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Building a boat.
2007-09-22, 12:56 AM #1
I'm building a boat for my senior project. Something in the traditional scandinavian style. I'm currently looking at this awesome boat, as pictured here

I can't wait. Its going to be awesome to have my very own little viking boat to cruise around in. >__>

So um yeah, post what you did for a senior project because you guys are all old.

o.0
2007-09-22, 1:14 AM #2
I have no idea what a senior project is. It can be guessed that it's something big you do for your senior year of highschool.

All I did my senior year was sit behind the school during 4th period and draw boobies. ;)
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2007-09-22, 1:27 AM #3
Ah, I figured they were more universal. Basicly its a year long project, that isn't really supported by a school class.. You pick something awesome you like and do it. Most people do lame stuff like making a crappy video or something.

o.0
2007-09-22, 8:00 AM #4
Yea most schools do something like that. ... My school seniors got out a month early.


(For community service)
2007-09-22, 8:18 AM #5
make one of those ones survivalists make by skinning animals and snapping twigs they look really unstable and stupid in a mushroom kinda way
2007-09-22, 9:12 AM #6
Wood burns.
2007-09-22, 9:20 AM #7
We didn't do senior projects either. We got jobs. ;)
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2007-09-22, 9:59 AM #8
That's not a "viking" boat. This is:

http://www.abc.net.au/science/k2/moments/img/helge3.jpg
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2007-09-22, 10:42 AM #9
What are Australians doing with a Viking longboat?
2007-09-22, 10:50 AM #10
Originally posted by Rob:
Wood burns.


yeah but it smells nicer than fiberglass when it does.

o.0
2007-09-22, 11:54 AM #11
Fiberglass is also for wussies.
2007-09-22, 12:20 PM #12
What would you build your boat out of, Rob? :colbert:
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2007-09-22, 12:28 PM #13
Cats.
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2007-09-22, 12:30 PM #14
Out of awesome.
2007-09-22, 12:46 PM #15
Anyway, wood is still the best material for a beginner building a small boat.
Fiberglass is just plain crap. Plywood/epoxy involves nasty chemicals and looks stupid. Steel is a pretty effective hull material, but silly on a small boat. Wood is easy to work, easy to repair, and pretty to look at. Especially when finished with a nice oil rather than paint.

o.0
2007-09-22, 1:14 PM #16
It's also really easy to light on fire.

If I went to your school that would be my senior project.
2007-09-22, 2:03 PM #17
Actually, it'd be a pain to light on fire. Wooden boats absorb water, and wood soaked in salt water doesn't burn all that easily. Anyway, I don't know anyone around here likely to throw a molotov into my boat, so I should be fine in that regard.

o.0
2007-09-22, 6:44 PM #18
That's no battlestation, it's a boat.
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