New Boats for 2013

[pav225]

Wow

Great paint job Paul!!!

Hope one boat is for the Captain...

[mercguy]

Both boats done and clear coated pick them up tomorrow Paul did an outstanding job on them. I have a matching blue steering wheel with blue steering rope for the red white and blue one and a black and silver steering wheel with purple steering rope for the purple, black and silver boat, have to color coordinated.....lol

awesome looking boats George!! Is the stars and stripes boat going to be Sidewinder powered?

[14J]

Great paint job Paul!!!

Hope one boat is for the Captain...

I pray neither is for the Captain. Although I hear he'll be wicked fast in AXSH in 2013. Your boys better watch out. After you beat him he's turned into a wolf in sheeps clothing. Keep the young ones close.

[csh2z]

Looks great, George. I'm guessing that's not rustoleum, huh? Kind of makes me want to run "A". If I jump the gun, we could meet in the first turn. Just remember, I can't turn my head to the right.

[G Stillwill]

John as long as you can look left on your inside thats what counts and you will be running BSH this year Im sure. Darrin they are both Sidewinder A boats the purple one is three inches longer and the other is like the old boat but both have a one inch narrower bottom.

[reed28n]

Helmet

You should bring back the stocking cap over the helmet to coordinate with the paint.

[csh2z]

I won't turn my head to the left, I get disoriented, lose the feeling in my hands and my ears start to bleed.

[G Stillwill]

John you might need to get a dew cap like Matt wears

[G Stillwill]

Dont knock the stocking cap it got a rave reviews.....lol

[guedo499]

Every boat, needs a good name...and a good logo!

Now with that taken care of, time to go glue something.

[Tim Kurcz]

Heads up, a new Ropp DSR is under construction for Top-O. Pics when there's enough to show.......

Tim

Frames mated to cockpit sides for the first time today......

[mercguy]

hydro...

since we all like pictures....350H

[mark5pa]

PickleGate Solved

Finally got them done. Lynne got a tad excited when I broke out the paste wax, til I told her it was to keep the West Epoxy & carbon fiber from sticking to her. Again, not too proud of me. Anyway, found a mold, and layed them up. They meet the APBA & PRO rules. $19.95 left, $9.95 right.
I apologize to all the women folk who couldn't find a jock strap to fit the regs.



Sorry, here is the pic.

[Tim Kurcz]

New boat pix

since we all like pictures....

Pretty & shiny! We'll be there in 2 months. Gotta love that new boat smell!

[johnsonm50]

I secure the plywood sheet on a table such that the end of the scarf joint is at the end of the table. I mark the max line across the plywood to get the right scarf length usually 8 times the thickness. I rough cut the scarf with a belt sander with 80 grit. Then use a real sharp low angle hand plane, very easy with Okume and use the distance between the plys as a guide for the flatness and correctness of the angle. Finish up with a block of 120 sandpaper. Repeat on other piece. Once the process is mastered it is quite easy and accurate. The bond is made with epoxy unthickened epoxy ae a first coat then final gluing with thickened epoxy with cabisil and weights on top of wax paper. Never had a failure at this joint.

For scarfs on stringers or thin long pieces and other such easy to handle I cut the angles on the table saw.

Have tried other tools but the hand method works for me as long as it is not mass production and once in awhile.

BTW butt joints with a backer plate also works in certain circumstances especially for repairs where the scarfing is difficult to do and not necessary.

I scarf by hand as a way to get a smooth no bump joint. The last thing I do before fitting is stack the 2 peices -scarfs up, align & block sand them together, this assures they will go together nice & more importantly in a straight line since the scarf angles automatically match up while the peices are clamped parallel & sanded as one.