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Posted by Peter
on 1/9/2008, 9:32 pm, in reply to "Re: Fireball Molds"
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Hi Dave, I have a new computer and I lost your email address in the transistion. We had a meeting tonight and the dates of July 19-20 for the Fireball Eastern Regionals is good to go with. Plus thanks for the information regarding the molds, or lack there of. For some reason I thought there was 1 mold available somewhere on the east coast.
--Previous Message--
: Hi Pete,
:
: Two things, first is the dates of
: July 19-20 a confirmed date for the
: Eastern Regionals at Sayville. I
: hope they are as that is a good
: weekend for all concerned. Second,
: there is no fiberglass mold
: available in the US for what you are
: asking. We have the numbers and an
: outline of how to build a wide bow
: from wood which I can supply but if
: you are talking about making a glass
: boat you would have to first make a
: wooden hull then use that to pull a
: glass mold from. It would not be
: worth it for one or two boats.
: During my conversations with the
: Winder Boat company they suggested
: that we begin to make foam sandwich
: hull by using the mold we use to
: make a wooden hull but reduce the
: sizes of the hull section patterns
: and build the hull from the foam
: board used in glass construtuon.
: then glass over the foam. Then
: remove the shell and glass the
: inside of the foam then build wooden
: centerboard case and tanksides and
: insert to make a composite hull.
: They said this is the way they began
: to make glass hulls before they
: tooled up an entire mold for a glass
: boat. That's about all we can
: suggest at this time. Let me know
: about those dates as soon as
: possible as I have already told some
: people that those dates were ok and
: if I have to I will make adjustments
: and corrections. Talk to you later.
:
: --Previous Message--
: Hi Dave,
: It's Pete from Long Island. I have
: access to a shop that use to make
: fiberglass boats and the owner is
: considering a project or 2 in
: fiberglass or kevlar. Actually, I
: have my boat there now and I will be
: re-doing the bottom of it since it
: is too thin as we discoved during
: the nationals.
:
: --Previous Message--
: Where are you located and what type
: of
: boat, wood or are you going to try
: to build one from glass. Will help
: with whatever we can do
:
: --Previous Message--
: Does anyone know if there is a Wide
: Bow mold in the US that can be
: borrowed/rented/leased for the
: possible build of 1 or 2 boats?
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