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Is a skeg a good idea on this boat? I will likely be using it on open water with wind.

OK, I bought something that may seem a little odd: http://www.ncangler.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=69215&d=1424384092 It's a half rack for a commercial dishwasher. Behind the seat, in the tank well, I am going to make the front part of the space fit this sideways (just as pictured) wi...

I need to put more confidence in fiberglass; I know a simple wrap of cloth would probably be fine. These tubes are heavier duty than that; I could slip rod holders or cart posts into them with no concern. They would probably withstand small arms fire.

I ran this calculator:
http://www.calctool.org/CALC/eng/civil/hazen-williams_g
on my pipes and if they were draining into open air, they would drain about four and a half liters per second - each!

yes I mean scuppers. I am avoiding PVC for scuppers; my understanding is that epoxy won't permanently seal it. I bought some fiberglass pipe instead. I went a bit overboard, but I plan to paddle through breakers. Both the cockpit and tankwell have 4 - 1.25" ID (1.5" OD .125" wall) scu...

I found the boat I was talking about - the Eddyline Caribbean 14. At about 1:30 in this video you will see the rod storage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNchDo3PU8s#t=156 Scary implementation - all interconnected. I combined it with the design from this thread which you may find of interest: http...

So yours is still in progress? Since you were so far along in October I thought you might be done. You do nice work, BTW. I thought about the front way also, but the limit that puts on length concerned me and because I had decided on a big tankwell, the area under it was already dead space. I also c...

Thanks. It won't be the prettiest girl at the dance, but I am confident I will have a good beach and in shore boat by summer. Too chilly to do any epoxy work though; I was going to seal the corners of the storage channel with a slurry and leave it in the garage with a heater, but it is going down to...

How did I miss this months ago? Very nice work. Makes my hatchet job on the ugly step sister look pretty bad (actually that's my fault, not yours, of course). Are you further (done?) now? Curious if you did side drains or drains at all. And if you are done, how it handles.

Working on the rod storage and console. The seat will be over where the clamp is so the console will be between my knees. Tested stuffing a couple of rods in and it works fine. The rods are fed in through the console, under the seat, tankwell and stern. There is a divider in the channel so the eyes ...