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Projects - Glacier Boats of Alaska boat projects / Re: Ed's boat in Perth

« on: April 23, 2012, 04:05:20 AM »

OK ...My ol' brain is fuzzy ...you said something about a 300 hp outboard now, right?  Seems like a lot, but you have a 30' boat too.  We'll see.  I'm a "shoot for the best gas mileage" kind of guy, which usually means "enough horsepower, but not much more".  For safety (and fun) however, extra horsepower isn't bad.

I believe that red boat that's in the slide show for Adrian's boat in Oregon is a stretched Tolman Jumbo, not a Great Alaskan.  I don't know who's it is, but no Great Alaskans have launched that I know of ...unless someone built one on the stealth and never said a word about it.  I think Adrian saw that boat on the Columbia River, Oregon.

Brian

Ah ha, got it, interesting how she leans to Stbd with the guy fishing that side, thought that may happen with your design as most production fizz boats do too, being that they have a trailer-able beam.

Been orbital sanding the ship outta the inside as she was epoxy coated long ago and one of my lamination's (at the forward end of the Stbd bearer) when sanding it doesn't feather out, the lamination chips away when getting thin - feathering out.... kapice? A concern. This bit of lamination was done to strengthen the ends of the bearers b4 turning down side up..... didn't want any dramas, and it's a hell of a job glassing down side up 

Ed

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Projects - Glacier Boats of Alaska boat projects / Re: Ed's boat in Perth

« on: April 21, 2012, 11:54:51 PM »

I completely forgot that you were going with a tunnel ...it sure helps the draft, doesn't it?

"Were" is the operative word there lol.....

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Projects - Glacier Boats of Alaska boat projects / Re: Ed's boat in Perth

« on: April 21, 2012, 11:53:34 PM »

Thanks!  It's almost like you need an english-aussy dictionary or something.. hahaha

The only aussy term that I heard in the past was when I dated a gal from down there (long ago) and that was "sheila" ...I don't know if it's derogatory or not, e.g. same as "bimbo" or does it just mean "a gal"?

Brian

PS: Those rice nozzles are cool but did you catch the prop sizes they were using them on?  66" diameter (and similar) giant trawler props?  Not sure if they'd work as well on smaller props, but they sure had good numbers to report.  They're more efficient for the same reasons turbofans are more efficient than turboprops on airplanes ...fluid moving outward is forced rearward and gives propulsion rather than just wasted effort...

Ha! Sheila is all good here, used in NZ too, not the same as bimbo though. "She's my Sheila"

Those rice nossles look great! similar to Renato Levi's plagiarized design way back.... he's Italian, meet him once in NZ when I was apprentice boat builder he was sponsored there. Got him to sign his book lol.....

Hadda look at a launched red Alaskan Brian, was that the guy in Oregon? was it built to 26ft?

You can watch me build at times if you have skype, I set up the cam in the shed, 'the_edster' is me.
shes on now. 2pm Oz time now

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Projects - Glacier Boats of Alaska boat projects / Re: Ed's boat in Perth

« on: April 21, 2012, 02:27:31 AM »

hahahahahaha, nice one Muzza! frozen swedes need thoring out, that'll do it! (swede maori for noggin)

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Projects - Glacier Boats of Alaska boat projects / Re: Ed's boat in Perth

« on: April 20, 2012, 06:23:19 AM »

Some more pix a friend took

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Projects - Glacier Boats of Alaska boat projects / Re: Ed's boat in Perth

« on: April 20, 2012, 06:07:38 AM »

last

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Projects - Glacier Boats of Alaska boat projects / Re: Ed's boat in Perth

« on: April 20, 2012, 06:06:12 AM »

unther

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Projects - Glacier Boats of Alaska boat projects / Re: Ed's boat in Perth

« on: April 20, 2012, 06:04:24 AM »

& another

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Projects - Glacier Boats of Alaska boat projects / Re: Ed's boat in Perth

« on: April 20, 2012, 06:02:28 AM »

workboat tunnel

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Projects - Glacier Boats of Alaska boat projects / Re: Ed's boat in Perth

