray Sea Scout gasoline engine, circa 1907, driving an 11" x 11" prop at speeds up to 18 mph at 2450 rpm. In terms of today's diesels, what is that equivalent to?
Thanks.