DeBoer Seaview

[ADDINGTON]

Apologies- Yes I did do some sculpting of the lower frontal area as seen in the photos on the initial post. I wish I could tell you what effect it has but I am working toward it!

[jim h]

Kerry ,I got the hull coming .


Jim

[jim h]

Hull is here . Building time.

[greenman407]

Jim, the two Seaviews that you have pictured here, where did they come from, its kind of hard to tell from the pictures. Is that the 57" on the right and if so what is the one on the left? It has 8 windows and looks like a Teskey!

[ADDINGTON]

I can only telll you the one on the right is the one and only 80.

[jim h]

On the left is aTeskey hull and the other is a DeBoers hull.

[greenman407]

JimH , Im a little slow as you can tell. you got a Teskey did you? Did you get it from the man himself or did you get it second hand? Not my business but im just trying to keep up with the members of the fraternity.

[Tugfan]

I wish Dennis would go to GRP instead of that heavy fiberglass. I built his Skipjack and by the time it was done it weighed a ton. Too heavy and combersome. I can imagine the weight of the 80" Seaview.

[Subculture]

GRP is fibreglass.

A GRP hull doesn't have to be heavy, it depends on who lays it up. For instance OTW hulls are laid-up in polyester resin with chopped strand matt, which typically gives the heaviest laminates when compared with cloth and epoxy resin, but they're still very light.

[Tugfan]

I meant a glass renforced plastic or resin. Not full laid up real boat fiberglass like his hulls are.

[LOFTDRIVER]

The Beast is back

After last years credit crunch and my life mostly going down the tubes I have finally got my loft work shop
cleared and the only thing on it is the beast.I have re -worked the rudder and rear dive plane push rods
into some thing that now works with no play in the function of each.The other thing I have started is the
propulsion gill intakes .In will post more and with photos at a later date.May I say a belated happy new year to you all .And this time there is no stopping till this beast is finished ( I have a Patrick Henry that i
need to be finished )

Loftdriver out

[Kazzer]

GRP is fibreglass.

A GRP hull doesn't have to be heavy, it depends on who lays it up. For instance OTW hulls are laid-up in polyester resin with chopped strand matt, which typically gives the heaviest laminates when compared with cloth and epoxy resin, but they're still very light.

Lets be precise here. GRP means Glass Reinforced Plastic/polyester

Which will come in many forms. You could have a sauna tub made of it - about 1/4" thick, or the other extreme would be RPMTech's Holland hull, which is wafer thin. (Business card thickness) Rick's expertise of making model aircraft parts made him develop these 'styles'. Next thinnest model I've seen is Merriman's Skipjack and his 212.

[Subculture]

Bringing 'the beast' to the Summer Dive-in, Alan?

[LOFTDRIVER]

Hello subculture,Try and stop me.This time its the last time.I have started work on a new ballast tank and am looking to use the pump you sujested some time back.There is one question about the pump,can it be reversed.
The propulsion gils should be fitted by the end of next week.I can the re spray the propulsion pods and then get on with the
rest of it.
Loftdriver out

[Subculture]

I think it was the whale or Reich pumps I suggested, which are centrifugal types, so not reversible.

A good reversible pump is the type used by OTW in their dive modules, which is the Shurflo Nautilus. They fit a different motor to make it a bit more compact, but you have enough room in your boat for the standard version. They are more expensive than the other pumps though.

But why do you want a reversible pump?

Andy