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Re: The RAZOR [Re: Rolf_Nilsen] #205262
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Folks,
I shelved the RAZOR project for quite a while. Just too many other projects going so it has been sitting in my workshop gathering dust.
A few weeks back I decided to get back to it.
I undercoated the hulls today.

The building has been fun. Really just like the 2 CLC 18 kayaks I built a few years back.


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Phill


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Photos or it didn't happen!


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It used to be easy to add photos now it is a pain in the butt!
I'll see what I can do.


I know that the voices in my head aint real,
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There is no such thing as a quick fix and I've never had free lunch!

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I know that the voices in my head aint real,
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There is no such thing as a quick fix and I've never had free lunch!

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Re: The RAZOR [Re: pgp] #205319
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Phil- Right click your photo on Flickr, select properties, then highlight and copy the address. Put the address between this: [img] **address goes here** [/img]

Re: The RAZOR [Re: Karl_Brogger] #205329
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That's nice. I DO like those bows Phill!

How flat is the run aft?


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John,
It's one thing to design something on a computer screen but quite another to build it and see it unfold in the flesh.
One of the joys that I will never tire of when prototyping designs.
I'm quite excited by what I'm seeing in real life and it will be great to see the Razor in full flight. I've sent you some pics. If you want any others just let me know.
I'll post some more pics once the hulls have some proper paint on them.

Regards,
Phill


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There is no such thing as a quick fix and I've never had free lunch!

Re: The RAZOR [Re: phill] #205408
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Hi Phill
Congratulations. Those hulls look extremely impressive and can't wait to see more photo's.
I just 1.5 questions;
What are the main design differences between the Blade and Razor and what are the major construction differences when building in Ply.


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Mark,
Was that 1 or 5 questions? smile

This is a chined version of the second generation hull shape.

It is considerabley more bouyant than the earlier Blade shape particularly forward of the front beam.
The relatively flat bottoms of the hull are now converted to chines.
This should deliver even more dynamic lift off the breese. The additional fore/aft stability will allow the crew to trim upwind for min drag and the sharper bows will slice very efficiently through the chop. There is no steaming required to achieve this shape and very little fairing so building can be from either ply or foam glass sandwich. The insides construction has been significantly simplified. It is no harder than building a pair of kayaks. I found it all just good fun. But I like this type of stuff.
Regards,
Phill


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Re: The RAZOR [Re: phill] #205505
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Brilliant Phill, I had feared never seeing the Razor build but I'm very happen to see otherwise. I feel this design is an excellent development.

Well done indeed, looks good.

Wouter


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Phil,

do you see this method being useful for building to the 8.5M class or bigger using thicker ply?

regards

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What many forget is ply was the most advanced high tech solution, (and with the correct skills, still is), up till the Kiwi's (Jennifer Julian) started using cores in glass boats.. The US & Europe were at that time using solid glass boats or cold molding.. The impoverished kiwis and Aussies builders could not afford the expensive materials of resin and glass. er But what they did have is many learnt the trade of building Aussie and kiwi WW2 planes. And good supplies of quality ply.


If you look around there are pages and pages of historical documents of well build offshore races built out of ply.. So the answer.. is yes a 8.5 meter cat could be built from ply if the builder has a good skill set and ply is available.. Its no longer as available as in the 70s and quality has become an issue as well..

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Like Stewart says!
Apart from basic skills the biggest problem would be getting good quality ply. The stuff coming out of China may not be so good but there is a French company still making the good stuff. You really would be better off getting BS1088 quality ply. Read the specs and check the ply yourself to make sure it conforms before buying.
Alternatively you could use the same method and build from foam sandwich.
Good luck.


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but they have some pretty good ideas.
There is no such thing as a quick fix and I've never had free lunch!

Re: The RAZOR [Re: Stewart] #205883
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Originally Posted by Stewart
What many forget is ply was the most advanced high tech solution, (and with the correct skills, still is), up till the Kiwi's (Jennifer Julian) started using cores in glass boats.. The US & Europe were at that time using solid glass boats or cold molding.. The impoverished kiwis and Aussies builders could not afford the expensive materials of resin and glass. er But what they did have is many learnt the trade of building Aussie and kiwi WW2 planes. And good supplies of quality ply.


If you look around there are pages and pages of historical documents of well build offshore races built out of ply.. So the answer.. is yes a 8.5 meter cat could be built from ply if the builder has a good skill set and ply is available.. Its no longer as available as in the 70s and quality has become an issue as well..


Don't mean to thread hijack but ply 8.5s are still being built, from reading the forums at crew.org.nz a ply boat 'atttude' is one of the fastest and lightest.

You don't fancy designing an 8.5 Phill, I hear there is some interest in Oz!

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An 8.5 would be fun.


I know that the voices in my head aint real,
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There is no such thing as a quick fix and I've never had free lunch!

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I need no convincing that good ply is still a good way to build boats. I own a self build Micro and despite the fact that it is now 15 years old it requires very little maintenance.

The reason I wrote earlier is that I would like to build a larger more modern design but I would prefer to avoid double diagonal or strip building.

Indeed I do know about the efforts in NZ and am particularly impressed with "Attitude" which I understand is built from stressed ply.

Unfortunately I could find very little info about their building methods on the WWW so if Phil decides to take on the project I would very likely be interested.

Regards

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basically a ply construction, but with carbon foam sandwich panels instead.

Re: The RAZOR [Re: xuraax] #205980
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There was a boat here (think she is in Sydney? now) called wings. a 36'foot stressed ply river racer.. Basically a ply 18' skiff with the wings stretched to 36'. Very quick..
The only issue with ply is compound curves..

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