Boat Builder Central

Nice looking boat Huck, you deserve to be proud of yourself. Really nice job. Those pics look like the mouth of fish river. Mike

She turned out beautiful. Good for you.
Is the bracket from Armstrong? Mike

The reason I asked about the quikfair is that I`m building the cs25 and took almost two kits to do just the bottm. Six or seven sounds about right by the time I hit the sides and transom. I`m doing my bilges like Larry described, open down the middle and foam between the stringers and chines. My wif...

Beautiful job! How much quikfair did it take to cover her? mike

A friend stopped by yesterday and gave me a large bag of glass bubbles, are these acceptable to mix with silica for the slurry to fill the weave with? This is not the milled fibers, supposed to be like ballons. Ever heard of um? Mike

Thanks for the tips guys. Been away from the boat for a bit for my sons wedding. Time to get back in "THE ZONE". Mike

I just let the stantions(?) on my strongback hold everything together. Mike

OOPS!!! I should have said kerffed rather than scarffed. I wish I could spell too. M

Can someone please help me come up with a rub rail for my cs25? I`m trying to get 40+ year dried 3/4x1 1/2 clear cypress strips to make the bend and have broken two already, one plain and one scarfed. I think it`s just too dry to make the compound bend. Any other ideas? Mike

Thanks Dave. Mike