TOPIC: Suavie Island Mystery Ship

Suavie Island Mystery Ship 10 years 1 month ago #99959

*CATFINk* Topic Author Offline Gold Boarder Posts: 620 Karma: 35 Thank you received: 0	A wild sail boat proto Check this box to be notified of replies to this topic. Note: BBcode and smileys are still usable.
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Re:Suavie Island Mystery Ship 10 years 1 month ago #99984

Waterwings Offline Contributing Member Posts: 4887 Karma: 107 Thank you received: 100	Yeah looks like one of those mini stealth boats! LOL Oops, when I first looked it only came up as a black screen. Wierd, concrete!?!??!?? Bob Check this box to be notified of replies to this topic. Note: BBcode and smileys are still usable.
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Re:Suavie Island Mystery Ship 10 years 4 weeks ago #100042

sailor58 Offline Senior Boarder Posts: 173 Karma: 4 Thank you received: 5	Yup, ferrocement hull. Similar to shotcrete, gunnite. Was tried for a few years by individual boatbuilders. I remember reading about the method in Popular Science. Hit something and hole her, sink like a stone... Larry Check this box to be notified of replies to this topic. Note: BBcode and smileys are still usable.
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Re:Suavie Island Mystery Ship 10 years 4 weeks ago #100047

jbcurt00 Offline Moderator Posts: 738 Karma: 51 Thank you received: 15	The local college engineering program makes a Concrete Canoe every year. Takes it to a trade show I used to attend every March. Odd is right.... Check this box to be notified of replies to this topic. Note: BBcode and smileys are still usable.
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Re:Suavie Island Mystery Ship 10 years 3 weeks ago #100090

59Hustler Offline Senior Boarder Posts: 237 Karma: 4 Thank you received: 1	the McCloskey shipsin WWII used a concrete Hull. It was cheap steel was in short supply. and they only needed them to make one crossing of the Atlantic or Pacific. there were a few still in service after 40 yrs. Check this box to be notified of replies to this topic. Note: BBcode and smileys are still usable.
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Re:Suavie Island Mystery Ship 10 years 3 weeks ago #100105

robert-lorigan Offline Platinum Boarder Posts: 2524 Karma: 60 Thank you received: 4	All got yesterday was a black screen also. Cool. Do we need a concrete boat forum??? I kew a man who was having a new shrimp boat built in the 70's with a concrete hull but he got sick and had to sell it before completion. That was in Brunswick Georgia. Check this box to be notified of replies to this topic. Note: BBcode and smileys are still usable.
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Re:Suavie Island Mystery Ship 10 years 3 weeks ago #100108

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59Hustler wrote:

the McCloskey shipsin WWII used a concrete Hull. It was cheap steel was in short supply. and they only needed them to make one crossing of the Atlantic or Pacific. there were a few still in service after 40 yrs.

I recall, maybe 50 years ago there was one of those jutting out of the water offshore at the southern tip of New Jersey, at Cape May.