flatfish pictures

[flyon]

Here goes. These are pictures of my flatfish (Joel White)These are the molds set up on a plywood platform. I'll build a cover when the weather gets bad but for now it is nice to be outside. http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid33/p76cc52ec8e4c4d5d4377f874670e84b1/fd387199.jpg

this is the centerboard trunk bottom the keel beds are laminated douglad fir with west epoxy. http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid33/p6d18ce5dc271dd91d60425ad8794c405/fd38718f.jpg

This is the top of the centerboard trunk the ply is marine fir and the fillers are laminated fir

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid33/pe7c5660648c9c81c96a71abdd0f779e5/fd38718e.jpg

These are the frames set up for epoxying

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid33/pf081555da5508464623e7372d82879bd/fd3871a0.jpg

This is the end of one of the frames. The first six frames are six plys the remaining are nine or ten due to the bend at the chimes.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid33/p5af691f4e8a47c22ba2a2dd2643c385d/fd38719b.jpg

The drawings called for Oak but being it is a trailer boat and is to be glassed I increased the size of the member about 20% and laminated them out of clear douglas fir.

I hope this works.

[flyon]

Yeah I reduced the stations to the Mc Naughton scantling rules for strip construction. But I added back the stations at the bulkheads so as to have the frames to fasten to. Before I built the frames I checked the fairness and planking with some pine strips that seemed to lay in OK. I will be using tounge and grove cedar strips 5/8 X 1 1/4 for most of the hull.

If you build a Flatfish the drawings have a few oddities ;) in them E-mail me and I'll clue you in.

[gert]

looking good
so whats a flatfish? do you have a picture of what it's gonna be? always interested in joel white's

[flyon]

It is a streched out Haven. Like the Herroshoff(sp) fish is a strecthed out 12 1/2 footer.

http://www.classicboatshop.com/pisces21.html

this is a comercial version.

[dcobbett]

Flyon,

Sorry, really like to see these images, but it just won't work. What are the others doing to access these pic's?

Anytimesomeone posts an image represented by a square with a red x located in the upper left corner of a frame, I am at a lose as to what format I need to use to display the image! Netscape or Gate's access software; doesn't seem to matter.
Help.

[JimD]

Nice work!
jimd

[gert]

thx;thats gonna be gorgeous. Can a small cabin be added?

[ 10-01-2002, 10:34 AM: Message edited by: gert ]

[flyon]

Yes. Roger from Bristol Bronze has drawings for a version with a cabin. . I believe Herreshoff built two or three fish modified with a cabin and fold down bunks and called it the Marlin. There were no offsets on the drawings from bristol Bronze so you would need to buy the flatfish drawings by Joel White from WB and alter it accordingly. If you ask him Roger may copy the drawings and send them to you for the cost of copying and freight.
http://www.bristolbronze.com/

I am not far enough along so as to have to commit to a cabin or not I'll most likley wait until the last minute. I think I have until the deck beams start to go in. :confused:

Fred

[dcobbett]

Billy Bones,

Thank you.
Don't know why, but when I logged on to this thread this evening, all images came right up. You must have a lot of mojo.

[Shalfleet]

She is starting to look lovely, and the building technique is great, and something that perhaps one day I can try. One question I have is how to avoid a laminated frame from springing back, even just slightly. I laminated a tiller and it did spring back, and more than a few degrees, which is not an issue for a tiller, but for a frame would be a real problem....I think? My strips were too thick so perhaps this was the issue..

[flyon]

There was very little spring back at all. Mabey 1/8 inch off the molds. I think after the sheer and the floors are attached they will lay back on the molds correctly. The frames with 9 or 10 lamination did nor spring back at all.

[Bpolk]

Originally posted by flyon:
Yes. Roger from Bristol Bronze has drawings for a version with a cabin. . I believe Herreshoff built two or three fish modified with a cabin and fold down bunks and called it the Marlin. There were no offsets on the drawings from bristol Bronze so you would need to buy the flatfish drawings by Joel White from WB and alter it accordingly. If you ask him Roger may copy the drawings and send them to you for the cost of copying and freight.
http://www.bristolbronze.com/

I am not far enough along so as to have to commit to a cabin or not I'll most likley wait until the last minute. I think I have until the deck beams start to go in. :confused:

Fred

[Bpolk]

I skippered a Fish out of Manhasset Bay back in the 50's. It had a cabin. There are still a few sailing, one called Veracity somewhere on Long Island.

Old Bob

Roger from Bristol Bronze has drawings for a version with a cabin. . I believe Herreshoff built two or three fish modified with a cabin and fold down bunks and called it the Marlin