My New SL 44 ( 44 ft )
12-18-2005, 12:57 AM
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Re: My New SL 44 ( 44 ft )
I would check into the Federal Anti-Splash laws and their guidelines. They are in place to guard against reproducing somebody else's engineering.
12-18-2005, 01:05 AM
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I wish you the best of luck with it Rockit.
But big V's in Aluminum have been tried before (Cougars and a few others) and unless it's a shear racing rig staying in the water for a couple of hours max I would not even get close to that with Nort's Johnson...
In one way or another you'll have water in a crease somewhere maybe even salt water since your on the left coast and then you won't need batteries anymore your ride will be an enormous electrolysis experiment (read "messed-up leaking battery" aluminum+salt water) that will not have much re-sale appeal... Maybe you have all these issues resolved and I wish you the best but...
I would of even gone for a Fountain before going down that road and that is not saying much...
Again this is my very humble opinion and I hope you actually have all my concerns and any other addressed and I wish you good luck.
G.L.
But big V's in Aluminum have been tried before (Cougars and a few others) and unless it's a shear racing rig staying in the water for a couple of hours max I would not even get close to that with Nort's Johnson...
In one way or another you'll have water in a crease somewhere maybe even salt water since your on the left coast and then you won't need batteries anymore your ride will be an enormous electrolysis experiment (read "messed-up leaking battery" aluminum+salt water) that will not have much re-sale appeal... Maybe you have all these issues resolved and I wish you the best but...
I would of even gone for a Fountain before going down that road and that is not saying much...
Again this is my very humble opinion and I hope you actually have all my concerns and any other addressed and I wish you good luck.
G.L.
12-18-2005, 01:10 AM
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Re: My New SL 44 ( 44 ft )
Put aside my previous posts about bottom design for now. How are you adressing the hull noise issue that aluminum boats make in rough water?
12-18-2005, 01:14 AM
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Originally Posted by animalhouse
Put aside my previous posts about bottom design for now. How are you adressing the hull noise issue that aluminum boats make in rough water?
12-18-2005, 01:19 AM
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GLH I agree, you can cheat on weight with carbon because it doesn't flex, but aluminum will flex, and the welds will be put under tremendous pressure.
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12-18-2005, 09:46 AM
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Originally Posted by CMG
sounds like will be very buoyant- are you considering ballast tanks?
12-18-2005, 11:11 AM
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Why are people pounding on this guy? Did I miss something?
Seems to me to be a very ambitious project, congrats for trying something away from the mainstream.
Besides, it's his boat. I usually reserve the right to talk sh!t about a toy only when it sits in MY driveway.
Bryan
Seems to me to be a very ambitious project, congrats for trying something away from the mainstream.
Besides, it's his boat. I usually reserve the right to talk sh!t about a toy only when it sits in MY driveway.
Bryan
