Birth of a boat

[Betonov]

Originally Posted by Penguin

Indeed, very interesting, thanks for posting!

I've also got some questions:

- Why do you build your models from Elektroprivreda Srbije?

- What is the modeling paste made of? - if that's no company secret

- In the CAD pic, what does CP mean? Is this the drag of the boot in the water? I'm a little confused, as I know Cw for the drag, which doesn't go under 0.

1) EPS stands for expanded polystyrene

2) resin and hardener, the chemicals have a 30 letter long names . And we use the paste from 3 different manufacturers, depends on the project

3) don't know, I'm not that high on the food chian

[mapuc]

That's have been one of my biggest dream, to build my own boat,

Have been on different homepages, such as this

http://www.bruceroberts.com/

My dreamboat is this one

http://www.bruceroberts.com/public/H...escription.htm

Markus

[Penguin]

thanks,
I knew what eps is uninteresting fact: in German we commonly still call it styropor, after the brand name from BASF

And I hope you'll climb the ladder in your company to get decent food - and many euros!

[Betonov]

Originally Posted by Penguin

thanks,
I knew what eps is uninteresting fact: in German we commonly still call it styropor, after the brand name from BASF

And I hope you'll climb the ladder in your company to get decent food - and many euros!

Thanks. It's stiropor here, so I'm guessing we took it from you (ze Germans)

That's have been one of my biggest dream, to build my own boat,

The best thing to do is you buy a finished hull with supports and then work up as your heart desires.
Making a fiberglass hull (or deck or hatch or toilet) requires a vaccum infusion laminating technique. A complicated mess of an operation where more money is being spent on disposable material like tubes and vaccum traps than material for the finished part. Not to mention you have to build a mold first.

[mapuc]

Originally Posted by Betonov

The best thing to do is you buy a finished hull with supports and then work up as your heart desires.
Making a fiberglass hull (or deck or hatch or toilet) requires a vaccum infusion laminating technique. A complicated mess of an operation where more money is being spent on disposable material like tubes and vaccum traps than material for the finished part. Not to mention you have to build a mold first.

A couple of hears ago it was very popular in Sweden, to buy "semifinished" boat. The hull was already done, you have only to do the rest.

I remember, that one of my fathers working college, bought one of this and he used 2-3 summers to finished it.

Got to tell, that I would build it in aluminium or steel

Markus