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Understood! Best of luck all around and keep us posted!

This is a cliffhanger, any status update? Are you a Dad yet?

Love the rod holders on the garage door, btw, genius!

Can't wait to see some epic photos of that boat in Lake Tahoe!

Congrats on the engagement!

Great work on the documentation, and the build obviously. G10 is new to me, my interest is peaked. Always learning something new on here!

What and where are you sailing?

Very impressive to get all that done with just a small block plane!

Great work, build on!

Really high caliber work there, conrgats again. Damn!

wdr99 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 04, 2022 11:15 am This 12 oz fabric seems to have these heavy threads in it that, when exposed, are a bugger!

If we're talking bia-ax cloth here, the smart play, which I also learned too late, is to sand those binder threads down before fairing.

I say go for it! You'll probably use the boat more if it's setup how you like and easier to launch solo. The question about structural is a good one but I highly doubt you can't add a frame or whatever to make it work like a C19 without the doghouse.

Fuzz wrote: ↑Sun Jan 02, 2022 2:23 pm I have seen guys with wood drift boats put a layer of UHMW over the bottom. It does a good job of protecting the bottom plus it is slick enough to slide off rocks easier.

I've considered that for my driftboat, stuff ain't cheap. Or light. Still a thought though.