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[waspy]

Reeeespect!!!  

Wanna help me coat the hull?  only 2 more coats of epoxy, a primer and paint, oh and a layer of varnish

Free board and beer in return  

 

  I love working with composites

Most of my working career has been with composite aircraft structure....`not much marine, but there`s a cross-over in terms of substrate, lamina and matrices between aerospace and high-spec marine use these days.
`Just love the smell of resin and sanding dust!

  I hope not!  Its pretty nasty stuff.  Plenty of boat builders have come a cropper as a result and many wood sawdust its not much better then asbestos..  (but why am I telling the oracle this.....?)

Not really doing substrates more a stitch and glue technique starting with 5 sheets of plywood.

This is the boat I am building :

http://www.boatplans.dk/boat_plans.asp?id=44

Upto the fairing part now, then primer then paint and varnish....

Anyone suggest names?

You like fishing, i take it you'll be using the boat for just that
"Gaffer's Gaff" a Gaff is a stick with a hook for landing fish

[Gaffers]

Reeeespect!!!  

Wanna help me coat the hull?  only 2 more coats of epoxy, a primer and paint, oh and a layer of varnish

Free board and beer in return  

 

  I love working with composites

Most of my working career has been with composite aircraft structure....`not much marine, but there`s a cross-over in terms of substrate, lamina and matrices between aerospace and high-spec marine use these days.
`Just love the smell of resin and sanding dust!

  I hope not!  Its pretty nasty stuff.  Plenty of boat builders have come a cropper as a result and many wood sawdust its not much better then asbestos..  (but why am I telling the oracle this.....?)

Not really doing substrates more a stitch and glue technique starting with 5 sheets of plywood.

This is the boat I am building :

http://www.boatplans.dk/boat_plans.asp?id=44

Upto the fairing part now, then primer then paint and varnish....

Anyone suggest names?

You like fishing, i take it you'll be using the boat for just that
"Gaffer's Gaff" a Gaff is a stick with a hook for landing fish

Hmmmm I like it, any others?

[Debs.]

  What a smashing project Gaffers......and not too large for your workshop....`should be a nicer handler out on the water too!

Name suggestions: 'Water Nymph', 'Medicament' or 'Lady of the Lake'

[Gaffers]

What a smashing project Gaffers......and not too large for your workshop....`should be a nicer handler out on the water too!

Name suggestions: 'Water Nymph', 'Medicament' or 'Lady of the Lake'

Cheers     I like Medicament.  I am getting pressure from my peers to put the corps colour in the boat somewhere.....

I wanted to combine my two favourite hobbies salidioter flyfishing (tastes better than trout) and sailing plus I was married unaccompanied when I first came to germany and was sooo bored.  60 quids worth of plywood later and I was in business.  Later I would like to build a bigger boat to sail around the world but it will have to wait as the army sends me to pastures new every 2 years so its not practical. One day..............