The Future of Watercraft??

[Terrierman]

1 minute ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

They make Fiberglas and plastic pipe already.  Usually for utility tunnels not piling.  But used for concrete piling forms.  

Plastic has its place.  But probably not as a bridge girder.  
Pipe is a different matter altogether.  The bedding provides most of the strength / crush resistance (for plastic pipe at least).  Piling forms? Cardboard is fine.

[fishinwrench]

3 hours ago, Terrierman said:

Then I don't want one.

Check out Hog Island boats.    Pretty sweet they are. 

[kjackson]

I've looked at the Hog Island boats at ICAST and drooled.  The skiff would be perfect, except for the price.

[Dutch]

What’s it rated for hp wise.  I couldn’t tell the motor size.

[Mitch f]

11 hours ago, jdmidwest said:

Better buy some Flex Seal.

Yes, I’m imagining a metal frame structure that you could place inside at a certain point in the build.

[kjackson]

43 minutes ago, Dutch said:

What’s it rated for hp wise.  I couldn’t tell the motor size.

The skiff is rated for a 40...but I'm guessing it would handle very well with a 25.  About the only thing it needs is a bow cap of some kind to mount a trolling motor.

[fishinwrench]

17 hours ago, jdmidwest said:

Better buy some Flex Seal.

A customer of mine hit a large metal object and ripped a grapefruit sized hole in his.   The factory patched it right up in the time it took him to go eat a sandwich.   You can't even tell where the hole was.  

[moguy1973]

I'm not sure about a full sized boat like that, but a kayak or canoe that was 3D printed.  That sounds good, although I plastic molding they use for them now is a pretty fast and tried and true process...

 

3D printing is cool, and I really want one to mess around with although I don't have a clue how to work CAD software or anything else you'd need to make anything worth while.  I've watched several videos of people making fishing lures with them and it's a cool process.