Foam vs Tree

[Foolish]

Originally Posted by verytricky

THUGNET!!
http://www.thugnet.net

just out of interest ....... how many Domain names do you own ?

[verytricky]

About 200, give or take a few.
But I can setup a website & domain name in about 5 minutes, and a redirection such as www.Bitchmad.com or www.Thugnet.net in about 3 minutes....

I really think the alternate domain names are suitable....


And definately not drinkable!

[Matt]

You should do it as a proxy so the domain name stays (rather than forwarding) while navigating the "alternate" site. Also a test then of whether rocket man has coded his site using relative paths or not.

I say bring back pornalyzer

[RossM]

Marc anyway you could make a proxy server?
collage it geeks have blocked basicly every website and i cant ping the website any more either

[Jon Fuller]

Originally Posted by kitten

I can be aggressive if you can be a P*** taking A***

Sorry mate, i'm lost! you're going to have to explain.

[Jono]

Originally Posted by Jon Fuller

Sorry mate, i'm lost! you're going to have to explain.

Of course you're bloody lost ! If it ain't Left round the buoy, then left round the buoy....then left round the buoy... you're feckin' lost... typical hard boat nobba..!! ..I think the missing letters may be “iss” and “rse”… ..........

[Jon Fuller]

Originally Posted by Jono

I think the missing letters may be “iss” and “rse”… ..........

Yeah, tetchy fecker that Kitten bloke.

[kitten]

Originally Posted by Jon Fuller

Yeah, tetchy fecker that Kitten bloke.

Not at all, I'll stand at the back and when you say lights I'll punch the light switch and put the lights out.
Always misunderstood me.

[Jon Fuller]

Originally Posted by kitten

Always misunderstood me.

I can't imagine why.

You bumpkins are well odd.

[Mike Ring]

I think it's as jw says - foam is really just a former for the shape.[/QUOTE]

I agree with that ( for the type of stiffening that I need in our production boats) However some higher density divinycell although expensive can be usable and pre -moulding panels is fine 'IF' the client will pay for the extra time and cost of materials , Quite frankly I have not found many that will stump up the extra cash.

I always remember Jackie Wilson saying to me when I asked the question how fast will it go ? He said " How much money have you got ???"

That is still as true today as it was in the Sixties.

Mike

[red 5]

Originally Posted by Jon Fuller

I can't imagine why.

You bumpkins are well odd.

Carefull !!! Because we live in Devon we're not bumpkins ( and its Mr Bumpkin) We might have to use the racism and prejudice card soon. To be fare don't understand how that started (ill ask cookie later) But Kitten is a top bloke and builds a fxxxxxg good boat.

[Matt]

I am not a Bumpkin, I am the Bumpkin, and it's Mr Bumpkin to you.

[Jon Fuller]

Originally Posted by red 5

Carefull !!! Because we live in Devon we're not bumpkins ( and its Mr Bumpkin) We might have to use the racism and prejudice card soon. To be fare don't understand how that started (ill ask cookie later) But Kitten is a top bloke and builds a fxxxxxg good boat.

Na, he's a tosser, and his boats are (very) slow. Ask him.

[red 5]

Ok thats your opinion. " What goes around comes around" You ever tried one of his boats?

[kitten]

Ok Getting back on topic,
Unfortunately I agree with every one.
All the different cores have merits or they wouldn't last in the market place these range from cost to ease of use. High spec aero materials are often way beyond what anyone will pay for marine use and often not suitable for our purposes anyway.
I would love to get into the real high end of composites vacuum forming ect but as yet no one has given me the money to spend on an autoclave ect.
There are many different ways of building the same hull giving a variety of results and suited to the different uses. Ski race boats are very different to OCR boats for example.
Also the world we live in is changing, quality in general is coming down particularly in timber supplies, go and try to get two matching lengths of douglas fir (Steve Bakers favorite) for stiffeners and you will be offered timber that has shakes (where the tree has hit the ground) knots and fast grown (too soft) non of which is condusive to consistent strength.
Balsa is good for topsides but not below the waterline on boats (Fiberglass lay up is not waterproof) and its resin absorbsion rate can be very high making it heavy compared to a run of the mill closed cell foam.

[Jon Fuller]

Originally Posted by kitten

Balsa is good for topsides but not below the waterline on boats

Is that a fact? ...Cookie stated that the shark race boat has foam in the deck, and Balsa in the hull. Are you singing from the same hymn book?

What would you reccomend to make the running surface indestructable? for example, where it sits on the trailer, or more probably, where it gets a pounding in rough seas?

[Jon Fuller]

Originally Posted by red 5

Ok thats your opinion. You ever tried one of his boats?

No, I have far too much self respect, but I've raced against one.

[kitten]

Originally Posted by Jon Fuller

Is that a fact?...Cookie stated that the shark race boat has foam in the deck, and Balsa in the hull. Are you singing from the same hymn book?


What would you reccomend to make the running surface indestructable? for example, where it sits on the trailer, or more probably, where it gets a pounding in rough seas?

Make your mind up two very different forces, indestructable? is anything truly indestuctable? Is the lama taller than the man stood on a box of carrots, or is the snakes belly lower than the bottem carrot in the box??????

[Jon Fuller]

Look, I've told you once already about the cider!

[red 5]

So which boat did you race against?