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Forum: Powered Boats 06-06-2013, 08:14
Replies: 88
Views: 18,569
Posted By capngeo
Re: Build a Boat for The Great Loop?

Definitely not! Tell me WHY it won't work or is a bad idea, I'll listen with enthusiasm. Just saying "it won't work", or "too expensive", or "I don't like it" adds nothing to the topic without the...
Forum: Powered Boats 06-06-2013, 03:46
Replies: 88
Views: 18,569
Posted By capngeo
Re: Build a Boat for The Great Loop?

Didn't bother reading the OP huh? "Him" approached "Me" to help "Him" build "His" boat..... the operative word being "Help"! He is in on the build and looking forward to it. He lacks the shop and the...
Forum: Powered Boats 05-06-2013, 13:33
Replies: 88
Views: 18,569
Posted By capngeo
Re: Build a Boat for The Great Loop?

Hmmmmm, I wonder.............
Forum: Powered Boats 05-06-2013, 07:01
Replies: 88
Views: 18,569
Posted By capngeo
Re: Build a Boat for The Great Loop?

I'm thrilled that someone finally "gets it":thumb:

Don't forget, I'm NOT the one doing the loop (but I may in the future).... Building this boat IS enjoyment for me!
Forum: Powered Boats 04-06-2013, 06:26
Replies: 88
Views: 18,569
Posted By capngeo
Re: Build a Boat for The Great Loop?

Perhaps, but in this case, building the boat is part of the adventure!

Any fool with a big enough checkbook can BUY a boat; it takes a SPECIAL type of fool to build his own!

^^^^ETA^^^^ I may...
Forum: Powered Boats 26-05-2013, 04:42
Replies: 88
Views: 18,569
Posted By capngeo
Re: Build a Boat for The Great Loop?

Nope, never done the loop. Have been back and forth from FL to ME many times, been across Okeechobee enough to have a lot of lock experience. Many times on any of those trips I have seen alongside...
Forum: Powered Boats 25-05-2013, 16:12
Replies: 88
Views: 18,569
Posted By capngeo
Re: Solitary Island Catamaran

Could the issue be transport?
Forum: Powered Boats 25-05-2013, 06:58
Replies: 88
Views: 18,569
Posted By capngeo
Re: Build a Boat for The Great Loop?

Comments are great.... Constructive comments that is.. Just to say "it can't be done" or "you are a fool" without amplifying reasons is not constructive in the least. Now if someone said that it...
Forum: Powered Boats 25-05-2013, 06:45
Replies: 88
Views: 18,569
Posted By capngeo
Re: Build a Boat for The Great Loop?

Saving fees was never the intent! I went back and re-read the OP and realized the confusion "dockage"was intended to be "docking". Obviously autocorrect bit me on that one. YES, the primary intent...
Forum: Powered Boats 24-05-2013, 04:31
Replies: 88
Views: 18,569
Posted By capngeo
Re: Build a Boat for The Great Loop?

So if the idea of folding is so impractical and will not last, tell me how all these sectional barges are still floating, or how do 30 year old Army bridge erection boats still remain functional?
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Forum: Powered Boats 24-05-2013, 04:27
Replies: 88
Views: 18,569
Posted By capngeo
Re: Build a Boat for The Great Loop?

Loss from the reduced volume when telescoping hulls retract!
Forum: Powered Boats 24-05-2013, 04:10
Replies: 88
Views: 18,569
Posted By capngeo
Re: Build a Boat for The Great Loop?

In the telescoping hull, wouldn't there be a great loss of buoyancy? The beauty part of horizontal folding hulls is there is no loss of buoyancy; displacement never changes.

Another thought with...
Forum: Powered Boats 23-05-2013, 17:37
Replies: 88
Views: 18,569
Posted By capngeo
Re: Build a Boat for The Great Loop?

