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MikeTLive · 09-15-2003, 07:38 AM

this is what I would like: C17 cruiser

looking at the methods used to build this style boat, could I just take my hull, replace the transom, add in some reinforcing members (just for my own sanity) and glass inside and out?
Add flotation foam and a bilge well with adequate channels for drainage, and put on a deck and mini cabin or just go center console?

I wonder why using an old hull is not as good as building a new hull. I do not mind going over every inch of every plank looking for and repairing rot.

I figure that if sound or made sound, the savings in materials may well be worth it.

Course, looking at the study-plans for the boat above it may well be just as easy to buiild my own and the materials cost may be negligible.

09-15-2003, 07:38 AM	#16
MikeTLive ...and in person! iTrader: (0) Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Scituate MA Posts: 999	this is what I would like: C17 cruiser looking at the methods used to build this style boat, could I just take my hull, replace the transom, add in some reinforcing members (just for my own sanity) and glass inside and out? Add flotation foam and a bilge well with adequate channels for drainage, and put on a deck and mini cabin or just go center console? I wonder why using an old hull is not as good as building a new hull. I do not mind going over every inch of every plank looking for and repairing rot. I figure that if sound or made sound, the savings in materials may well be worth it. Course, looking at the study-plans for the boat above it may well be just as easy to buiild my own and the materials cost may be negligible.