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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Putz design Walrus 17
By:Bill Price
Date: 3/17/2003, 1:48 pm

: I am interested in making the Putz SOF Walrus or a custom Morris design. I
: found a reference in Putz's book that the Walrus 17 weighs about 70 lbs.
: How accurate is this? How much does a 17' Morris SOF weigh? I was hoping

This has been pondered before. We're not sure where Putz gets 70 lbs for a SOF. I do know that canvas with latex paint will be heavy especially with a sno-seal type undercoat. However, with a polyester or nylon material coated with polyurethane, you should not exceed 40 lbs. In fact it should be much lighter, although you'd be pressed with any technique to hit Sing's 25 lb (good job Sing!!)! The main concern for choosing the designs is wheather to use non-traditional Putz/Skene techniques or not. Sing is correct in that the traditional boat will be designed around you. The lashed joints of the traditional are also more flexable in heavier seas (said to be an advantage). However, wood for forms isn't necessarily more wasteful than other methods such as strip or S&G. Even Starr uses forms for his SOF designs. The basic Putz boat as originally drawn by Skene is a quite usable boat. Mike Hanks has a nice poly covered version (Skinny Walrus) that he's enjoyed far too much :-)

Bill

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Skin-on-Frame: Putz design Walrus 17
Tom -- 3/17/2003, 8:37 am
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 3/17/2003, 9:51 pm
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Tom Yost -- 3/17/2003, 3:02 pm
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steven hartmann -- 3/17/2003, 7:10 pm
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Eric -- 3/18/2003, 10:47 am
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Tom Yost -- 3/17/2003, 8:01 pm
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C. Fronzek -- 3/17/2003, 11:29 pm
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Tom Yost -- 3/18/2003, 12:02 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Putz design Walrus 17
Bill Price -- 3/17/2003, 1:48 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Putz design Walrus 17
Mike Hanks -- 3/18/2003, 1:03 am
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sing -- 3/17/2003, 10:23 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Putz design Walrus 17
Mark Woodhead -- 3/17/2003, 11:32 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: Putz design Walrus 17
sing -- 3/17/2003, 3:37 pm