Wish it was wood

[Kermit]

and for the same price. Sigh.

http://home1.gte.net/evteng/MEhull.htm

[Jamie Hascall]

Yeah that's a shame that it's not wood. You just need to find one of the originals. I imagine that Sabb you picked up would be small but adequate for that hull. Keep looking.

Jamie

[imported_Conrad]

Wow- that does look like fun! Not much of a lay-up though, only one layer of roving and LOTS of mat. Probably too hard to get it to lay on all the laps.

[Todd Bradshaw]

It wouldn't surprise me if it was mostly a chopper gun layup. On simulated lapstrake hulls you need to build up a fairly thick mat layer over the corners of the "plank edges" in the mold before they're rounded-off enough to get roving to lie down without voids. It tends to build a hull that's heavy and not particularly strong considering how much goo is involved.

[Tom Dugan]

What, are you looking for something like this?
http://www.selway-fisher.com/Snowbp1.gif

On a related topic, and something I should maybe have mentioned sooner....

WOODEN
BOAT BUILDING
CLASS

BUILD AN AUTHENTIC STEAMBOAT

January 19 - 26 (Sat - Sat)
9-5 - all day, all eight days!

The Seaport Center
On the water
between Queen and Cameron Streets

The Alexandria Seaport Foundation will be building
a round-sterned Potomac dory hull.
It will combine plywood and strip construction.
If you like steamboats or Potomac dory hulls,
or wish to learn how to build a traditional
Chesapeake dead-rise design using modern materials,
this is the class!

TUITION: ASF member - $450; nonmember - $500

Call (703) 549 - 7078
Email - ASFOffice@aol.com

Unfortunately, this is all I know about the plan (they never tell me anything! http://media5.hypernet.com/~dick/ubb/smile.gif ), so call the ASF for details.

-T

[Kermit]

Good memory, Jamie! How you doing?

The little SABB is still waiting. As to oomph, Sam Devlin tells me it'll push a hull up to 30 feet, and Buehler says the little 10hp single will push 44 feet! And here it is:

http://www.georgebuehler.com/Pilgrim.html

By the way, anyone know what happened to the website of the fellow in Texas who was building one of these?

[Jamie Hascall]

I was figuring that Sabb was up to the task. I think of them as a 10 horse with the balls of 30. I keep trying to head north and stop by for a pot of tea but it never seems like I get out of Seattle without a further destination. One of these days...

Jamie