Boat Builder Central

Thanks Tim,

Good advice, looks like you've been busy! Not so sure I should take advice from of a guy who attacks boats with a chainsaw

Just joking

YD

Hi guys, hope you are all building like crazy! I have a question some of you may be able to help me with, some of you may recall I built a GF16 18 months ago, wow what a boat, I love it to bits, I generally fished large lakes with it with an older 20hp Johnson. My situation has changed and I'm movin...

I built a GF16 last year totally out of 6656, It was perfectly good, fairing was a breeze. I did not have any voids and the only comment I would have that if you were looking for a bright finish there was alot of colour difference between the sheets. Save your money and get the 6656, spend the money...

Right in the middle of the Rockies on the Columbia River

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Hi 04 I built a GF16 this spring, and like you plan to I built it over weekends and evenings. I'm a pretty intense guy so when I work I have my head down and hair straight back. It took me an estimated 180 hours over 3 months. So I was at it between 15 and 20 hours a week, and I got a 4-6 foot finis...

Hi Robbie, where I had a large gap I filled with wood fillets to cut down on epoxy use, however once you have your duct tape in place you can force the peanut butter into spaces very well, just leave a small gap for trapped air to escape. Also once you remove your duct tape it is easy to inspect whe...

:D I was launching my boat tonight, came across these guys test running this home made craft 8O It is a 14' or so alum built, (welded) onto a 170 HP skidoo. Makes one hell of a noise and gets on to plane in a fasion. keeps right on going over beaches etc. Most amazing of all is that it actually floa...

Good for you Robbie ,

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Hi Robbie, presumeably you are refering to diagonals when you say you are an inch off? I personally was always within a 1/4 inch, but it is very easy to distort the hull prior to the bottom going on, what stage are you at, dry fitting the seat tops? Do you have any photos to show us? Is the floor yo...

Glad to hear you are getting on Robbie, I know its been mentioned before Pictures, pictures, pictures

I'm lazy I just stuck my elec on the rear

Have fun,

YD