tommymonza

Quite amazing they are all built by eye huh.Paul showed me a video one time of him jumping 10 foot swells in a 54 he built like he was running around in a 18 foot Donzi.

tommymonza

Hey Dave I have a old Woodenboat that has the full story about the Carolina builders in it from years ago. I think i can buy the PDF online at Woodenboat. I will see if i can send it over i think you would appreciate the story.

wjb21ndtown

Just a could of quick points... Allegedly the seas were 4-6' where the boat sunk on the day in question, and the captain did SAY he was going approximately 24 knots, but there is speculation that he was going much faster. The owner wanted the boat delievered in a hurry, and the captain was trying to meet a dead-line. I know if I was in a hurry, behind schedule, and a disgruntled boat owner breathing down my neck, I would probably not drive a boat that can go 43 knots at a speed of 24...

Uncle Dave

This is absolutely correct.

Foam Core is Really light, but not as strong as balsa.

Balsa is technically "wood" (although end grain balsa has vastly different soak properties) but if vac bagged/infused will display none of the weaknesses or downsides of "wood".

As has been said before, without vacuum bagging or resin infusion its VERY hard to get the core material to bond properly and you get what you see here.

I looked at the bertram site and they dont specify what layup style they are using, but this looks like they are having a bonding problem.


Dave Sampson

glassdave

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definitely man that would be great. Thanks

vtec

I'm with tommymonza's opinion on this..

There was an article in professional boatbuilder about the Carolina Boat Builders.

Turkish boatbuilder Vicem builds in the wood epoxy style, as written about in professional boatbuilder. This link has the text from the article. Unfortunately, the build photos are not included.

http://www.marina42.net/cgi-bin/p/m4...yachts&id=1389

glassdave

iTrader: (1)

heres the pdf of that issue with pics, they have a bunch of back issues on their website.

http://www.proboat-digital.com/proboat/200608/

page 34 Made in Turkey

vtec

Professional Boatbuilder feb/mar 2004 has an article about Carolina builders Jarrett Bay, and Sea Island Boatworks, with a sidebar article mentioning Rybovich, Ricky Scarborough, and Mann Custom Boats.

NoQuarter

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Foam, balsa, wood... now I'm confused. I thought foam coring and vacuum bagging made a stronger-than-wood adhesion - less weight reducing stress.

Looking at Tony Montana's website, his plywood design looks like it would not only take 12' seas, but .50 cal hits at the same time.

Sean H

a little Coosa, some epoxy and some fairing, it would be as good as new.