metal reinforcments of boats?
I'm in the process of building my boat shop, and the 105 mph wind loads
that Florida codes require preparing for, involve a huge volume of
galvanized straps and various metal framing reinforcements. It reminded
me of the patented metal "clips" that some dory builders used towards
the end of the Grand Banks fishing industry allowing them to build
stronger boats faster since it didn't involve traditional "knees" or
grown frames. I'm not sure I've ever seen reference to such in boat
building otherwise? It seemed to me it might be applicable to my recent
shantyboat building projects. Any comments?
Thanks
David Beede
that Florida codes require preparing for, involve a huge volume of
galvanized straps and various metal framing reinforcements. It reminded
me of the patented metal "clips" that some dory builders used towards
the end of the Grand Banks fishing industry allowing them to build
stronger boats faster since it didn't involve traditional "knees" or
grown frames. I'm not sure I've ever seen reference to such in boat
building otherwise? It seemed to me it might be applicable to my recent
shantyboat building projects. Any comments?
Thanks
David Beede
Check out John Gardner's Dory Book for comments on these. Bear in mind that
banks dories were built cheaply and were very short lived. The clips were
quick and readily available for assembly line building.
Good luck with your breezes!
Jamie Orr
-----Original Message-----
From: Julie E Johnson [mailto:juliejj@...]
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 3:35 PM
To:bolger@egroups.com
Subject: [bolger] metal reinforcments of boats?
I'm in the process of building my boat shop, and the 105 mph wind loads
that Florida codes require preparing for, involve a huge volume of
galvanized straps and various metal framing reinforcements. It reminded
me of the patented metal "clips" that some dory builders used towards
the end of the Grand Banks fishing industry allowing them to build
stronger boats faster since it didn't involve traditional "knees" or
grown frames. I'm not sure I've ever seen reference to such in boat
building otherwise? It seemed to me it might be applicable to my recent
shantyboat building projects. Any comments?
Thanks
David Beede
Bolger rules!!!
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banks dories were built cheaply and were very short lived. The clips were
quick and readily available for assembly line building.
Good luck with your breezes!
Jamie Orr
-----Original Message-----
From: Julie E Johnson [mailto:juliejj@...]
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 3:35 PM
To:bolger@egroups.com
Subject: [bolger] metal reinforcments of boats?
I'm in the process of building my boat shop, and the 105 mph wind loads
that Florida codes require preparing for, involve a huge volume of
galvanized straps and various metal framing reinforcements. It reminded
me of the patented metal "clips" that some dory builders used towards
the end of the Grand Banks fishing industry allowing them to build
stronger boats faster since it didn't involve traditional "knees" or
grown frames. I'm not sure I've ever seen reference to such in boat
building otherwise? It seemed to me it might be applicable to my recent
shantyboat building projects. Any comments?
Thanks
David Beede
Bolger rules!!!
- no cursing
- stay on topic
- use punctuation
- add your comments at the TOP and SIGN your posts
- add some content: send "thanks!" and "ditto!" posts off-list.