Designing an Aluminum Musky Fishing Boat 12 23 2018
So if I were to design one how would I design it?
1. Economy would be the key!
2. A boat as light as possible. Thereby getting the highest speed out of the lowest horsepower. I mean 350 lbs to 500 to 700. And these would correspond with hp ratings of 50 per 14 foot 115 per 16 foot and ?? for 18 foot boat.
3. Where you are standing should be very close to the edge of the boat (gunnel). Why? so that you don't have to lean too far over to do a figure 8.
4. Deep V hull is critical in taking big waves because muskies sometimes hang out in big water.
5. Draft: Very little water displacment, meaning the boat can go through shallow water without concern.
6. Hull Rigidity. How would I handle this and keep the weight down? The bottom would be .10 and the exterior sides would be .72 or more. But it would somehow have a double hull with an inner hulls. And in between would be filled with a multilayer foam process. Whereby the exterior of the foam channel would be rigid foam that would prevent hull denting and the interior would be lighter foam for safety bouyancy and hull rigidity.
And all of that would require weld spacers to keep it integral.
7. The deck inside would need to be flat.
8. The front can't be like a jon boat.
9. Tiller versus steering counsel? With tiller you are too close to the carbon monoxide from the motor. So I would go with a Steering counsel. However I would want it to be minimal. Maybe even folding or collapsible so that it is out of the way when netting a fish.
10. Open deck whereby you can get from the back to the front easy.
11. One layer decking, meaning no step ups or step downs to have to deal with.
12. Could have seat/casting platforms from and back.
13. I would want the tranducer to be able to be mounted in hull. So that might require a special hull plate. How could that be accomplished so that it doesn't leak there? I don't know; yet.
14. Unsinkable! Foam filled so that it is unsinkable.
(Awhile back I wrote of this idea. What if you could save aluminum cans and then take them to a solar electric arc furnance and have an aluminum boat cast for you right there, via the power of the sun.)
15. Jet boat technology? Perhaps not yet because it isn't as efficient per my knowledge and thereby doesn't meet the economy issue.
16. Rod Storage? Whatever the rod storage is supposed to be it should run virtually from the bow of the boat to the stern in a hull channel. But I don't like the idea of hinged flooring because to me it is a tripping nuisance. Hence a safety issue.
17. Must be nice and wide. Makes it more stable in water. However upon motoring this width section (standing) should decrease in water, thus providing more hydroplane and less drag. Again economy.
18. That foam used could be crosslinked with Kevlar or dyneema or graphite fibers.
19. All things being equal I believe hull rigidity makes for a faster boat.
Can it be done? Engineers really aren't up to complex challenges; today they are bred from the apprentice should only learn one thing coven.(same mind as a rot or a lizard) Shut down the Gov and our lives get better?
© 2018 Thomas Murphy
So if I were to design one how would I design it?
1. Economy would be the key!
2. A boat as light as possible. Thereby getting the highest speed out of the lowest horsepower. I mean 350 lbs to 500 to 700. And these would correspond with hp ratings of 50 per 14 foot 115 per 16 foot and ?? for 18 foot boat.
3. Where you are standing should be very close to the edge of the boat (gunnel). Why? so that you don't have to lean too far over to do a figure 8.
4. Deep V hull is critical in taking big waves because muskies sometimes hang out in big water.
5. Draft: Very little water displacment, meaning the boat can go through shallow water without concern.
6. Hull Rigidity. How would I handle this and keep the weight down? The bottom would be .10 and the exterior sides would be .72 or more. But it would somehow have a double hull with an inner hulls. And in between would be filled with a multilayer foam process. Whereby the exterior of the foam channel would be rigid foam that would prevent hull denting and the interior would be lighter foam for safety bouyancy and hull rigidity.
And all of that would require weld spacers to keep it integral.
7. The deck inside would need to be flat.
8. The front can't be like a jon boat.
9. Tiller versus steering counsel? With tiller you are too close to the carbon monoxide from the motor. So I would go with a Steering counsel. However I would want it to be minimal. Maybe even folding or collapsible so that it is out of the way when netting a fish.
10. Open deck whereby you can get from the back to the front easy.
11. One layer decking, meaning no step ups or step downs to have to deal with.
12. Could have seat/casting platforms from and back.
13. I would want the tranducer to be able to be mounted in hull. So that might require a special hull plate. How could that be accomplished so that it doesn't leak there? I don't know; yet.
14. Unsinkable! Foam filled so that it is unsinkable.
(Awhile back I wrote of this idea. What if you could save aluminum cans and then take them to a solar electric arc furnance and have an aluminum boat cast for you right there, via the power of the sun.)
15. Jet boat technology? Perhaps not yet because it isn't as efficient per my knowledge and thereby doesn't meet the economy issue.
16. Rod Storage? Whatever the rod storage is supposed to be it should run virtually from the bow of the boat to the stern in a hull channel. But I don't like the idea of hinged flooring because to me it is a tripping nuisance. Hence a safety issue.
17. Must be nice and wide. Makes it more stable in water. However upon motoring this width section (standing) should decrease in water, thus providing more hydroplane and less drag. Again economy.
18. That foam used could be crosslinked with Kevlar or dyneema or graphite fibers.
19. All things being equal I believe hull rigidity makes for a faster boat.
Can it be done? Engineers really aren't up to complex challenges; today they are bred from the apprentice should only learn one thing coven.
© 2018 Thomas Murphy
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