Corollary: It always gets wet.raghornjp said:Foam can be a nightmare in aluminum hulls if it ever gets wet
Yeah... 90% of the foam has been pulled, so I don't necessarily have to deal with that. But there's enough corrosion that patching doesn't seem reasonable.Chesapeake said:Foamed Hull, ouch!
Interesting idea.... Given the choice, I'd stick with burning oil. So if this thing stays, I'm looking at a single Cummins and the Konrad to swing a big prop. Won't ever be fast, but I think it could be pretty efficient.I would cut that thing to 28 and stick twins on it.
She's more or less wide open. Guessing could drop the bottom out in a day once the whole thing is supported and ready to go (which is of course the trick). The other trick is going to be flipping that bitch, but I have idears there. Dammit, I'm talking myself back into it.How much access do you have to the inside of the hull for welding ?
I might need a driftboat. Luckily I know guys with willie's we can steal all the measurements from as well.cwh said:Lol... I wanted to build a few.
~16' drift boat
~20' skiff to play crash up derby on the Kenai and for general use.
~30' cruiser/floater home
The "problem" is that I bought a project boat (pretty much gutted ~34' Aluminum hull). Having a really hard time deciding if I should move forward with fixing that up, or if my time is better spent making money to buy a working boat.
Long term, I'd love to have a long range diesel boat to run across the sound, hunt Kodiak, and maybe make a trip down the inside passage in. That's where the current "project" fits, but I'm not so good at long term projects. It would be logical to do that project last, not first, and it would be really nice to weld on new aluminum, not 30 year old corroded stuff. So, I'm weighing options and riding the fence at the moment.