Boat Builder Central

It'd be something close to 30hp by current standards. It was billed as a 20, but that was in the days when they rated it at the crank. Today it would be sold as a 15. That block was used on motors called 35s in the 70s which were changed to 30s around 1984 or so when they started rating motors at th...

He's super excited. His first word wasn't "boat" but it was in the first ten and he gets what boats are. We have freighters out in the bay and he points at them and says boat, and he points at small sportfishing boats that go by when we're at the beach and says boat, but also, if we're wal...

I admire your optimism!

I apologize for the lack of updates and poor quality ones when they happen - been extremely busy here. And most of what I've been doing doesn't photograph well: finishing the parts for the motorwell and transom boxes, for example. "Here's another coat of epoxy on this plywood square" isn't...

Great progress CR! I just learned that Katy from LetterKenny is originally from LadySmith. If you see her around, tell her "hello" from me! 8) Oh that's funny - a friend of mine (actually the now somewhat legendary Craig Douglas, who travels the world teaching people to do exciting things...

Okay, bit more detailed update although in a sense not too much that can't be inferred from the above photo. Decks are on all the way around. I put a bit of simple framing into the tops of the transom boxes just so I could use the leftover 1/4" meranti plywood without it flexing all over the pl...

No time for a proper update just this minute but I'm happy to see things looking like this:

She's a producer!

It really is a great feeling! From "a hull I am working on" to "a boat I need to finish." Makes it much more satisfying to stand in and make motor noises.

Thanks guys - it really is feeling less like a project I started, and more like a boat that I'm tweaking. Tonight I need to try to start getting those decks glued down; yesterday I was just neat-coating stuff prior to assembly for a couple of hours and tuning little fiddly things. REALLY looking for...