Re: Idaho"s Larger Sister, 38 footer?
Hi Jef,
I am building a "Dakota" in northern Michigan. It is similar to
Idaho, but has a bit more rocker and is not designed to use as much
horsepower, to operate at as high a speed, or to plane. It is built
right side up starting with a 2 ft. wide, full length center shoe
that is 2 inches (4 layers of 1/2" ply) thick. The bottom panels (3
layers of 1/2") run fore and aft, two sheets wide with the shoe
acting
as a giant fore and aft butt strap. So the center of the bottom is
3 1/2 " thick. I suspect I will have well over 2 tons of boat when it
is finished, fueled and filled with cruising gear.
I have just this week finished the bottom and have begun scarfing
the chine logs. Next week, I will begin joining the panels for the
topsides. I prefer to join the five sheets of each panel on a long
work table so I can work on a flat horizontal surface for glassing
and
finishing. I use a system of traveling block and tackles to lift and
move the 38' sheets of ply working by myself. The 1/2" ply is much
easier to bend when it is joined into long sheets.
I finally got a scanner last week and will try to get some
pictures in the vault soon.
Vince chew
I am building a "Dakota" in northern Michigan. It is similar to
Idaho, but has a bit more rocker and is not designed to use as much
horsepower, to operate at as high a speed, or to plane. It is built
right side up starting with a 2 ft. wide, full length center shoe
that is 2 inches (4 layers of 1/2" ply) thick. The bottom panels (3
layers of 1/2") run fore and aft, two sheets wide with the shoe
acting
as a giant fore and aft butt strap. So the center of the bottom is
3 1/2 " thick. I suspect I will have well over 2 tons of boat when it
is finished, fueled and filled with cruising gear.
I have just this week finished the bottom and have begun scarfing
the chine logs. Next week, I will begin joining the panels for the
topsides. I prefer to join the five sheets of each panel on a long
work table so I can work on a flat horizontal surface for glassing
and
finishing. I use a system of traveling block and tackles to lift and
move the 38' sheets of ply working by myself. The 1/2" ply is much
easier to bend when it is joined into long sheets.
I finally got a scanner last week and will try to get some
pictures in the vault soon.
Vince chew
--- Inbolger@egroups.com, Fritz Funk <fritzf@a...> wrote:
> Jef,
> The design is "Dakota - Prefabricated River Cruiser", written up in
the
> August 15, 1995 issue of MAIB. One is currently under construction
by
> Vince Chew, <vachew@f...>
>
> --Fritz Funk
>
> > Somewhere on the Net I read a refernce to a 38 foot sister of the
> >Tennessee, Idaho, Wyoming series> I can not remember her name and
> >wonder if anyone is building or had built her
> >Thankyou
> >Jef Byb
>
>
> ----------------------------
> Fritz Funk
> Email here at home: fritzf@a...
> Email at work (daytime): fritzf@f...
> Phone: H: (907)780-4261 W: (907)465-6113
> Snail: P.O. Box 22285, Juneau AK 99802-2285
Jef,
The design is "Dakota - Prefabricated River Cruiser", written up in the
August 15, 1995 issue of MAIB. One is currently under construction by
Vince Chew, <vachew@...>
--Fritz Funk
Fritz Funk
Email here at home:fritzf@...
Email at work (daytime):fritzf@...
Phone: H: (907)780-4261 W: (907)465-6113
Snail: P.O. Box 22285, Juneau AK 99802-2285
The design is "Dakota - Prefabricated River Cruiser", written up in the
August 15, 1995 issue of MAIB. One is currently under construction by
Vince Chew, <vachew@...>
--Fritz Funk
> Somewhere on the Net I read a refernce to a 38 foot sister of the----------------------------
>Tennessee, Idaho, Wyoming series> I can not remember her name and
>wonder if anyone is building or had built her
>Thankyou
>Jef Byb
Fritz Funk
Email here at home:fritzf@...
Email at work (daytime):fritzf@...
Phone: H: (907)780-4261 W: (907)465-6113
Snail: P.O. Box 22285, Juneau AK 99802-2285