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General Discussion about the Great Alaskan / Re: To make the boat wider in a responsible way

« on: April 18, 2016, 02:22:35 PM »

I'm just thinking about stability in rougher seas.

On the Northsea the waves are short. I don't know what should be better, wider or narrow.

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General Discussion about the Great Alaskan / Re: To make the boat wider in a responsible way

« on: April 18, 2016, 06:35:11 AM »

Thanks! No hurry here! It's going to take at least 4 more months to start


Don't get me wrong, I don't want to invent something new.. 
Just wondering if the 8'5" is the absolute max or not.

And if it's allowed to go wider.. I want to do it correctly.

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Introductions - Are you new here? Say hello! / Re: Nick from Zonnegem, Belgium

« on: April 17, 2016, 11:52:57 PM »

The boat is ready for the junk-yard.
The whole transom was rotten and broken. I'm going to give it 1 try to fix this summer.. if no succes -> chainsaw!
I got the boat when I bought a place in the marina.

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General Discussion about the Great Alaskan / To make the boat wider in a responsible way

« on: April 17, 2016, 11:47:41 PM »

Hey,

The 8'6" width is due regulations in the US about trailering.
But my boat will stay in the water, so I can go wider. He has to be transport by truck anyway and lifted with a crane off the driveway.

Are there limitations in the design to go a little bit wider? I don't talk about 12ft but more around a max of 10ft.
My desired length is the whole 28ft.

What is the maximum supported by Brian? If so, what is the correct way to build?

Should the boat be more stable in rougher water if wider?

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Introductions - Are you new here? Say hello! / Re: Nick from Zonnegem, Belgium

« on: March 30, 2016, 11:52:52 PM »

Hey Ed,


Thanks for the tip!

I've also thought on a temporaly workshed, so that I can start on the boat.
But most off all, I want a place of my own  no kids or women allowed. So the best that I can do is build a brick workplace with doors that I can lock!
The second problem is the weather here in Belgium and mostly the part I live. We got at least one storm a year with winds over 120km/h of 75mph. My concern is that something temporaly will end up by the neighbours.
We don't have a lot of place here in Belgium 
The green part is the workplace. Don't mention the rubbish, I've been building our house for 3years..

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Introductions - Are you new here? Say hello! / Nick from Zonnegem, Belgium

« on: March 27, 2016, 12:21:21 AM »

Hello!

I'm Nick from Zonnegem in Belgium. 32y old, wife and 1 son of 18months. I work as electrician in a water sanitation-company.

I've recently bought the plans for a GA and I'm planning to build the 28ft. Mostly I want to use him for fishing on the 'westerschelde', a big river in connection with the Northsea.

My first goal is to build a workspace, but due buildingregulations I'm limited to 10m by 4m..

I'm translating the manual in dutch and setting all the measurements in the metric system.

So thats me and my plans in a nutshell!