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    Aluminum small hull design

    Thanks all for your insights and sharing your knowledge and experience. I've learned a lot.
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    Aluminum small hull design

    Maybe this is a bit technical but I'm guessing there might be some mechanical engineers/designers or naval architects here. My old mid-70s Alumacraft fishing boat had transverse hull stiffeners. My 1950s Flying D has longitudinal stiffeners. In a light aluminum fishing boat/runabout is there...
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    Alumacraft Flying D

    Hey! That's great! What's biting? Yes, I found the D on CL Minneapolis.
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    Sniffin' glue putting together a simple PVC framework to hold up boat cover and prevent water...

    Sniffin' glue putting together a simple PVC framework to hold up boat cover and prevent water pooling.
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    Alumacraft Flying D

    Thanks Vintin & DeepCMark58A! I got a good bright daylight spectrum LED light from the truck and could just see a couple numbers on the center transom support. I had to carefully scrape away some O.D. paint from the inboard vertical surface of the support (the previous owner thought the D...
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    Alumacraft Flying D

    Newbie to this website/forum. I recently bought an Alumacraft Flying D. Actually I was given to believe that it was a somewhat different Alumacraft 14' boat with runabout option. I found the accompanying placard on the portside inboard transom that clearly identifies this boat as a Flying D...
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