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Re: Duckmaster boats???

PostPosted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 4:53 pm
by 3legged_lab
jehler wrote:Rent a humidifier and put it under a tarp, It's money

Seems counterproductive but jehler knows his shit when it comes to boats so I'd so as he suggests. Must be like a '2 wrongs do make a right' sort of thing.

Re: Duckmaster boats???

PostPosted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 5:36 pm
by FlintRiverFowler
assateague wrote:He's in Georgia, in the summer. The dehumidifier would never stop, and the boat wouldn't be any drier.

Exactly.
I have a good one and it leaked all over the boat.

Re: Duckmaster boats???

PostPosted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 5:37 pm
by FlintRiverFowler
assateague wrote:Because I'm sort of lazy, I'm not going to re-read the whole thread. But I could have sworn you said the whole boat was plastic?

Fiberglass. It's all fiberglass. Except for the layer of Kevlar in the outside hull and the wood in the floor.

Re: Duckmaster boats???

PostPosted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 5:50 pm
by 3legged_lab
assateague wrote:I like to delegate.

Here jim
FlintRiverFowler wrote:Found a really cool boat on craigslist.....Although I can't find the particular model on their website. It's not aluminum he says it's either polyethylene or polypropylene

Re: Duckmaster boats???

PostPosted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 5:55 pm
by assateague
Vindication.

Re: Duckmaster boats???

PostPosted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 5:55 pm
by FlintRiverFowler
3legged_lab wrote:
assateague wrote:I like to delegate.

Here jim
FlintRiverFowler wrote:Found a really cool boat on craigslist.....Although I can't find the particular model on their website. It's not aluminum he says it's either polyethylene or polypropylene

That was pre ownership going off what the guy who had it... Who didn't even know the floor was rotten.... Said

Re: Duckmaster boats???

PostPosted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 5:55 pm
by assateague
On both counts.

Re: Duckmaster boats???

PostPosted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 5:59 pm
by 3legged_lab
assateague wrote:Vindication.

The only reason i remembered was because I was thinking the same thing.

Re: Duckmaster boats???

PostPosted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 6:00 pm
by assateague
I pictured it being like an overgrown Coleman canoe type thing. Isn't that what the Ducklander boats are?

Re: Duckmaster boats???

PostPosted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 6:01 pm
by 3legged_lab
assateague wrote:I pictured it being like an overgrown Coleman canoe type thing. Isn't that what the Ducklander boats are?

I pictured it being roto-molded... like a kayak.



And certified grizzly bear proof.

Re: Duckmaster boats???

PostPosted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 6:46 pm
by assateague
If Yeti made canoes, they would be $18,042 for a 12 footer.

Re: Duckmaster boats???

PostPosted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 7:08 pm
by FlintRiverFowler
assateague wrote:If Yeti made canoes, they would be $18,042 for a 12 footer.

Gypsy math?

Re: Duckmaster boats???

PostPosted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 7:33 pm
by Redbeard
assateague wrote:If Yeti made canoes, they would be $18,042 for a 12 footer.
and westie would be a proud owner

Re: Duckmaster boats???

PostPosted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 7:36 pm
by 3legged_lab
assateague wrote:If Yeti made canoes, they would be $18,042 for a 12 footer.

And the 12'er would have an interior space equal to a 6'er.

Re: Duckmaster boats???

PostPosted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 7:53 pm
by jehler
FlintRiverFowler wrote:
assateague wrote:He's in Georgia, in the summer. The dehumidifier would never stop, and the boat wouldn't be any drier.

Exactly.
I have a good one and it leaked all over the boat.
your criteria for "good one" and mine have a lot of distance between them

Re: Duckmaster boats???

PostPosted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 7:54 pm
by jehler
assateague wrote:He's in Georgia, in the summer. The dehumidifier would never stop, and the boat wouldn't be any drier.
if it's tarped it works

Re: Duckmaster boats???

PostPosted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 7:57 pm
by FlintRiverFowler
Fans have been goin for 5 hours. It's pretty much dry

Re: Duckmaster boats???

PostPosted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 8:13 pm
by Goldfish
FlintRiverFowler wrote:Fans have been goin for 5 hours. It's pretty much dry
that's what she said

Re: Duckmaster boats???

PostPosted: Wed Aug 13, 2014 9:14 am
by jehler
FlintRiverFowler wrote:Fans have been goin for 5 hours. It's pretty much dry
less than 15%?

Re: Duckmaster boats???

PostPosted: Wed Aug 13, 2014 9:51 am
by FlintRiverFowler
jehler wrote:
FlintRiverFowler wrote:Fans have been goin for 5 hours. It's pretty much dry
less than 15%?

Seemed to be around 12% and falling.

Re: Duckmaster boats???

PostPosted: Wed Aug 13, 2014 12:08 pm
by Eric Haynes
FlintRiverFowler wrote:
jehler wrote:
FlintRiverFowler wrote:Fans have been goin for 5 hours. It's pretty much dry
less than 15%?

Seemed to be around 12% and falling.

Go to Lowes and grab a digital meter.

Re: Duckmaster boats???

PostPosted: Wed Aug 13, 2014 1:37 pm
by assateague
Just throw some damn Trex in there and call it good, for fuck's sake. You could've been finished Saturday afternoon!

Re: Duckmaster boats???

PostPosted: Wed Aug 13, 2014 2:20 pm
by Eric Haynes
assateague wrote:Just throw some damn Trex in there and call it good, for fuck's sake. You could've been finished Saturday afternoon!

Trex weighs a ton. I'd go with cedar or aluminum

Re: Duckmaster boats???

PostPosted: Wed Aug 13, 2014 6:54 pm
by FlintRiverFowler
assateague wrote:Just throw some damn Trex in there and call it good, for fuck's sake. You could've been finished Saturday afternoon!

I don't want that shit draining through. There's no way for the water to get to the back.
I'm putting some shit on the inside layer of fiberglass right now. Called aqua defense. I had it left over from sealing the concrete board when I tiled my showers. It dries into a "flexible waterproof membrane".
Don't think it can hurt...

Re: Duckmaster boats???

PostPosted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 10:22 am
by RonE
Why don't you get a sheet of open cell foam board and cut it to fit and then cover it with resin and glass? A little more expensive but you might also consider a sheet of honeycomb and foam board which is very strong when glassed over.

Just remember one thing, "no wood, no rot".

Re: Duckmaster boats???

PostPosted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 10:29 am
by FlintRiverFowler
RonE wrote:Why don't you get a sheet of open cell foam board and cut it to fit and then cover it with resin and glass? A little more expensive but you might also consider a sheet of honeycomb and foam board which is very strong when glassed over.

Just remember one thing, "no wood, no rot".

Will the foam board hold the weight once it's glassed? What thickness?
I was thinking about it this morning after checking the prices of honeycomb... Can't afford that route.

Re: Duckmaster boats???

PostPosted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 10:39 am
by FlintRiverFowler
Won't the resin eat the foam
Up?

Re: Duckmaster boats???

PostPosted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 11:03 am
by assateague
Yes, it will. I've seen some use it anyway, and cover it with Saran Wrap while the resin is curing, though, which seems to work.

Re: Duckmaster boats???

PostPosted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 11:05 am
by NuffDaddy
Doesn't open cell hold water?

Re: Duckmaster boats???

PostPosted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 12:41 pm
by RonE
NuffDaddy wrote:Doesn't open cell hold water?


Not if it is covered/soaked with resin and covered with glass.