I will likely install the safety AMA for peace of mind in the Gulf of Mexico, and because I may use a 2hp outboard. Is the foam construction a good bit lighter than ply?
@glockfan40 Yeah it certainly helps in wavy situations. It is very light yes indeed, no worries there. I'd also recommend looking into building some kind of wave deflector for the bow. We found that when you move at a fast pace the boat cuts through the waves and you get splashing into the front section. You can see how full it got at one point near the end of he video briefly here, lol.
Awesome boat, videos and adventures! I have Gary's book and full Wa' apa plans and hope to build soon. It appears you have a safety ama opposite the full size one? Is it built the same way as the full size ama?
@glockfan40 : Hey thanks, it's a great boat you'll love it, it's especially great headed down wind and broad-reach with the tacking rig. Up wind on a close haul she'll move but a bit slugglish compared to catamarans etc. Yes we have a safety Ama, we only did that because we have a tacking rig instead of a shunting rig and didn't want to worry about the boat tipping up to the point water came over the side. We actually made that out of plywood and styrofoam, the pink harder kind. I'll explain.
@glockfan40 So what we did was use a ply spine, and glued about 4 pieces of styrofoam on each side. Then we cut it to shape, made it half length, 8ft roughly. We then did some careful sanding, styrofoam is tricky to shape, mostly have to cut it. Then we used bondo and fiberglass with west system epoxy and finally white marine paint. Last thing we did was decide to use it to put the boats name on. Any questions just ask away, thanks again. Let me know when you have some videos of yours up.
I will likely install the safety AMA for peace of mind in the Gulf of Mexico, and because I may use a 2hp outboard. Is the foam construction a good bit lighter than ply?
glockfan40 1 year ago
@glockfan40 Yeah it certainly helps in wavy situations. It is very light yes indeed, no worries there. I'd also recommend looking into building some kind of wave deflector for the bow. We found that when you move at a fast pace the boat cuts through the waves and you get splashing into the front section. You can see how full it got at one point near the end of he video briefly here, lol.
e0ytk 1 year ago
Awesome boat, videos and adventures! I have Gary's book and full Wa' apa plans and hope to build soon. It appears you have a safety ama opposite the full size one? Is it built the same way as the full size ama?
glockfan40 1 year ago
@glockfan40 : Hey thanks, it's a great boat you'll love it, it's especially great headed down wind and broad-reach with the tacking rig. Up wind on a close haul she'll move but a bit slugglish compared to catamarans etc. Yes we have a safety Ama, we only did that because we have a tacking rig instead of a shunting rig and didn't want to worry about the boat tipping up to the point water came over the side. We actually made that out of plywood and styrofoam, the pink harder kind. I'll explain.
e0ytk 1 year ago
@glockfan40 So what we did was use a ply spine, and glued about 4 pieces of styrofoam on each side. Then we cut it to shape, made it half length, 8ft roughly. We then did some careful sanding, styrofoam is tricky to shape, mostly have to cut it. Then we used bondo and fiberglass with west system epoxy and finally white marine paint. Last thing we did was decide to use it to put the boats name on. Any questions just ask away, thanks again. Let me know when you have some videos of yours up.
e0ytk 1 year ago
Cool video, and awesome journey!
Outta curiousity, what is the name of the song?
ieatjuiceboxes 1 year ago
@ieatjuiceboxes : Thank you very much, we're doing an even longer journey this summer, in about two months time along the same river.
The song, if you're referring to the first one playing is "The Witch of the Westmorland" by Stan Rogers, a Maritime legend in Eastern Canada.
e0ytk 1 year ago