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This sounds wierd but I don't know any other way!!
By:David Blodgett
Date: 10/12/1999, 11:35 pm

has anyone ever heard of this meathod of building?

I got the idea to make a series of laminated beams like deck beams but they would form the hull instead of the deck. use them kind of like you would a form in building a stripper but the beams would be permenent. I would glue the beams to a 1/8th inch peice of plywood and the hull should form up nicley.... right? this seems kind of wierd. and how would I get rocker in? I know this sounds crazy but I'm trying to build a flatwater squirt boat. for myself and my friend. if anyone out there has a way of finding volume roughly I would love some advice. thanks for any help you can provide.

Dave

Messages In This Thread

This sounds wierd but I don't know any other way!!
David Blodgett -- 10/12/1999, 11:35 pm
Re: This sounds wierd but I don't know any other w
Bart Castleberry -- 10/14/1999, 12:10 pm
Squirt Boat?
Fred Schwartz -- 10/15/1999, 7:24 pm
Re: Squirt Boat?
Bart Castleberry -- 10/18/1999, 12:47 pm
Hardly weird. Nearly the oldest method around
Paul G. Jacobson -- 10/13/1999, 4:26 am