PrometheusNL FL12

[PrometheusNL]

Another question.

The white on the glass tape.

https://picasaweb.google.com/1153351433 ... 4723071954

This is a filler i made by hand to fill out the class weave on the glass tape. This is epoxy mixed with glass microbaloons and a thickening agent. Later i bought a product also an epoxy based filler but ready mixed. This is the green stuff you see in the later pictures.

[pee wee]

[PrometheusNL]

So life happened...

But then you finsh your project and splash her.





and Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEyx89dOWL8

[jacquesmm]

Prachtig!

Well done and she moves fast with that trolling motor.

[terrulian]

I checked out your picasa site. Great documentation. I can't believe you built both cardboard and plywood models in the planning stage.
I'm basically copying your color scheme with minor alterations. Until seeing your shots I hadn't considered leaving the laminated gunwales clear but it looks very good that way...although I have an inwale or shear clamp, on the inside instead of the outside, and as it gets interrupted by the frames, I haven't sorted a nice way to do it.

[jacquesmm]

A plywood laminated rubrail looks good.
There is trick to have it look even better: stain some of the strips a dark color and alternate layers.

The plans do not show a sheer clamp in most small boats. Those boats are often cleaned ashore by rolling them on the side. The sheer clamp catches the dirt.

[PrometheusNL]

Prachtig!

Well done and she moves fast with that trolling motor.

I kinda over killed it on the trolling motor got a good "European Cragslist deal" its a 54 LB motor suitable for a 1750 kg boat ..

[PrometheusNL]

I checked out your picasa site. Great documentation. I can't believe you built both cardboard and plywood models in the planning stage.
I'm basically copying your color scheme with minor alterations. Until seeing your shots I hadn't considered leaving the laminated gunwales clear but it looks very good that way...although I have an inwale or shear clamp, on the inside instead of the outside, and as it gets interrupted by the frames, I haven't sorted a nice way to do it.

I basicly did what i thought might look good and i almost felt guilty covering up all the wood in white and blue so the rubrail and exposed wood was my way of showing off the wood construction.

when i tell them it only weighs 45 Kg ISH (90 lbs) they don't beleve me.

[terrulian]

The plans do not show a sheer clamp in most small boats.

The shear clamp was necessitated by the restriction of the width of the boat to get it into my van. I still haven't tried it and won't know it fits until the boat is finished.

Those boats are often cleaned ashore by rolling them on the side. The sheer clamp catches the dirt.

Yes, I'm concerned about this but had no choice other than to put it on top of the van which would have been very difficult to do alone.

when i tell them it only weighs 45 Kg ISH (90 lbs) they don't beleve me.

I'm not going to come close to than and my boat is a V10. I glassed the bottom and seats, doubled the knees and breasthook, and done a lot of fairing. Still, I'm surprised those bits added as much weight as they did.