[Rhodes22-list] The future of boat building?

[Hank]

So, how stable is a boat that big and that light?  Will it get effected more
by the winds and waves?  It will draw less and conceivable have a higher
freeboard so more of the hull is in the wind.  I seems like it would be good
for planing hulls but not for displacement hulls like sailboats.  You'd stll
have to add ballast which would negate the weight savings from this
material.

What do you engineer types out there think?

Hank

On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 8:54 AM, Michael D. Weisner <mweisner at ebsmed.com>wrote:

> Try:
>
> http://rdmag.com/ShowPR~PUBCODE~014~ACCT~1400000101~ISSUE~0905~RELTYPE~MS~PRODCODE~00000000~PRODLETT~FK.html
>
> Mike
> s/v Shanghaid'd Summer ('81)
>       Nissequogue River, NY
>
>
> From: "Hank"  Thursday, May 14, 2009 8:50 AM
>
>
> > Mike,
> >
> > The link does not work.  Can you post the original link?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Hank
> >
> > On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 8:44 AM, Michael D. Weisner
> > <mweisner at ebsmed.com>wrote:
> >
> >> Stan,
> >>
> >> I came across this article in R&D Magazine.  They finally resolved the
> >> issues of building with carbon nanotubes and claim that this material is
> >> superior to fiberglass.
> >>
> >> Lightweight boat built entirely of carbon-nanotube prepreg
> >> http://tinyurl.com/r5fp53
> >>
> >> The boats can be made lighter and much more efficient use of propulsion,
> >> providing nearly infinite lifespan to the material.  Arovex looks like
> >> the
> >> perfect material for a boat and the solution to every boat builder's
> >> problems except one: How does one generate repeat business?  I guess
> that
> >> they never heard of a recycled R22!
> >>
> >> Mike
> >> s/v Shanghaid'd Summer ('81)
> >>       Nissequogue River, NY
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