Thread: New Boat Project?

Done some research and things are looking pretty good. Will go for HDPE and have found a local supplier and pricing. The stuff has about 20% increased impact resistance over aluminium and nearly 1/3rd the weight.

I'm not sure what shape or type of boat to build so I think a scale model or two will be in order and on that score I've found the perfect source of material for the models too. Just happens to be exactly 1/10th the thickness I want to use and a 1/10th scale model will be a good size for fat fingers to work with.

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I suppose other things to think about would be transom height, dead rise, ...