Boat Forum / Building / November 2006

I'm about to start the construction of a Robert 434 in aluminum next summer.
I have experience in aluminum welding but boatbuilding is a different
subject that just doing butt join.  I'm wondering if someone on the group
has some experience in doing the final welding of an aluminum boat and if
there is a book where i could find such knowledge.

I currently have a lot of books on steel boat construction (Colvin,  Klingel
and others) and i have ordered Boatbuilding with Aluminum from Stephen F.
Pollard.   Any other would be helpful.

Altough i know how to do X-ray quality weld from 1/8 to 1/2 in 5034 alu,
what stresses me the most is the specific welding techniques to remove
stress point in the hull and so on.

Thanks !