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Re: Skin-on-Frame: Sea Pups might work for you.
By:Rehd
Date: 11/11/2003, 11:36 am
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: Sea Pups might work for you. (Steve Rasmussen)

: Thanks Steve,

: The Sea Pup had crossed my mind. But my lousy memory had placed it in the
: category of "too complicated", but it seems to be a
: straightforward design. Do you think it would be possible to get the cost
: down if we could buy materials in bulk? I think we would be building at
: least 15 and as many as 35 of these. I'll have to send Tom an e-mail.

: Steve

hey Steve...

I would go for the design, but for the young kids I would substitute plywood frames and pine for construction. They don't need the alluminum and plastic.
You can pick up bolts of canvas from a supplier for a cheaper price than short lengths. Pearl Paints has a web-site where you can order artists canvas ( # 10 or # 12 cotton duck..) at a very good price..
I used the # 12 on my walrus and it's plenty strong enough for these small lightweight boats.

Rehd

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Steve Rasmussen -- 11/10/2003, 10:33 pm
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Steve Rasmussen -- 11/13/2003, 11:26 am
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Steve Rasmussen -- 11/13/2003, 2:50 pm
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Steve Rasmussen -- 11/12/2003, 7:42 pm
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Steve Rasmussen -- 11/13/2003, 11:28 am
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Steve Rasmussen -- 11/13/2003, 2:46 pm
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Steve Rasmussen -- 11/13/2003, 11:32 am
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Paul Probus -- 11/12/2003, 12:27 pm
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Steve Rasmussen -- 11/12/2003, 4:15 pm
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Paul Probus -- 11/12/2003, 12:44 pm
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Steve Rasmussen -- 11/12/2003, 4:21 pm
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Steve Phillips -- 11/11/2003, 2:27 am
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Steve Rasmussen -- 11/11/2003, 10:39 am
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Rehd -- 11/11/2003, 11:36 am
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Steve Rasmussen -- 11/11/2003, 11:57 am
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Scott Baxter -- 11/10/2003, 11:21 pm
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