Sun, Jul 18, 2004, 9:35am lid (J.=A0Clarke) says:
snip Now let's see, you're talking about an outdoor sign that was not
made on exterior plywood? I'm sorry, but why would someone use anything
but exterior plywood for an outdoor sign?

I didn't ask.
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I would advise first finding the local watermen in your area (the people
who _work_ on the water) and finding out what they use. snip

Exterior plywood, butyl caulking, roofing nails.

Take a look through a text on Naval Architecture if you don't believe
me. snip

Done.

see what's popular among the working watermen of your area and that's
probably the way to go. snip

Exterior plywood, butyl caulk, roofing nails. I don't think so.

From your description below whatever you pick will probably have a
transom plug, snip

No. Checked after use, any water removed, sponged dry. Transom
plug - something more to remember, and potential leak.

For a trailer boat ply, snip

Which is what was planned all along.

Just get a Zodiac. snip

Ugly, expensive, not what I want.

When you say "lakes" define "lakes"--the Great Lakes can kill oceangoing
ships and are deep enough for submarines to go do test depth. snip

If I meant Great Lakes, I'd have said. A lake, say up to 5 miles
long, maybe 1/2 to 1 miles wide.

Ditto "river" snip

I no rapids, or river in a flood stage.

Sounds like you're looking for a basic skiff, snip

No.

How good do you want it to look and how much effort do you want to put
into it? snip

My definition of look good is not yours, I can tell that. Let's
just say straight lines, or curved curves, and neatly painted. And, no
lapstrake planking, or anything like that.

Traditional dory construction might be a good option--snip

Not.

If you've never spent much time on the water and you're setting out to
design one with no training, then you've got _that_ right. Not quite as
risky as setting out to design an airplane with no training, but close.
snip

Yes, I've been on water. No, I've not had training designing.
But, it ain't rocket science either.

Wooden Boat, Mystic Seaport Museum, and John Gardner, among others, have
books of study plans-- snip

I'm well aware of those, own study plan books, plus a collection of
WoodenBoat magazine. I'm familiar with Glen-L, Clark, Devlin,
Stevenson, and other boat plan sellers, and have material from some. I
also own books on boatbuilding by Philip C. Bolger, Harold "Dynamite
"Payson, John Gardner, Howard Chappelle, a number of other authors I
can't recall just now, one or two books from the Naval Institute Press,
and at least one book on oceangoing ship design. Most of those books
have been owned by me for up to 20+ years, and I think the latest one
I've had for at least two years. And, they've all been read, more than
once. I've done my homwork, I don't know why you would think I hadn't.

I think I can be trusted to build a smll boat for fishing that
won't sink, or fly apart in the middle of a lake. So, I'm done.

JOAT

We've got a lot of experience of not having any experience.
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