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Projects - Glacier Boats of Alaska boat projects / Re: Bob from Olympia, 28 GA build

« on: November 02, 2016, 07:23:12 AM »

Most guys swear by the Armstrong hatches (Armstrong - the guys that make the aluminum outboard brackets). Said they leak the least.  I'm sure they're not cheap.

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General Discussion about the Great Alaskan / Re: BobC's build in Virginia

« on: May 05, 2016, 10:55:58 PM »

The Carolina GA!

Are you going to adjust the bowstem at the top to account for the flare?

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General Discussion about the Great Alaskan / Re: To make the boat wider in a responsible way

« on: April 18, 2016, 01:27:18 PM »

Brian previously "authorized" 9'0 but you might run into displacement issues  (too light, too buoyant) if you go much wider.

So far, no one has done it. It's been talked about but not implementated. Maybe you'll be the first?

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General Discussion about the Great Alaskan / Re: BobC's build in Virginia

« on: April 10, 2016, 09:43:25 AM »

Bob, it looks great.

How are you going document/memorialize that sheer so you can flip it over? Just frame/brace and flip it as one piece?

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Off Topic / Re: Lobster boat vid - interesting bow shape in a sea trial

« on: April 01, 2016, 08:44:16 AM »

I'd be worried about that because the keel extends so far forward  (though it is small ), that this hull would want to broach down swell.

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General Discussion about the Great Alaskan / Re: BobC's build in Virginia

« on: January 19, 2016, 05:13:16 PM »

If I re-loft the bottom panels to make the bottom panel assembly 2" wider, then this displaces more water (making the boat float higher) than if you just made the chine flats an inch wider on each side (which hardly displaces much additional water and has next to no impact on the waterline). 

How much higher do you think it would sit? From what I remember the chine is normally about 3" underwater at rest.

Now, I also remember something about longer GA's (say, 28'6) already sits higher than a 25' GA (or 24'6 in Bob's case). When you're maxing out length, do you still think the added waterline beam and displacement would work?

How about the fact that you'd have less dory flare - any negative on sea keeping ability?

You know,  between moving and that new job, etc, if you have time to reloft things,  let me know and I'll be your guinea pig![emoji6]


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Projects - Glacier Boats of Alaska boat projects / Re: Can I build the transom first?

« on: January 18, 2016, 06:41:19 PM »

He sold it, went through a divorce. Part of the settlement was that he had to sell his boat... What a bitch! That is the F'ing you get for the ...

That sucks. I think that's been the fate of many [former] Tolman/GA owners. I never saw it for sale - I would have bought it  (it was in CA and it was the hull I am going to build ).

I'd better keep prepping my wife for what's to come - "honey, you know this is a multi year project", etc.  I don't want any marital strife!  We've final got the new house with the huge side yard  (moving in shortly ). I've started sketching again and rereading the manual in preparation.

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Projects - Glacier Boats of Alaska boat projects / Re: Can I build the transom first?

« on: January 16, 2016, 10:26:00 AM »

Tried reaching him via private messages and email too ...no answer and it's been several months.  Who knows?

Brian

Bummer - things were moving along so well.

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Projects - Glacier Boats of Alaska boat projects / Re: Can I build the transom first?

« on: January 15, 2016, 03:29:49 PM »

Vincent,  any updates here?

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General Discussion about the Great Alaskan / Re: BobC's build in Virginia

« on: January 15, 2016, 11:08:26 AM »

For some reason the Fishyfish website is now on a blacklist with our company filter. I can only access it through my mobile.   Must be a snafu with the changes going on over there.  Perhaps our filter is confusing Phishing with Fishing.

If you haven't paid the $0.99 for the Tapatalk phone app, do it. Super easy to post pictures directly to the thread from your phone!

Question  (typed from my phone, so it will be brief ), on your reverse chines, are you doing the down angle all the way to the bow? I like the reverse angle idea and will probably incorporate it into my build but I was only thinking of doing it from amidships aft and was think there would be no need for relofting then.

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General Discussion about the Great Alaskan / Re: BobC's build in Virginia

« on: January 11, 2016, 09:48:07 AM »

Thanks Dave.  I have been going back through some of the older threads and doing some researching on chines and ran across your build with the splash rail/mini-reverse chine that you did.  Your boat looks incredible, you did a great job and have inspired me.  Also good to know that I am on fairly solid ground in pushing forward with my slight reverse chine effort based on your performance reports.

...If I were to re-do the design a tad right now, I'd probably increase the waterline beam by 2", add around 4 degrees negative angle to the chine flats, and perhaps make the half-angle of entry a degree and a half finer (noting that these are very small tune-ups - I tend towards being a perfectionist).

Brian,  and how would you accomplish this? 2" to the chine flats, wider bottom panels, or a combination of both?



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Boat or Boat Building (or related) Items For Sale / Re: Aeromarine 3-gallon kit - $50 (Plus tools and stuff)

« on: January 01, 2016, 07:33:19 AM »

Great town. I remember when Buck Knives left San Diego and moved operations there. A lot of employees went for probably a lot of the reasons you are.

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General Discussion about the Great Alaskan / Re: Insulation 2

« on: May 19, 2015, 02:21:57 PM »

I'm saving this thread for future reference!

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General Discussion about the Great Alaskan / Re: Minimum Planing Speed

« on: May 08, 2015, 10:01:47 AM »

Bob, my comment in post 5 was about my current boat and a "no mans land" was for my current boat - not a GA. Brian says very little bow rise or noticeable transition from displacement to planing.

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General Discussion about the Great Alaskan / Re: Minimum Planing Speed

« on: April 13, 2015, 03:00:53 PM »

Thanks Brian and Dave.  13 knots should let you stay on plane, plow through the wind chop, and not go airborne over swell!

Interesting how coming off step happens at a slower speed than going on step ...I wonder if that's typical for boats and i just never noticed?

Seems normal to me. my boat has a no-mans land of 1200-1800 rpm (displacement speed below, planing, above) and I can usually throttle up to 2000 to get on a plane and then back it down to 1800 rpm and maintain plane