Re: [bolger] Digest Number 375

It sure is a long way and a very hard drive, up from Houston...
Bill Wallace

At 08:33 AM 2/6/01 -0000, you wrote:

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>There are 4 messages in this issue.
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>Topics in this digest:
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> 1. Some nice thoughts off a website
> From:StepHydro@...
> 2. Build again!
> From: Bill Wallace <wwostar@...>
> 3. Re: Build again!
> From: Mike Laird <pnwtexan@...>
> 4. Re: Build again!
> From: "Chuck Leinweber" <chuck@...>
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>Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2001 21:41:46 EST
> From:StepHydro@...
>Subject: Some nice thoughts off a website
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> <A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/sys/popup_source.shtml?Category=">Some
>thoughts on Starting Over</A>
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>got this off r.b.b
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>Cheers/Carron
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>Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2001 22:23:49 +0000
> From: Bill Wallace <wwostar@...>
>Subject: Build again!
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> If you have built a boat, you really owe it to yourself to build
>another. It is so much more fun than the first one! I find myslef
>chuckling as I recognize the mistakes I won't make this time, how much
>quicker and more skilful my hands are, and how much more elegant the result
>is.
> And after this one, on to the light schooner and new mistakes.
> Abd speaking of that, have any of you experimented with covering PVC pipe
>with fiberglass, to get something stiff enough for a mast? I have beefed
>up not-thick-enough rectangular spars- wood- with glass tape and got a good
>result....
> Bill Wallace in Houston
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>Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2001 20:52:35 -0800
> From: Mike Laird <pnwtexan@...>
>Subject: Re: Build again!
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>Bill,
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>I am currently procrastinating about building my first boat. Your query
>about fiberglassing PVC is of interest to me because I have been
>thinking about laying a piece of pvc next to the chine before
>fiberglassing in order to have a chase-way for wiring.
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>Mike Laird in the Pacific North WET!
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>Bill Wallace wrote:
>... have any of you experimented with covering PVC pipe with fiberglass,
>to get something stiff enough for a mast?
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>Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2001 23:56:46 -0600
> From: "Chuck Leinweber" <chuck@...>
>Subject: Re: Build again!
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>> If you have built a boat, you really owe it to yourself to build
>> another. It is so much more fun than the first one! I find myslef
>> chuckling as I recognize the mistakes I won't make this time, how much
>> quicker and more skilful my hands are, and how much more elegant the
>result
>> is.
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>Amen to that, Bill
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>> And after this one, on to the light schooner and new mistakes.
>> Abd speaking of that, have any of you experimented with covering PVC pipe
>> with fiberglass, to get something stiff enough for a mast? I have beefed
>> up not-thick-enough rectangular spars- wood- with glass tape and got a
>good
>> result....
>> Bill Wallace in Houston
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>I am not sure that covering pvc pipe with glass would be such a great idea:
>for one thing, the pipe is very flexible, and I don't think it would add any
>strength. Also it is quite heavy. I would think that putting glass over
>foam would be more productive. (disclaimer: the above statement is based on
>pure conjecture, not actual experience)
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>Chuck
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>P.S. By the way, Bill, are you planning to make Tim Webbers messabout this
>year?
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