The Boat (Part 1)

At last, We have written a complete description of how we made our boat's hull.

This is our final drawing of the boat, camera and motors are not included.

It was our goal to make the hull ourselves, here it is, from a simple

drawing to reality.

A childen's boat used as model

It was quite difficult to draw the boat without any experience, 

I therefore got inspiration from different kinds of boats, including

a child's toy boat, and a real boat which use to be used on Lake Trasimeno in the sixteenth century.

I spent two long weeks thinking about it  when I completed
my drawing, and I finally decided that our boat would have
the following measurement 31.5 cm x 16.5 cm x 10.5 cm.

Here we are printing the drawing of the boat

A tipical kind of boat used in the 16th century for lake navigation

Two weeks later we started building it following four different steps:

1. Make the mould.
2. Make the DAS core.
3. Put the fiberglass on the DAS core and paint every part.
4. Make a cover, prepare the inserts for the screws.

1. In order to make the mould we used:

• Gardener's sponge
• Cutter, nippers and knife
• Files
• Generic glue

We first made a block of Gardener's sponge of the right size.

Then we started digging in the shape we needed.
It took a week's work to make the mold hull (considering that we could meet only a few hours a day), but finally we did it.

   

2. After that we made the DAS core using:

• DAS (1kg) and the rest will be used later
• Nails

It only took one day to put the DAS on the mould, we used a lot of nails to make the DAS adhere properly to it.

A few days later, when the DAS had hardened enough, the mould was removed and we now have the core!

3. It's now time for the fiberglass:

• Fiberglass (Glassfiber-resin-catalyst); Remember to use facemask and gloves!
• Brushes
• Scissors
• Disposable gloves
• A small jar

We will be posting the second part soon!