C-Squirt stuff - New vid and I'm DONE

[Longboatin]

U r correct, I jist hate seein length cut outta an eggcellent cruiser. plus I jus cant get enough of those higher volume black attacks, take a look at fun forever vid footage when u getta chance, u see some good boaters on that vid.
Anyway, have fun experimentin an learnin

peec

[Smurfwarrior]

Thanks man.. got a link to them thar fancy vids yous be spekin aboot?

[Longboatin]

No footage links, havnt seen anythin on utube frum it. But fun forever is first squirt vid. Music is pretty horrible, but good coverage of basics, and mysteries r short with dynamic black attaks.

Jus seein Jimi boat in general is worth it. Gives about anyone somthin to work toward

surely someone here could burn a copy

[sbroam]

Suggestion regarding volume, particularly in the middle - take two carriage bolts, two wingnuts, and some fender washers; install the carriage bolts coming from the hull up, 1 each, about 18" forward and aft of the cockpit, with the threads prutruding through the deck. For cruising volume, leave the wingnuts spun "up" - for destination play, spin them down until "sinkage" occurs at the desired rate. I've never done this but can't see how it would go wrong.

[Smurfwarrior]

I actually thought of something like that using internal glassed in points where webbing runs from the tips then zig zags through the top and bottom connection points then ends in the cockpit where it would be adjustable using part of a snowboard binding clicker/ladder. Just didn't think the fiberglass would be flexible enough to allow enough change in profile to make it worth it while trading off the stiffening that a middle wall provides. Might though, what do I know?

Just picked up my resin/hardner glass and all that from the local West Marine shop. Going to be firming things up soon.

[Longboatin]

if ya gonna drill holes in the deck, why not just throw in some pumps to adjust amount of water ballast

carriage bolts wid wing nuts protruding from the hull??!! such function unfortunately requires some atrocious form. a horrible thing to do to a branch of paddlesport that throws down an looks real good doing it

[Bob P]

if ya gonna drill holes in the deck, why not just throw in some pumps to adjust amount of water ballast

carriage bolts wid wing nuts protruding from the hull??!! such function unfortunately requires some atrocious form. a horrible thing to do to a branch of paddlesport that throws down an looks real good doing it

Instead of the carriage bolts, use turnbuckles threaded into left and right-handed bolts coming in from the outside. Or, bolt the loops in the turnbuckle ends to brackets glassed into the hull and deck. On the ones with eyes, you may have to bush or distort the ends down a bit.

Turnbuckle Types

[Longboatin]

that definitely cleans up the install , nice bob

tho I still cant help thinkin pumps would work, it'd be a reglar submarine, pump water in sink, pump it out to surface

[Smurfwarrior]

Yeah, I could nickname my squirt pump "charc" ... charc in charc out. Who needs currents to get downtime, right? hhahha...

[Smurfwarrior]

ok, I think the Acrobat is where I want it. The stern is awash and the bow is 1/2 awash when static. Here is a vid from today's pool session after chopping it quite a bit today. I also skinnied up the ends just a smidge, but I like them a little wide..

http://www.vimeo.com/17830186

Ok, so please check this out and tell me asap if you think I'm done... I wanted it dinky and sinky with the ability to get downriver to a playspot. So not looking for a total downtime machine. THanks!

[Mike W.]

I like the wider ends. They'll give you more tool area than the pointy ends that most folks use. Looks like a good chop for a non-park & sinker. You'll have fun at this volume.

[sbroam]

if ya gonna drill holes in the deck, why not just throw in some pumps to adjust amount of water ballast

carriage bolts wid wing nuts protruding from the hull??!! such function unfortunately requires some atrocious form. a horrible thing to do to a branch of paddlesport that throws down an looks real good doing it

Instead of the carriage bolts, use turnbuckles threaded into left and right-handed bolts coming in from the outside. Or, bolt the loops in the turnbuckle ends to brackets glassed into the hull and deck. On the ones with eyes, you may have to bush or distort the ends down a bit.

Turnbuckle Types

That's more like it. When you are ready to market that note that I have registered the names "dial-o-boat" and "adjust-a-boat".

[Smurfwarrior]

Aric, is this a pic of you?
http://www.sinkspots.org/image_details. ... age_id=347

[Sir Adam]

IMhO you need to either move forward 2" in the boat or take more out of the bow.

Stern looks PERFECT. (that may change as you tweak the bow of course...).

When you are linking from end it should be an even transfer, and I can tell between the difficulty you have getting the bow down, and how it trims in the water, that a little more volume (not length) out of the bow might help... or again shifting your weight forward if you can.

[Smurfwarrior]

Thanks for the input Adam, I'm going to be squishing a good bit of volume out of the middle of the bow as I glass it. I think that will really help. Already have the inside seams and end pours done and will be reenforcing the cut down center pillar and and adding a security loop. This is fun