Boat Forum / Building / June 2004

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Thanks to every one who has added to my paltry store of boat building
knowledge. As some folks, myself included, like to see progress photo's
I've used Comcast's web tool and put up two pictures of where we were at
the end of the day yesterday,

I am looking for a souce for fuel tank / water tank hold down kits
These are existing tanks, not new ones
Any ideas?
Tanks, Dan

following up on a previous post where I was asking for info on Tyvek sails...
I just finished making a tyvek sprit sail on a sewing machine.
The description below is also at www.ncf.ca/~ag384/TyvekSail.htm.
I hope to add photos when the film in the camera is done and developed.

benlizross wrote on 23 Jun 2004
in article <40D89EA2.1CC2@ihug.co.nz>:

Hey all...
I just picked up an old wood/canvas canoe, and I am trying to figure
out who made it, and when...The only numbers that I can find on it are
17 5140.  I thought that the 17 might be for 17 feet, but it measures

I am about to embark on building a 10 ft stitch and glue dinghy, a Dudly
Dix, Argie 10.
I would think this has been asked, but so far I haven't found it. Can I
use those plastic self cinching cable ties to hold the panels together

What is the proper way to bed deck hardware using sealant?
Do you want to have a thickness of sealant? How thick?
Will the sealant fill gaps?
The pulpit flanges are at a slight angle to the deck. With the flange

does any one know of a way to test the accuracy of dash board gauges?
I just acquired a boat that has been sitting for 2 years and was
wondering how to test out the gages. THe tach, oil pressure?
and thoughts ?

Being almost finished with Minicup #2 has me wondering what to do next
(besides work) in evenings.  I would like to eventually build a large
trailerable trimaran but maybe I need another project sooner.
Yesterday, I was on my big boat (28' S2) and was using the jib halyard

The designer of this dinghy I am building, specified a 2" aluminum tube,
with 1/8th inch walls, to be in two sections. He also included a drawing
for the machining of a plug to assemble the two sections of the mast,
which otherwise fir into the dinghy for towing/transport,

I just had to replace my aluminum water tank with a 30 gal. SS steel one and
it cost $600 Canadian. Does that seem reasonable?

I am planning to build a small Dudly Dix design, a sailing dinghy called
an Argie 10, for my 12 year old daughter. This was a "carrot" in an
effort to get her more interested in studying. She achieved the
benchmarks, and now I have to produce :)

I am realizing that there are a number of questions I haven't thought
about on this project, as start time approaches.
My commitment to my daughter was that we would build it over the next
two weeks, while she is with me on vacation, so my research time is

I am in need of a material to re-core the deck of my
sailboat. It was originally balsa. I would like to purchase
a substitute product from someone willing to sell their
excess. I would need about 15 - 20 sq. ft. I'm in NY on Long