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Re: Skin-on-Frame: It looks like a boat... sort of
By:Bill Hamm
Date: 12/1/2008, 1:55 pm
In Response To: Re: Skin-on-Frame: It looks like a boat... sort of (bill stupak)

: I covered it with 9 oz nylon, wet it and let it tighten up in the sun and it
: did not come out as tight as my previous traditional style boat, so I
: don't think it was the skin. I believe it was the 30" spacing of the
: cockpit and the way the chines are aligned with the gunale.

: Bill

Odd, my Sea Ranger which has the same spacing I think and also used red cedar came out fine, and I used heat shrink dacron that's very tight.

What section are the stringers?

Bill H.

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Skin-on-Frame: It looks like a boat... sort of. *LINK* *Pic*
Kudzu -- 11/30/2008, 8:31 am
More progress *Pic*
Kudzu -- 12/4/2008, 7:36 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: It looks like a boat... sort of
bill stupak -- 11/30/2008, 8:58 am
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Bill Hamm -- 12/1/2008, 1:19 am
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Kudzu -- 11/30/2008, 9:35 am
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bill stupak -- 11/30/2008, 1:32 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/1/2008, 1:35 am
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bill stupak -- 12/1/2008, 12:19 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/1/2008, 1:55 pm
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bill stupak -- 12/1/2008, 5:40 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 12/2/2008, 12:44 am
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Dave Gentry -- 11/30/2008, 10:52 am
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Kudzu -- 11/30/2008, 5:28 pm
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danper -- 11/30/2008, 12:48 pm