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09-09-2012, 07:25 PM | #811 | |
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Re: California Dive Boats -- the legend of Radon (pictures)
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09-09-2012, 11:01 PM | #812 |
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Re: California Dive Boats -- the legend of Radon (pictures)
Nate the boat looks awesome man, I'm sure you're stoked to have splashed her...i think it's pretty obvious by the pic below.
Was out last weekend on the boat and snapped a few pics at the harbor and on the water. A huge Anderson being splashed, the beam on this thing was wiiiiiide. A few pics of Ed's Greenough, next to my boat and up the coast at anchor. An older 24 hull being redone old school style at the Radon yard. A sweet pic my buddy took of the Milagro, a 24 that Don and Linda rebuilt for themselves years ago, one of my favorite Radon's...the raised bow is damn nice. And i finally got a pic of my boat from back in the day, pretty crazy how much the pilothouse changes the boat. Last edited by sbsurfer; 09-10-2012 at 12:29 PM. |
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09-11-2012, 12:21 AM | #814 | |
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Just a lil food for thought: I built my house out of 1/2" composite sheet. Basically a sheet of pvc foam with glass on both sides making a sandwich. There's a company called cattco that makes them. The stuff is expensive but super light, stiff and strong. It will also never rot. Once i had my design sorted, i simply cut on a table saw setting the angles right, taped together, fileted and laminated over the seams. It was way easy and makes for a nice finish. The windows were just routered out 1/2 way through and sikaflexed in place. |
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09-11-2012, 01:06 PM | #815 |
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Re: California Dive Boats -- the legend of Radon (pictures)
Hey Nate,(Fishmunger)
What are the original dementions of your panga? length, width, gunnels? and any others I may have missed Thanks! Scotty
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thanks for the tip. when you say expensive, do you remember (ballpark) approx how expensive? I looked at the site. It looks like I will have to contact them for more specific info as it was mostly general info. thanks, Louis |
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09-12-2012, 12:13 AM | #817 | |
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CompositesOne distributes them on the west coast I think, so it may be worth giving them a call if you decide to go that route. I got mine direct through a friend. It's a lot of money, but i was really keen on making my house as light as possible as my hull is only 700lb and any added weight is really noticeable. The 1208 glass with light Airex core weighs 21.5lb for a 4x8 sheet. It's basically two layers of 20oz glass on each side separated by foam core. Comparing it to wood you will see it's really light. A 4x8 of 1/2" okoume weighs 37lb. That's before you add glass and resin to the wood. Also, you will need much less glass and resin when building the cabin as you only need to glass the seams. The sheets come with peel-ply which you just peel off and it's ready for seam-taping and paint, so it can save work on finishing too. |
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09-12-2012, 12:19 AM | #818 |
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I forgot to add that stiffness and strength at failure are on par with 1/2" marine ply. Which is overkill for my application from a strength perspective but it makes the house nice and stiff without any internal stiffeners or ribs other than the basic instrument box.
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09-12-2012, 05:29 PM | #819 |
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Olekils, Can you post some images of your pilot house?
Thanks in advance Last edited by oldestradon; 09-12-2012 at 05:37 PM. |
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http://spearboard.com/showthread.php...12#post1620412 By far one of the coolest RIB's I've seen around here. And Ole's one of the nicest guys I've met out on the water. |
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09-12-2012, 06:04 PM | #821 |
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Thanks Mark,
Very cool set up! |
09-12-2012, 06:24 PM | #822 |
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No problemo David. The cool part about the boat is that at rest there's compartments in the hull that fill with water for stability, then once under power the water exits the hull thus shedding the ballast weight and planing quickly
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09-12-2012, 10:56 PM | #823 |
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Thanks, Mark! That's very kind!
Here are a few pictures of the cabin. I think the same could be done for any boat like a panga, etc. It may even be easier as I had to bring the house in to fit the narrow hull and then let it expand out over the tubes to make enough shoulder room for two people to stand next to each other while the boat moves around. |
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I'll have to look at finances and calculate how much I'll end up needing. It definitely sounds good if I can afford it. I appreciate the help. Louis |
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09-12-2012, 11:18 PM | #825 |
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Here are a few from the build:
I modeled the basic structure in Pro/E which allowed me to figure out all of the angles at the joints. Then I figured out my patterning onto the sheets. I only needed 2 1/2 sheets to fit everything. I got both glass and the glass/wood panels so I used the lighter-duty wood stuff for the top. Here is the first sheet ready to be cut: When the pieces were cut I used packing tape to fit it all together and start fiberglassing the inside seams. I was super stoked on the fit, it was almost seamless! This is my buddy helping me put the top together. I tried a bunch of stitch and glue methods, copper wire, zip-ties, tape etc. Here we used a staple gun with stainless pins. It worked surprisingly well to tack it for glassing. Here the taping is visible. I thought I was smart by ordering pre-made strips of glass. As the picture shows this doesn't help all that much since the stitching on the seams stands up and needs to be ground down. Next time, I would cut my own strips and use peel ply to hold down the edges. This is the house with primer and the instrument box visible. I just made a bolt-on face where all the electronics and wiring is hooked to the front plate making it fully removable. There is a seal all the way around it. I decided to paint it with primer only to see if cracks develop and a year and a half later, it's still primer gray with no cracks The top is removable, and I used some aluminum H-channel with latches to attach it. I used some of the scrap decolite panels to make a cover for the fuel tanks. To save weight, the cover actually sits right on top of the tanks and gives me much needed room for microcruising. |
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