Pictures (https://picasaweb.google.com/106365640006947428090/ECOCAT) of EcoCat built here in KW by Rick Keith. The boat in the pix was commissioned by a friend who single hands it all over skinny...
Forum: Powered Boats 23-05-2013, 17:21
Replies: 88
Views: 18,569
Posted By capngeo
Re: Build a Boat for The Great Loop?

Thanks! I guess that proves you can't always believe what you hear in a Key West bar! I had three guys tell me Sonny designed and built those boats on Stock Island.
Forum: Powered Boats 23-05-2013, 17:18
Replies: 88
Views: 18,569
Posted By capngeo
Re: Build a Boat for The Great Loop?

Oh my! Naysayers abound!

Firstly the idea of the folding bows was born more of the desire for a smaller footprint in locks, seawalls, and slips; the expense factor (as in $/foot/night) was...
Forum: Powered Boats 23-05-2013, 11:53
Replies: 88
Views: 18,569
Posted By capngeo
Re: Build a Boat for The Great Loop?

There's another boat here in KW that is a shorter cat... I'll get pix!
Forum: Powered Boats 23-05-2013, 05:51
Replies: 88
Views: 18,569
Posted By capngeo
Re: Build a Boat for The Great Loop?

AT, I would think a loose fit would transmit a lot of noise as it worked.. Not good when anchoring at night. A rigid pin system as used in a sectional barge would be...
Forum: Powered Boats 23-05-2013, 05:29
Replies: 88
Views: 18,569
Posted By capngeo
Re: Build a Boat for The Great Loop?

I would like to keep the draft minimal, as after the loop, the vessel will be based here in KW. There is a lot of great skinny water cruising in the keys. Slow speed maneuvering would be no worse...
Forum: Powered Boats 22-05-2013, 17:34
Replies: 88
Views: 18,569
Posted By capngeo
Re: Build a Boat for The Great Loop?

Thanks Eric!
The metallurgy I have a good grip on, as I worked in a boatyard for years as a pup doing most of their welding and fabrication.

The stresses on the "hinge" would be large, and as I...
Forum: Powered Boats 22-05-2013, 17:13
Replies: 88
Views: 18,569
Posted By capngeo
Re: Build a Boat for The Great Loop?

Ah yes one of the "If you don't have the degree, you know nothing" guys!

Yes, I'm nothing but a humble retired fireman I couldn't possibly build a boat.... But please don't tell that to all the...
Forum: Powered Boats 22-05-2013, 05:06
Replies: 88
Views: 18,569
Posted By capngeo
Re: Build a Boat for The Great Loop?

The boat in post 1 is cold molded ply/glass, and has been in service about 10-15 years as I recall.... I wonder if that would be doable if it were revisited on a hybrid basis... Making the...
Forum: Powered Boats 22-05-2013, 04:16
Replies: 88
Views: 18,569
Posted By capngeo
Re: Build a Boat for The Great Loop?

The internet makes for easy collaboration! I have a Bertram 28 that I'm stripping out next to the shop; as soon as it's done and gone, I'm going to get serious about this project



LOL! That...
Forum: Powered Boats 21-05-2013, 17:44
Replies: 88
Views: 18,569
Posted By capngeo
Re: Build a Boat for The Great Loop?

Skoota is an interesting design! My buddy wanted metal for beaching.... "When you're grinding on rocks, nothing sounds better than steel!" (his words)

Also the folding concept is 100% easier out...
Forum: Powered Boats 21-05-2013, 16:19
Replies: 88
Views: 18,569
Posted By capngeo
Re: Build a Boat for The Great Loop?

78 views and no comments?
Forum: Powered Boats 21-05-2013, 04:55
Replies: 88
Views: 18,569
Posted By capngeo
Build a Boat for The Great Loop?

I've been approached to build a boat for a friend specifically for the Great Loop. Over a few beers we decided on a powercat of modest dimensions. The overall design would be based on the Sunnydays...
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