Hello from Seattle

[BoundaryBros]

Hi Everyone,

Just wanted to take a quick second and introduce myself. I found out about Everlast products by watching a review of the PowerPro256 on Youtube and am really impressed with what i have seen so far. I am in the process of getting all of the parts together to build a large steel sailboat and am still debating the relative merits of each of the options, but it looks like i will be picking up at least one Everlast unit in the next month or so.

I currently live in Seattle, and pretty much devote most of my free time to scheming about the sailboat I'm planning to build with my brother. I have welded a little for past jobs, but i am primarily a hobbyist and am really looking forward to learning from those of you that do this for a living. I hope I am able to contribute something useful to this forum, and also wish you all the worst of luck in the spring contest

-Boundarybros

[Bigwilly01]

Well welcome to the site, and there are plenty more of us "hobbyist" here. So dont feel like you are out of place.

[brad3579]

Welcome to the forum and good luck with your sailboat project.

[redbeard]

Welcome! There are plenty of pros and amateurs alike around here and lots of knowledge to be had from both.

Hope we get to see some pictures as your project progresses.

[BoundaryBros]

Thanks for the welcome everyone.

The sailboat project is still in its infancy, and i have been acquiring parts as i have the spare time and money. The boat is a 40' steel Brent Swain designed sailboat with twin keels. its a fairly neat process and i have attached some pictures of how it works below. Right now i have been trying to pick up scrap stainless and just managed to score a really good deal on a Perkins diesel engine that is in the process of being rebuilt. Im still trying to work out the location where i can work on such a big project, which is why the steel for the hull has not been ordered yet. I expect it to take me about three years to complete, but im not in a big hurry, and frankly i enjoy the building part.



These are photos of a similar project that were posted on the Origami yahoo group by the British Columbia Institute of Technology.

[Rodsmachineshop]

thats so cool ,sail boats are neat . lol made a mahogany wood boat back in the 70 with my dad it was fun making it

[redbeard]

Thanks for the welcome everyone.

The sailboat project is still in its infancy, and i have been acquiring parts as i have the spare time and money. The boat is a 40' steel Brent Swain designed sailboat with twin keels. its a fairly neat process and i have attached some pictures of how it works below. Right now i have been trying to pick up scrap stainless and just managed to score a really good deal on a Perkins diesel engine that is in the process of being rebuilt. Im still trying to work out the location where i can work on such a big project, which is why the steel for the hull has not been ordered yet. I expect it to take me about three years to complete, but im not in a big hurry, and frankly i enjoy the building part.

I imagine the satisfaction of completing a project of that size will be immense. Hope you are successful in finding a place to build it.

[67cudafb]

That is quite a project and will be expecting pics of it and details. How thick is the hull plate and what will boat weigh when finished? I wish you great luck with the boat but the worst luck with contest also. The good thing is Oleg makes everybody a winner with discounts just for playing so you can't lose.

[BoundaryBros]

Yeah, it is quite a daunting process, but the boat shown above was claimed to have been pulled together in a little over two weeks.... Granted it was at a technical college with much more labor than i have available, but the origami design makes for a very quick build relative to other methods. Its the sandblasting, painting, and fit-out that really takes up most of the time...

I actually fished with a guy in Alaska who completed his own 36' design in about a year and has been living on it for the past 13 years. The nice thing about doing it this way is that you can dispense with the frills and build a offshore capable boat for a very reasonable financial investment. (im told)

The main hull sections are built with 8'x40'x3/16" steel and the cabin tops are built with 1/8" steel, although some people choose aluminum which leads to a lighter topsides..... The only issue with that is you have to install a gasket to isolate the cabin from the hull to keep the Al from corroding away. Or you can use explosively welded strips of steel and aluminum, which you guys probably are already aware of, but i found very interesting.... here is a link if you wanna see how its made http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvJee_1w4tA The problem with that is its super spendy, so steel it is for me.

Off the top of my head i think the whole boat when completed will weigh around 25000lbs obviously subject to fluctuation depending on how she is ballasted and equipped.

[67cudafb]

I am not a welder so I never heard of explosive welding, pretty cool. I can tell you you don't want to get out of site of land on anything welded by me so I won't be building any steel boats but I find it very interesting and will be watching.

[undercut]

Never fails to amaze me how big steel objects float and fly in the air. My hats off to you and your brother's project.

[MigPlazArc]

Hi Everyone,

Just wanted to take a quick second and introduce myself. I found out about Everlast products by watching a review of the PowerPro256 on Youtube and am really impressed with what i have seen so far. I am in the process of getting all of the parts together to build a large steel sailboat and am still debating the relative merits of each of the options, but it looks like i will be picking up at least one Everlast unit in the next month or so.

I currently live in Seattle, and pretty much devote most of my free time to scheming about the sailboat I'm planning to build with my brother. I have welded a little for past jobs, but i am primarily a hobbyist and am really looking forward to learning from those of you that do this for a living. I hope I am able to contribute something useful to this forum, and also wish you all the worst of luck in the spring contest

-Boundarybros

Welcome to the forum. And haha