Boat Builder Central

On the performance side, I don't run it hard much, one day last fall I saw 32 knots on the gps, but thats with a very light load, I'm still running the factory aluminum 12 pitch, but I think its lost some performance after the last couple of sand bars.With a fishing load It likes to run 18-22 knots ...

Hello, very nice work on your build, about drainage for the sole, just throwing out what I did, it may or may not be something you'd do, but I have a drain hole on each side of the boat just forward of the aft bulkhead, I also have a drain hole through the rear bulk head on the center line that drai...

Oops I double posted

Its been 2 years since launching my FS, and I thought I'd post a few pics. My boys and I have fished it from the James river in VA to the Palmico sound in NC, and it does great, I can fish all day usually on a few gallons of fuel. I even got caught in some nasty stuff at Hatteras inlet and the boat ...

Got out today and put another couple hours on the motor. I will say i am very happy with the way the boat handles, we rode her in some chop and boat wakes and she handled like she should no slamming, a nice sea motion. Great design Mr. M.. I do need to go up a pitch on the prop, i was at 27 knots an...

Thanks for the compliments guys, hope to get her salty and bloody next week on the lower Chesapeake

Splashed my Fs17 for the first time today, no surprises (that's a good thing) , everything went well, still breaking in the motor so no real numbers on how it handles, but I'm very excited so far. Its been too dang long building this thing , I'm embarrassed to say how long, not even sure if I rememb...

I am no expert on the subject but, I set mine (i used the same steering) at about a 45 degree angle towards my chase tubes in the console and it works, not sure if the angle really matters. As far as chase tubes, I have mine in a 2" pvc electrical conduit, the electrical conduit has longer swee...

Boat looks great Lower, looking forward to seeing it done

Finally back at it, making a little progress, I'm a lil embarrassed over just how long its taken , but back at it , hope to post some pics soon