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Hello all, I am considering building a FS 14_LS to use fishing on the private lake I live on. The lake is 240 acres in West TN. I am limited to 15hp. I have found myself bass fishing quite a bit and would like something with a deck similar to the bigger bass boats. I currently have a GF 12 that work...

Gramps,

Quick question and forgive my ignorance but what are the PVC pipe pieces for?

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ScottR

I like the Adelie but the Scamp is what got me interested in building ply boats in the first place. I built my GF12 as a test run before attempting the Scamp. Last year I went to a meet in Oklahoma and met Welsford, Jim Michalak, Richard Woods, Mick Storer, the guy who designed "Paradox" A...

Hello all, Just wanted to update my rebuild and say thanks to everyone for their help. It has taken a little while longer to finish the project but sometimes life and the summer heat gets in the way. I have finished the transom/stringer rebuild and rigged the motor this past weekend. I didn't take a...

CL

Boat looks great. Your work is an inspiration to us mere boat-building mortals. I especially liked your "eating the elephant one bite at a time" motto. I find my self saying that a lot now.

Scott

I got the new transom epoxied in and I am very happy with the result. Below are some pictures. http://i1297.photobucket.com/albums/ag21/scottr4/Transomepoxy1_zps34f04c69.jpg?t=1423681445 http://i1297.photobucket.com/albums/ag21/scottr4/Transomepoxy2_zps9dcf458f.jpg?t=1423681445 http://i1297.photobuc...

Thanks for the education! By the way I was able to insert the transom by cutting the ends level with the middle. Accordingly, the transom where the engine will be mounted is one piece from side to side. I will have to add pieces to fill in the upper corners but not a big deal. My wife thanks you for...

Thanks for the quick reply! I see what you mean about keeping it level and I will see what works tonight. Just for my own education, when you are replacing transoms like I am it seems that the ideal situation would be to have a single laminated piece of wood that covers the entire transom. If you de...

So I have pretty much sanded and ground everything until a have a relatively smooth and clean transom area to rebuild. I was mocking up a template for the plywood when I realized I had forgotten something. http://i1297.photobucket.com/albums/ag21/scottr4/Transombare1_zps82598d94.jpg?t=1422217596 The...

Thanks Joel. I think I will rebuild it as it was but put in more hatches. The boat is rated for up to a 50 hp but I was surprised that the fiberglass looked to be only a layer think from the bottom of the transom to about the 6 inches short of the top. The top 6 inches looked like it had several lay...