Boat Builder Central

I had myself convinced early on that building my own boat was saving me money, and it has, but to tell the truth, now that I look at how far we;ve come with the boat, and even though she's still not finished yet, pride of ownership really takes on a new meaning when your in the driveway wet sanding ...

I had myself convinced early on that building my own boat was saving me money, and it has, but to tell the truth, now that I look at how far we;ve come with the boat, and even though she's still not finished yet, pride of ownership really takes on a new meaning when your in the driveway wet sanding ...

Joel, From personal experience, Florida Anytime of the year is a slow to medium hardener state. We almost ran into trouble when glassed in the bottom of our boat, late December 02. Fortunately, saw it coming and mixed smaller portions, made for nice wet on wet fiberglass cloth lay-up, but also promt...

Joel, From personal experience, Florida Anytime of the year is a slow to medium hardener state. We almost ran into trouble when glassed in the bottom of our boat, late December 02. Fortunately, saw it coming and mixed smaller portions, made for nice wet on wet fiberglass cloth lay-up, but also promt...

Finally finished the fairing process. I say finally because we've only worked on the thing maybe five days in the last eighteen months. Work is killing us all. We should get paid for our hobbies, and recreations as well. I'd never have to work again. Anyway, got the faired in, and reached a mileston...

I am in the process of tranferring all of the pictures off the website and into the user galleries. For some reason, Yahoo isn't letting me upload any more pictures or add to the website. :doh: So, I am going to take it down, and post pictures here instead. Work is progressing at a snails pace these...

If after all of these replies you still haven't made up your mind, the West Marine Catalog has a couple of aftermarket keel guards to choose from. Ooh!!! 8O After all this is what you are after right? They sell by the foot, and and all you have to do is follow the instructions. I think though you're...

Matt, Looks great. Are you anticipating a wet boat, or just taking preventive measure by adding spray rails? :doh: Not being critical, just curious? Gonna get some work done in two weeks. Headed to Florida for a week, and dad and I are gonna get motivated and try to knock out a solid week of work. K...

To quickly answer saltwater intrusion: 1) Transom Mounted outboard : 8 holes through the transom. Water intrusion into your plywood will depend on how well you waterproof these holes. Two Schools of thought on this covered further down. 2) Motor Bracket : 12-16 Holes through the transom. Water intru...

Guys think and remember this. When you drill those holes out oversize, and then fill with epoxy, you are using the epoxy for a purpose it was never designed for. Sure it is strong, but do you want the epoxy to take the force of that outboards weight pounding up and down on it. Yes you are water proo...