Boat Builder Central

I used marine fir, and a primer filler over epoxy that had cured for at least a week. I take it this means I will have to sand it back down to the epoxy & lay a thin glass cloth over the boat before re-painting it? I am more worried about water being able to get to the wood, if I knew it wouldn'...

:( I now have about 24 hours on my GF-14. I took it out into the Gulf of Mexico around Cedar Key FL last week. (1st time in salt water). The water did not appear to be too rough, maybe 1ft swells, but there was some pounding & a LOT of spray. When I was washing down the boat I found a lot of lon...

I'll have to let you guys know next time I am coming down, I usually come down about 3 times a year, but this year I only made it twice. I would like to see some other e-boats.

Finally got to launch the last week of April, boy was it great!! Every place I went the boat got comments, I even had a truck driver from FL follow me into a rest stop on 95 for a better look. Boat runs great, with 2, 3, or 4 passengers. It was definetely worth every minute I put into it. Haven't be...

I didn't quite get the trailer finished so I guess the launch will have to be put off until April. That's probably OK because I still have some minor work to do on the boat, like adding cleats, brackets for the boat cover (which isn't quite done yet), and other little odds & ends I was planning ...

Yoda - I posted the close ups of the steering, hope it helps you out.

It was a surprise birthday present for my wife, I was going to call it Big Surprise, but since I managed to work on it from March to August without anyone telling her about it she wants to call it Best Kept Secret. I showed it to her on her birthday just after the outside was painted & the hull ...

The Nissan is a new one, the best price I found was from Austin Action Marine in Austin, TX. Due to the lousy weather I won't be able to get to the garage tonight ( It's at my father-in-laws across town) but I will take a picture of the steering & post it ASAP. I used the steering kit from Telef...

The paint on the outside is industrial Imron, I used a spray booth (a friend of mine manages a body shop) or due to the toxic qualities & smell I would have used something else. I used Imron on several motorcycles & choose it becuase it is both durable & slippery. The inside is exterior ...

I finally finished my GF-14 (except for installing the battery& putting the clearcoat on the rubrails) & couldn't wait to post some pics. I made some changes (all of which added a lot of extra work) but I think it came out pretty well. It is 6 1/2" longer, 2" higher, & has the ...