Thread: Eureka build method no S&G

Originally Posted by Daddles

If I weld mine up out of quarter inch steel, will it still float?

It'd be a right mongrel getting quarter inch steel to take the twists.
Also, while it might float, the payload would likely be less than you.
Better to go 1.5mm stainless & a bigger cannon. A RAAF surplus 20mm Vulcan would be about right. Aim low - the beggars climb unless bolted into an airframe.

Or read James Michener's "Chesapeake" & rig a duck gun.

I wonder what a Eureka in stainless would cost. Would never wear out, impervious to UV & star stakes.... hmmmmm.
You've got me thinking now & I shan't sleep well.
Curse you for doing this to me !! May the fleas of a thousand camels infest your favouite lounge chair !!

cheers
AJ

Originally Posted by Boatmik

Though I think with the Eureka the tape wouldn't have enough grunt in the ends of the boat because there is a lot of load on those panels. The Goat and the Rowboat might be OK.

So to achieve a more efficient method of construction than S&G we need to come up with something that provides the holding characteristics of wire or cable ties that does not require drilling of the panels.

Duct tape especially the reinforced non stretch variety will work where there is a gentle bend in the panel but at the stems will not hold well or provide the wiggle hear pull there aspect of wire to fair the panels.

Hmmm........there must be a product or system out there somewhere......thinking......thinking

Mike

Howdy Mike,

The drilling is not important one way or another. The problem is the time taken to wire and adjust.

But any alternative method has to have a similar level of control as wiring - which is VERY effective in putting a nice shape into the boat.

MIK