« on: April 20, 2012, 04:00:58 AM »

erm, .... well, the 'seats' are actually swin platform, not sure why, plurry great white took another bloke the other day here, bloody greenies keep sayin "well ur in their territory!" bugger off, shoot da bastards! game on!
The high bit of the transom was for the 25" outboard to hang around on, that's not happening now.... a bit sad to cut her off, thunk may use it for something I haven't invented yet, may call up Al Gore......
As for the curvie stem and tranny, just gotta keep da girl looking nautical is my thunking. And here Brian you have done the boat justice for sure.
Awe chit Muzza, I just wanna start finishing the plurry thing, gotta now replace the hydrolic lifters in da ute now, chit.... theres sat gone, leaves sunnyday, buzz off the topsides and set out the decks? or, start glassing the floors, ship, choices fir sure....
Oh yea, lol, that curve drawn on the tranny down low? was gonna be a tunnel to lift up the prop, toooo much guessing here even afta lottsa research on da goolies, px posted below to see wot eye mean.
CDKtunnel1.JPG is wot a hydromised bloke up ur way Brian drew for a guy on http://www.boatdesign.net/forums/inboards/effect-close-clearance-tunnels-gear-ratio-wheel-selection-40462.html#post500176
Proboat mag says this in "Tunnel Hull  explained - Proboat P1.jpg" & "Tunnel Hull  explained - Proboat P2.jpg" files.
Then another bloke sent my the last 4 pix of a work boat the does 20+ knows with this setup (may need to attach these pix in next lotta words

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Projects - Glacier Boats of Alaska boat projects / Re: Ed's boat in Perth

« on: April 19, 2012, 09:35:46 AM »

She's lookin' sweet, Ed!  You might find your waterline is a bit canted towards 'stern low' ...the boat will float more horizontal than that, but then again, you might be aiming more for the on-plane attitude?  She planes 4 degrees bow-high at 21 knots... just as a point of reference.  The planing angle drops to 2.8 degrees at 40 knots, and the boat should float with about 1-1/2" bow-high trim at rest (assuming exactly the same layout that I designed into it...).  Somewhere I read that a waterline with a slightly belly to it (lower in the middle) is best looking overall since it accommodates a variety of trim angles.  Just ideas...

Brian

yea I did paint on the antifoul higher than I guess she'll sit, see, there's boot topping to go on yet and the stuff needs to be applied when the epoxy 2 pak undercoat is finger print hard, that's kinda in about as quick as it takes to wash out the pot to get ready for the next coat.... 5 min here. the blue topping will go on the black, negating having to u/coat again, maybe a little higher - Mmmmmmm - been thunking too much on the weight of the diesel donk....

PS: More pix coming?  Your 'turned over' hull still looks upside down ...well, right side up to us but that's because you're on the wrong side of the planet hahaaaa

Yea real funny! lol, Well the LWL was marked wth my rotating Hilti Lazer, the hul was set up with the bearers level for'n aft & side, b4 she was marked. I hadda nuther look at the pic and she does look that way, it's an illusion Brian, getta nuther set of glasses lol, and next time put ur computer da right way up!

Definitely an illusion ...in the latest pic, the waterline looks dead level.  So weird how cameras can do that ...and I had 2 pairs of glasses on for extra good viewing too...

bd

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Projects - Glacier Boats of Alaska boat projects / Re: Ed's boat in Perth

« on: April 19, 2012, 08:36:30 AM »

here ya go

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Projects - Glacier Boats of Alaska boat projects / Re: Ed's boat in Perth

« on: April 19, 2012, 06:18:09 AM »

Inside shot

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Projects - Glacier Boats of Alaska boat projects / Re: Ed's boat in Perth

« on: April 19, 2012, 05:35:00 AM »

    oops   

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Projects - Glacier Boats of Alaska boat projects / Re: Ed's boat in Perth

« on: April 18, 2012, 09:33:35 AM »

She's lookin' sweet, Ed!  You might find your waterline is a bit canted towards 'stern low' ...the boat will float more horizontal than that, but then again, you might be aiming more for the on-plane attitude?  She planes 4 degrees bow-high at 21 knots... just as a point of reference.  The planing angle drops to 2.8 degrees at 40 knots, and the boat should float with about 1-1/2" bow-high trim at rest (assuming exactly the same layout that I designed into it...).  Somewhere I read that a waterline with a slightly belly to it (lower in the middle) is best looking overall since it accommodates a variety of trim angles.  Just ideas...

Brian

PS: More pix coming?  Your 'turned over' hull still looks upside down ...well, right side up to us but that's because you're on the wrong side of the planet hahaaaa

Yea real funny! lol, Well the LWL was marked wth my rotating Hilti Lazer, the hul was set up with the bearers level for'n aft & side, b4 she was marked. I hadda nuther look at the pic and she does look that way, it's an illusion Brian, getta nuther set of glasses lol, and next time put ur computer da right way up!