Boat Builder Central

Any kids at Ballentine??? I have a daughter who just started 1st grade at Ballentine. She has become my regular fishing buddy now that the boat is done. If you are interested in building a D15, you are more than welcome to stop by and see mine and i will show you the handfull of things that i would...

Yeah that was you. I live back behind hardees in ballentine. Now, this is where this gets even weirder... II you live all the way down the end of that road, i think that i saw you working under your car port a while ago when my wife and i were just burning time driving around and exploring. It look...

Thanks for the info. That may have been me, I live right near there. My D15 is white and I pull it with a silver Tundra. I usually launch out of Hilton, so anywhere in there you may see me around.

It looks like I will be going with a rider on my homeowner's insurance to cover the liability, motor, and the trailer but I am going to self insure the boat. If I can build it, I certainly can fix it! Just need to make sure that it does not get stolen, burned, or termites! Thnaks for all of the input.

Thanks for all of the responses, I will see how it goes.

I have been trying to get insurance on my D15 and my agent has come up with nothing unless I get a marine survey. Has anyone had any issues with this and if you were able to solve it, who did you go to fo the insurance?? Also, does anyone have any idea on the cost of a survey and what the process is...

That sounds very similar to what I have been thinking of. I have been bouncing around the idea ove keeping it low enough to put a seat on it and have a compartment below for storage or to just keep it simple just as you have. Righ now I just have a board that I am going to try out to see how it work...

Took her out again this weekend after adding a trolling and starting battery for my outboard and she ran great with just me in it. plan on adding my family to continue to test it out. I think when i add the extra passenger's weight in the front with additional passengers, i will need to adjust my mo...

what kind and hp of motor you are using. Interested in how much hp it took to get 25 mph. I have a new Johnson 2-stroke 25hp with the standard prop out of the box. I had to adjust the motor so that it was in the closest setting to the transom so that it would plane better with just my daughter (50l...

Finally... she is in the water. Yesterday we had a successful launch of my D15. Ran the new motor with no trouble and made some adjustments to it to get it to plane better. Loaded the family and took off. My youngest daughter (4) lasted about 10minutes and needed to be taken back to the dock out of ...