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23-10-2010, 09:59
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Join Date: Mar 2009
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Bamboo Schooner
Just built 25m schooner totally out of bamboo!
Link to blog on build bambooyacht
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26-10-2010, 00:36
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2008
Location: We're technically refugees from our home in Yemen now living in Lebenon
Boat: 1978 CT48
Posts: 5,970
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That is very cool...Thanks
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I love my boat, I can't afford not to!
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26-10-2010, 07:37
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CF Adviser
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Wherever our boat is; Playa Zaragoza, Isla Margarita
Boat: 1994 Solaris Sunstream 40
Posts: 2,449
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welcome to the forum Schooner and congratulations on completing such an incredible undertaking! She looks amazing.
brad
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26-10-2010, 10:35
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: abbeville la
Boat: seawind II Patience
Posts: 541
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Welcome and great looking boat.How does bamboo hold up?marc
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27-10-2010, 12:25
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 4
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bamboo schooner
Thanks for the compliment, this material as awesome to work with. Remember this build is using traditional building systems ie. planks, but modern materials, epoxy instead of nails and caulking. Glass/epoxy sheathing to create the ultimate strong maintenance free boat.
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27-10-2010, 12:31
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 4,663
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Quote:
Originally Posted by schooner
maintenance-free boat.
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Don't we all wish!
Beautiful boat though...
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27-10-2010, 14:10
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Marine Service Provider
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Southern California
Boat: Fareast, Mariner 40'
Posts: 177
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Welcome. Beautiful boat. Very nice design and details.
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27-10-2010, 14:34
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Cat in New Zealand, trawler in Ventura
Boat: 46' custom cat "Rum Doxy", Roughwater 41"Abreojos"
Posts: 2,084
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Beautifull! You are the only person I can think of who can say their boat is made of grass. What made you choose bamboo? Where are you building? Who is your supplier for bamboo planks?
Mike
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27-10-2010, 15:53
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running down a dream
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Florida
Boat: cape dory 30 MKII
Posts: 3,230
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always admired the color and strength of bamboo floors .. now i see you have found another use for it .. very nice.
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27-10-2010, 23:30
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: SE Asia
Boat: Swan 56
Posts: 891
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Wow
In less than a year?
Wow
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28-10-2010, 12:41
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Nicholasville, Kentucky
Boat: 15 foot Canoe
Posts: 14,191
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Aloha and welcome aboard!
That's a beautiful job. I'd like to know if any warping occurs with the bamboo.
kind regards,
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28-10-2010, 12:55
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Gabriola Island & Victoria, British Columbia
Boat: Cooper 416 Honeysuckle
Posts: 6,933
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I PM'd you when the thread was for some reason closed but since it's not now ...
Is the mast actually coopered bamboo?
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28-10-2010, 13:17
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: NY
Boat: Panda/Baba 40
Posts: 886
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Did anyone else think this thread was about a bong? 
Boat looks great!
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28-10-2010, 15:05
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 275
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whatsa bong 
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29-10-2010, 08:15
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: On Board, just above the water
Boat: Camano Troll 31'
Posts: 1,201
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Very nice. I know you investigated it thoroughly but will the bamboo soak up water or shed it? All the coatings in the world won't last forever, what are you using above deck? Might be silly questions but I would like to know.
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