Aluminum Lapstrake Colin Archer
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Aluminum Lapstrake Colin Archer
I read a thread on WeldingWeb about an interesting boat. The guy is a sailor, seems to have researched boatbuilding well, and dove right in. He's building in welded aluminum lapstrake, and she's about planked up. I don't know how to post links, but if you go to WeldingWeb and look for posts by Zeyang, I think you'll find it.Tags: None -
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Pretty cool!“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.”― Mark Twain, -
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yeah he's got what it takes, & it appears he's building it mostly aloneComment
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Seems like a neat idea, but I wonder about the economics of all that welding.Comment
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Seems he's been thorough and careful so far. I wish him well.Comment
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This looks like an extreme of multi-chine construction. It does seem the total length of the welded seams reaches extremes--a significant drawback to the technique. I've seen single-chine derivatives of similar hulls what work quite well. I'm thinking that the welding rod alone would be a significant percentage of the material cost.Comment
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yes Terry, can you give us an estimate of what it might cost, even just the hull plate & rodsComment
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Wonder if you could rivet and glue--they make Jaguars that way these days.Comment
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I'm not sure he's in China. His weldingweb info gives that as his location, and he uses a Chinese name and references. But he's a blue eyed white European, and his plan is to sail the boat to China.
His thread shows pictures of other welded plank boats, hopefully he's getting good advice.Comment
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Thanks very much for pointing out this interesting project. I had never considered a lapstrake metal hull and I applaud the builder for thinking 'out of the box' and wish the project much success.
Personally, my dream for uncommon metal construction is orgiami/strongall.
No frames initially, the stiffness is in the compound curved shape developed from a flat plate (darned quickly!!!).
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I didn't check but is he using GTAW(TIG) or SMAW(Stick) welding?Comment
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AH!...didn't think about MIG...we don't use it so it slipped my mind. If he goes cold the penetration won't be sufficient unless he backwelds it. Alum only has a 60% strength factor at the welds...hope he is using lots of filler wire and a good build up for his fillets.Comment
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