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By McKenzieDriftBoat.com
Help needed on High School project.
Hey gang,
the local High School here is doing a Drift Boat class. I have been working with them a little over the phone mostly advise on materials as they are just getting started. Anyway they called me with a question and I need some advise.
I don't know for sure what plans they are using but it is the style of building that uses forms that the boat is built around with few actual frames, I think it might be a Tracy Obrian. They are at the point where the chine logs gets installed, on this boat they get put in before the sides go on, the question they have is how does it attach to the stem (referred to as a breasthook on the plans)? It seems that it would need to be fastened somehow to keep it in place until the sides are installed.
I am stopping by tomorrow to take a look but was hoping someone might have some input.
Thanx for any advice.
Mike
the local High School here is doing a Drift Boat class. I have been working with them a little over the phone mostly advise on materials as they are just getting started. Anyway they called me with a question and I need some advise.
I don't know for sure what plans they are using but it is the style of building that uses forms that the boat is built around with few actual frames, I think it might be a Tracy Obrian. They are at the point where the chine logs gets installed, on this boat they get put in before the sides go on, the question they have is how does it attach to the stem (referred to as a breasthook on the plans)? It seems that it would need to be fastened somehow to keep it in place until the sides are installed.
I am stopping by tomorrow to take a look but was hoping someone might have some input.
Thanx for any advice.
Mike
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Permalink Reply by Rick Finnell on
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Tell the shop teacher to buy Rogers book , and find out what a Drift Boat is. They can use the forms for next years Homecoming bomb fire!
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Permalink Reply by eric stevens on
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It is probably the plans from Glen-L, i built my first boat from those plans. That is probably the most difficult way to build a boat. You basicly have to cut a notch into the stem and run the chine through it. Put a screw into it to hold it down and then epoxy it. There are pretty good pictures of this on Glen L's website, when you go to customer photos section and look up "drifter" you will see some up close pictures of what i am talking about.
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Permalink Reply by Mike Baker on
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I already suggested going the traditional route but they didn't want to deal with High School kids and compound angles. I checked out the Glen-l site, that does look way harder.
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