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Re: Book and plans
By:chuck
Date: 12/16/2003, 5:03 pm
In Response To: Re: Book and plans (Ron Deane)

: Yeah, true, but why would you want to increase the hull friction that much?
: Strip planking provides a much more slippery hull surface. Less effort to
: get further.

: Ron
: Brisbane, Australia

I think you might, with a lot of work, get a lighter hull than with stripbuilding, but with a more complex shape than with pure stitch and glue. And it would probably be about as stiff as possible, but without almost any fiberglass.
But, you're probably right, it wouldn't give you much of an advantage, if any, though it might be a fun project for somone who has always wanted to build a lapstrake boat.
I know a lot of people think it is the nicest looking construction technique there is, but I'm not one of them.

Just a thought.

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Strip: looking for cedarstrip sailboat plans
William -- 12/14/2003, 12:51 am
Re: Strip: looking for cedarstrip sailboat plans *LINK*
Peter Patel-Schneider -- 12/14/2003, 3:31 pm
Re: Strip: looking for cedarstrip sailboat plans
C. Fronzek -- 12/14/2003, 3:00 pm
Re: Strip: looking for cedarstrip sailboat plans
Ron Deane -- 12/15/2003, 6:59 am
Re: Strip: Ouch! Wrong Again!
C. Fronzek -- 12/15/2003, 1:18 pm
Book and plans
Bruce -- 12/15/2003, 4:10 pm
Re: Book and plans
C. Fronzek -- 12/15/2003, 5:49 pm
Re: Book and plans
chuck -- 12/15/2003, 10:17 pm
Re: Book and plans
Ron Deane -- 12/16/2003, 6:17 am
Re: Book and plans
chuck -- 12/16/2003, 5:03 pm
Re: Book and plans
C. Fronzek -- 12/16/2003, 7:36 pm
Re: Book and plans *LINK* *Pic*
Garland Reese -- 12/20/2003, 9:25 am
Re: Book and plans
C. Fronzek -- 12/20/2003, 11:25 am
Re: Book and plans
Ron Deane -- 12/23/2003, 1:07 am
lapstrake stripping:
mike allen -- 12/15/2003, 6:45 pm
Re: lapstrake stripping :
C. Fronzek -- 12/15/2003, 9:10 pm
Re: Strip: looking for cedarstrip sailboat plans
Bryan -- 12/15/2003, 9:06 am
Re: Strip: looking for cedarstrip sailboat plans
Garland Reese -- 12/15/2003, 7:06 pm
Re: Strip: looking for cedarstrip sailboat plans
chuck -- 12/14/2003, 3:46 pm
Re: Strip: looking for cedarstrip sailboat plans *Pic*
Garland Reese -- 12/14/2003, 1:20 pm
Re: Strip: looking for cedarstrip sailboat plans
Roger Nuffer -- 12/15/2003, 12:42 pm
Re: Strip: looking for cedarstrip sailboat plans *LINK*
Garland Reese -- 12/15/2003, 6:49 pm
Re: Strip: looking for cedarstrip sailboat plans
Roger Nuffer -- 12/16/2003, 11:32 am
Re: Strip: looking for cedarstrip sailboat plans
Niklas -- 12/14/2003, 4:25 am