Boat Forum / Building / July 2004

Hi y'all:
We built a house boat with two Yanmar sterndrive engines LHA4 and
two Mercury Bravo Two drives. All purchased in the U.S.
Between engine and dashboards we needed to install extension

I am interested in running an article/s on people who have built their
own boats.
To go on the following www.onlineboating.co.uk 
So if you have a selection of photos taken as your boat was being

http://www.jemwatercraft.com/proddetail.php?prod=Sas18.5
Thanks,

In regard to plywood/composite construction, have any large boats ever been
built using this method?
I'm thinking about "large" to mean any large pleasure or commercial boats
As an example, does the Navy have any composite boats in its fleet?

What type of epoxy resin I had to use to do a resin infusion?
Has SP System a product for this kind of process?
I want to apply this method to laminate a plain foam panel. The mould
must have also the walls or is sufficient the upper side of the floor

I'd like to clean the bottom of my boat, while it's
in the water. Is there a fairly easy and economical
way of breathing while a few feet below the surface?
A snorkle won't work because I'll be going under

I want to build a new ice box with Adler/Barbour coolmatic .Do you know any
books or web sides that would give me instructions what material to use and
how to build it.
Thank You ,Ytter

I've laid out the various parts on sheets of okoume (the designer
supplied very tight layout schematic, with sometimes barely two saw
blade widths between parts) and will begin cutting the pieces free later
today.

If I built one...
If you can, about how much would that cost?

A neighbour discarded a couple of cast iron bathoom sinks in great
condition. Wondering if enamel paint on interoir makes the sinks useless
for metling and casting lead. If they are okay I want to offer them free
on the Ottawa boating newsgroup. Thanks.