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Lewy
12-05-2007, 04:02 PM
I,m Building my own boat, 4.3 metres own design, I,m getting varying stories about how to get a builders plate, has any one been through it
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trev1
12-05-2007, 09:10 PM
Cant help you with your builders plate , but nice boat. I hope you aren't going to cover up that strip planking with paint.

Stuie
12-05-2007, 09:28 PM
Brother in law just built his own boat. Will find out tomorrow how he got a builders plate if no one else helps you in the meantime.

Lewy
13-05-2007, 09:34 AM
No Trev its getting a clear finish over the outside at least, in case you are interested its built with Paulownia, which is a light weight timber native of china (lighter than Western red Cedar but not as light as balsa) two layers 285gsm glass inside and out, I hope the hull will come in under a 100kgs and I have a 4 stroke 30hp Yammy forward control to bolt on to it.

-spiro-
13-05-2007, 09:46 AM
looks to good to go fishing in. a sail might do the trick

trev1
13-05-2007, 09:04 PM
Should be a good thing when she's up and going. Will be a shame to spill fish blood all over it, but with epoxy, it should all wash straight off.
I've got 3 sets of plans here myself but I just havent built up the guts to build them yet.(not for anything as nice looking as that though)

Ian1
14-05-2007, 03:50 PM
Nice work Lewy.

Why not post some more pics as it progreses. Not your average fishing boat.

Sorry I don't even know what a buiders plate is.

Cheers

Ian

Stuie
17-05-2007, 07:22 PM
Sorry Lewy for not responding. Brother in law is away on holidays at the moment. Will be seeing him this weekend so I'll have answer for you by Monday.

Grand_Marlin
17-05-2007, 08:32 PM
Nice work Lewy, not too many people with the skills to do that these days.

Contact MSQ, they are the regulatory authority re: builders plates / capacity labels.

They also have the formulas on the website to calculate the capacity.

Cheers

Pete

WHALEOIL
18-05-2007, 01:04 AM
Great work lewy. You must have a lot of patience. If I was building that, it would have started looking like yours at the bow and it would look like a log cabin at the stern.

gunnabuild1
18-05-2007, 07:49 PM
There was an article in Australian Amateur Boat Builder an issue or 2 ago on builders plates and how they apply to owner builders.Sorry I cant remember much from it but it might give you a place to start.Hope this is of some help.
Sweet looking hull.