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Re: Ways to spend a weekend - water not land

To: Malcolm Pittwood <MPittwood@compuserve.com>
Subject: Re: Ways to spend a weekend - water not land
From: Rick Hammond <r.hammond@sympatico.ca>
Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 17:16:34 -0400
Malcolm Pittwood wrote:

> Rick and List
>
> The hull of Lightning Strike! is all marine plywood.  We do have two carbon
> fibre spars that hold the outrigged sponsons.  The plywood has been epoxy
> resin coated.  You may need a lot of water on the salt as we expect the
> weight of batteries to put her 12 inches into the water at rest but on the
> plane in less than 4 inches.  But of course the design is a one off and
> testing in a few months will tell us the full story.
>
> Malcolm

Malcolm,
Sounds nice.  You should get some info and photos to Wooden Boat magazine; don't
know if it's followed over there but If you are getting the word out;
http://www.woodenboat.com/
They have a regular section of 'launchings' for photos and info on newly built
projects.
Best of luck,
Rick

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