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Old 03-06-2013, 10:52 AM   #1
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Concrete boats?

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As an offshoot from one of Ms. GG's threads, someone mentioned concrete boats. Just saw this and thought.....implications for a do-it-yourself hull? Episode of Dragon's Den?


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Old 03-06-2013, 12:09 PM   #2
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Amazing what us Brits can do!!!
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I can picture the advert now: "Boat in a bag - just add water". I'm not sure how to get around the steel reinforcement normally used in ferro-concrete hulls though!
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I was thinking this would be something different when I clicked....and it is differnt

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Isn`t a concrete tent a house? Not that you`d want to live in that one.
There is a series of ferro-cement racing sailboats here named "Ragamuffin". One was often called "The Flying Footpath" (?sidewalk to you), it was fast downwind.
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A concerte tent? I wonder if that would make a good top for the Bimini, mine is about shot.
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Greetings,
Mr. B. What else can a 13 year old do while he's sitting in his mom's basement?
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At 13, I would have been scouring the internet as well....but for different subject matter.

Actually, I'm 46 now and nothing much has changed
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Interesting tent.
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When I was 13, there was no internet, and Bill Gates was one year old.
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Should turn it upside down and make it a boat????
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