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Re: Strip: Great Auk "Sea Lab" Finished *PIC*
By:John Messinger
Date: 3/21/2014, 7:28 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: Great Auk "Sea Lab" Finished (Marc Upchurch)

Looks nice!
Second picture looks like you painted the hull.

What are the white things on the bow and stern deck?

The white things are the toggle handles. I incorporated them into the perimeter lines. The handles themselves are bone colored PVC plumbing pipe. About half the weight of teak toggles. There is also a 3/4" length of HDPE pipe to hold the toggle above the deck. I am tortured by the fact that the handles drag in the water when they are tied into the standard holes we place in the bow and stern. I use those holes only during construction: to accommodate the rotisserie bolts.

While I am on the subject of weight, I neglected to mention that the boat weighs in at 35.5 pounds.

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Strip: Great Auk "Sea Lab" Finished *PIC*
John Messinger -- 3/21/2014, 5:16 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 3/21/2014, 6:49 pm
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John Messinger -- 3/21/2014, 7:28 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 3/21/2014, 7:48 pm
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John Messinger -- 3/21/2014, 10:25 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 3/21/2014, 11:03 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/22/2014, 6:27 am
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Howie -- 3/22/2014, 5:36 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 3/23/2014, 12:12 am
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Ric Moodie -- 3/22/2014, 6:33 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 3/22/2014, 8:32 pm
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Ric Moodie -- 3/22/2014, 11:14 pm
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Marc Upchurch -- 3/23/2014, 10:02 am
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Ric Moodie -- 3/23/2014, 2:58 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 3/21/2014, 6:51 pm
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John Messinger -- 3/21/2014, 7:31 pm
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 3/22/2014, 7:10 am
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John Messinger -- 3/22/2014, 8:35 am
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Dan Caouette (CSCWC) -- 3/22/2014, 8:52 am
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John Messinger -- 3/22/2014, 10:34 am