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[[File:Sharktypus1.jpg |200px|thumb|right|Under construction in the Bacliff Exploration Society Shipyards.]] | [[File:Sharktypus1.jpg |200px|thumb|right|Under construction in the Bacliff Exploration Society Shipyards.]] | ||
[[File:Sharktypus2.jpg |200px|thumb|right|The designers stopped listening the wood in order to create the landing craft style bow.]] | [[File:Sharktypus2.jpg |200px|thumb|right|The designers stopped listening the wood in order to create the landing craft style bow.]] | ||
| + | [[File:Sharktypus3.jpg |200px|thumb|right|It's starting to look like a real boat.]] | ||
The Sharktypus is being constructed in the ESOB Shipyards using the cheapest door skin plywood that money can buy, as well as scrap hurricane plywood, and tomato stakes. The builders have embraced a design philosophy which ignores such things are measurements and common sense, in favor of "listening to the wood". This process has already led to many innovations which will be studied by naval architects for decades to come. | The Sharktypus is being constructed in the ESOB Shipyards using the cheapest door skin plywood that money can buy, as well as scrap hurricane plywood, and tomato stakes. The builders have embraced a design philosophy which ignores such things are measurements and common sense, in favor of "listening to the wood". This process has already led to many innovations which will be studied by naval architects for decades to come. | ||
Revision as of 21:02, 16 June 2011
The HMS Sharktypus is a stitch-and-glue flat-bottom dinghy with a Sharktypus paint job which is currently under construction. When complete, it will serve as the principle research dinghy of the Bacliff Exploration Society. It is planned to be fully equipped with an inboard weed-eater motor, ham radio, flounder lights, glass bottom, and oar locks shaped like shark fins.
Construction
The Sharktypus is being constructed in the ESOB Shipyards using the cheapest door skin plywood that money can buy, as well as scrap hurricane plywood, and tomato stakes. The builders have embraced a design philosophy which ignores such things are measurements and common sense, in favor of "listening to the wood". This process has already led to many innovations which will be studied by naval architects for decades to come.
See also
External links
- Lauan Plywood (Article that claims building a dinghy with this grade plywood is insane)
