Re: Flipping MICRO
Peter,
Thanks for the encouragement. It flipped just like Bernie W.
described it. I braced it fore and aft, and side to side so that the
boat was one solid mass, just lifted it up and over. I can move it
around the yard on plywood skids at this moment. On to the bottom
chines and ply. I was only off by 3/16 of an inch on frame A.
plenty of goop and fairing took care of the problem.
MICRO is very easy to flip with one person at this point.
David Jost "working faster to meet the tall ships deadline"
Thanks for the encouragement. It flipped just like Bernie W.
described it. I braced it fore and aft, and side to side so that the
boat was one solid mass, just lifted it up and over. I can move it
around the yard on plywood skids at this moment. On to the bottom
chines and ply. I was only off by 3/16 of an inch on frame A.
plenty of goop and fairing took care of the problem.
MICRO is very easy to flip with one person at this point.
David Jost "working faster to meet the tall ships deadline"
Hello David,
Flipping your boat over should be relatively easy with a couple
of extra hands.Done carefully,you should not crack the sides nor
damage your frames.Everything will be very stiff.
Having just said that,it has occured to me that perhaps you
started building your boat"upright" and want to flip her upside down
to fiberglass the bottom?If so and despite having no experience doing
it that way(see how I did it
at:http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/articles/micro2/index.htm)the
whole assembly will"feel" remarkably light for all of it's apparent
volume and can be easily moved about.BE BRAVE DAVID!
and continued success!
Peter Lenihan,looking forward to spending a night at anchor under the
July 1st fireworks(July 4th for the boys South of us....) on the
surprisingly high St.Lawrence River waters without any rain(pretty
please God!)
Flipping your boat over should be relatively easy with a couple
of extra hands.Done carefully,you should not crack the sides nor
damage your frames.Everything will be very stiff.
Having just said that,it has occured to me that perhaps you
started building your boat"upright" and want to flip her upside down
to fiberglass the bottom?If so and despite having no experience doing
it that way(see how I did it
at:http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/articles/micro2/index.htm)the
whole assembly will"feel" remarkably light for all of it's apparent
volume and can be easily moved about.BE BRAVE DAVID!
and continued success!
Peter Lenihan,looking forward to spending a night at anchor under the
July 1st fireworks(July 4th for the boys South of us....) on the
surprisingly high St.Lawrence River waters without any rain(pretty
please God!)
--- Inbolger@egroups.com, "David Jost" <djost@m...> wrote:
> Fellow MICRO builders,
> I am about to cross another hurdle with building.
> Flipping the boat over. Everything is braced topside fore and aft
> and
> sideways. Did any of you encounter any problems when the boat was
> flipped? I am nervous about cracking the side or one of my lovely
> frames.
>
>
> David Jost "falling in love again (with a boat)"
Fellow MICRO builders,
I am about to cross another hurdle with building.
Flipping the boat over. Everything is braced topside fore and aft
and
sideways. Did any of you encounter any problems when the boat was
flipped? I am nervous about cracking the side or one of my lovely
frames.
David Jost "falling in love again (with a boat)"
I am about to cross another hurdle with building.
Flipping the boat over. Everything is braced topside fore and aft
and
sideways. Did any of you encounter any problems when the boat was
flipped? I am nervous about cracking the side or one of my lovely
frames.
David Jost "falling in love again (with a boat)"