New Boats 2011

[STEVE FRENCH]

Looks good George.....Is it a A-MOD rig?....would it werk for a Sidewinder?

[form-e one]

well started the new 850/feh :
(custom karelsen} hydro putting to jig tommorrow will post some pics prob next week when further along ..it big,,,

[kaasik02]

Here is a link where everybody can see how KALA racing boats is building F-125/175 boats in live. The live camera is on from monday to saturday from 10 am to 9 pm european time.
www.stickam.com/ahven11
There is possible ask questions if somebody is interested what we are doing.

[matthias]

Stevensons new 2.5L

Decks are glued down. ready for bodywork

[matthias]

Waiting for the glue to dry

having some fun on the arltralite rat-o-psycho while the glue cures

[daveracerdsh]

New Boats

Very interesting stuff. I built a new boat in 2010 for my Tohatsu, and was suprised at how heavy it came in at....and, I wrecked it in May, and the repairs added even more weight. Right now I am at 520 with me in it at the end of a heat...not horrible, but way more then it should be. I used 12 mil okume for the cockpit sides, 6 mil on the bottom up to the break, then three mil...and I used 4 mil Okume for the decks. I only weigh 150 lbs dripping wet (I am skinnier then I look) and would love to get 20lbs of weight out of the boat. Any ideas out there?

[blueskyracer]

Dave I use 5mm on the bottom and 3mm for the deck. Depending on the size of the boat I use 5mm plus 3mm for the coaming wall or two laminates of 5mm on the larger craft. I think most of the weight comes from the framing wood but just dropping a mm in thickness of plywood helps to. I plan to get a scale and start weighing boats from now on.

[Dave M]

Combings

Very interesting stuff. I built a new boat in 2010 for my Tohatsu, and was suprised at how heavy it came in at....and, I wrecked it in May, and the repairs added even more weight. Right now I am at 520 with me in it at the end of a heat...not horrible, but way more then it should be. I used 12 mil okume for the cockpit sides, 6 mil on the bottom up to the break, then three mil...and I used 4 mil Okume for the decks. I only weigh 150 lbs dripping wet (I am skinnier then I look) and would love to get 20lbs of weight out of the boat. Any ideas out there?

Using 12MM was probably the cause of the weight. That is a very heave piece of plywood. And add to it the epoxy to coat it and finish it. For a D Stocker, 5MM would be plenty for the bottom, I would add a layer of 7oz E-glass for the last 5 feet of the bottom just to be sure. If you want it lighter, use carbon fiber instead of e-glass. Depending on what brand you built is where the weight comes from. Some use more framing than others. Meaning cross frames. If placed in the right spots with the proper amount of support around it and tied into, the cross frames should equal less than 8 pounds total. But with different construction methods, that can vary.

At any rate, I am thinking you used to heavy of cockpit sides. Those add tons of weight if not done up with weight in mind. I would cut them out and replace with some composites. That is about the only way you are going to achieve any weight loss in the boat without some major construction.

[Aussie Steve]

painting close




Just got one more strip on uprite that i will use pinstrip for and then clear gloss two pack .

Motor is still in pieces crank is not even together but still have time up my sleeve .

[daveracerdsh]

Boats.

Thanx for the info Dave.....when I went for a swim out of boat I went right thru the side of my 12 mil cockpit ....was sorta suprised..when repaired,had to put a doubler in. I have used 5 mil okume on the bottom of a d boat, and it did not hold up to well. On my current boat I have the back half 6 mil, and the front half 3 mil, which I would think would take a little weight out. I am gonna take a real close look at the thing this weekend, and see what I can do with it. It is suprising to me how much damage a d stocker sustains when ti crashes....we are not going that much faster then C, and most C stocks seem to come thru crashes pretty well, while D stocks seem to get demolished. Just an observation.

[G Stillwill]

Finally got back to working on the boat after stopping to do some motors.

[blueskyracer]

Steve A and George your boats are looking good

[Skoontz]

Is that bike an old Rokan? If so, it looks like about the era of an MK-6....

[John C167]

Steve;

LOKING GOOD ! Looks like you are doing it in your Garage too ! Maybe I can "Rent" the space when I get my FEH in April !

John B.

[Aussie Steve]

Steve;

LOKING GOOD ! Looks like you are doing it in your Garage too ! Maybe I can "Rent" the space when I get my FEH in April !

John B.

Yeah the wife went out of town for acouple of days so I just put the base costs on there , utilized the corvette as a work bench next to it lol ,the wife would complain about the smell to much to do if she was home ,I will be doing the epoxy clear at the spray both .

Cant wait to see you in the feh waap