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Welcome.Hello, I am a 14 year old male with aspergers. I like video games and constructing things. I would like it if I could maybe make some friends!
To add to VictorR: There is a forum section on computer and technology stuff with threads about video games, if you want to join in @TBWolf ?I'm not much of an artist or hands-on person (I'm more into reading on history and these days, philosophy and living) but as Aspychata noted, we have people with all sorts of interests and skills here.![]()
Platt Monfort has (or had?) plans for skin-on-frame boats down to 12 lbs, and I think I could simplify them further. I used to make stitch 'n' glue plywood kayaks, and if I did it again, I'd use fabric except on the bottom, for beaching. There are also some very clever folding Coroplast boats.Hi, @TBWolf , I think you will find this to be a friendly space.
What do I like to do? I enjoy building boats and since my spouse cannot find one less than 30 lbs that does not cost a fortune, I am building a solo cedar-strip canoe for her. At 12.5 ft. I bet I could bring it in at about 28 lbs.
I am partial to monocoque construction where the cedar is only a spacer between the two fiberglass sheets. Very stiff with one sheet in compression and the other in tension. My first boat was a stitch and glue 22 foot Patuxent, design by Chesapeake Light Craft. I like the hard chines. But, with friends paddling solo sea kayaks, we rarely get it out as it is too fast. Checked out Coroplast. Those hulls seem amateurish. Here is the Patuxent on a calm day on Grand Traverse Bay.Platt Monfort has (or had?) plans for skin-on-frame boats down to 12 lbs, and I think I could simplify them further. I used to make stitch 'n' glue plywood kayaks, and if I did it again, I'd use fabric except on the bottom, for beaching. There are also some very clever folding Coroplast boats.
Frameless construction is monocoque, but you are describing a "sandwich panel," which, like an I-beam, concentrates the strong material where it does the most good, and minimizes the weight of the shear member between them.I am partial to monocoque construction where the cedar is only a spacer between the two fiberglass sheets. Very stiff with one sheet in compression and the other in tension. My first boat was a stitch and glue 22 foot Patuxent, design by Chesapeake Light Craft. I like the hard chines. But, with friends paddling solo sea kayaks, we rarely get it out as it is too fast. Checked out Coroplast. Those hulls seem amateurish. Here is the Patuxent on a calm day on Grand Traverse Bay.
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