Boat Builder Central

Anything the designer says should supercede anything I'm about to say but in general, planing boats are always a little less seaworthy than similarly sized displacement boats, just because of the way the flatter, stiffer stern interacts with the water. Maybe a way to picture it is like this: if you ...

I got sick of looking at the rough spots towards the bow so those got some fairing; I also got to work on the rub rails and spray rails. Now I'm starting to think the whole thing is coming together. https://i.imgur.com/ZUCOleR.jpg https://i.imgur.com/rYxql0B.jpg https://i.imgur.com/k4KUiYU.jpg The s...

Thank you, I hope to get some good years out of her yet; it's going to be noisier and messier than anything current but it's at least 20 pounds lighter than the 9.9 I use as a kicker on my other boat, which is just wild. I might get a little mini Suzuki or something as a trolling motor, just in case...

Nailed it!

That's a very good explanation...you put flats on 5 percent of the running surfaces, your boat will act 5% more like a flat bottomed boat. This is why I like a bit of reverse to the step...you still get some of the slap but you also pick up a bit more lift: any water that gets thrown out the side in...

I'm really glad, guys. It's a fun build. I have surprises in store! I need to spend more time fairing; today I just had an hour or so, so I got the putty on the worst spots and filled most of the chine step voids. But I'm running out of ways to avoid the heavy fairing work so this week it should kic...

I've done them on a couple of boats...they aren't rocket science or anything. My current boat, I just sliced a 1x3 diagonally, lengthwise, and shaped it from there. It's in my build thread if you want to see what I mean. At GS or Panga speeds, doing the math is a waste of time - in fact lots of expe...

Well, as I used to occasionally shout after a short breather between songs back when I was the singer for a hardcore band...enough rest, it's runtime. I spent a bit of time up at my cabin, just unwinding. The kid, who's about to turn one, was pretty into the whole experience. I think this is the fir...

Windows look great! Would be interested to see close-ups of the edges inside and out; that looks terrific.

I was thinking u might throw a layer of woven tape on them, yeah...I was actually thinking last night that maybe I should rebate the edge and put in a wear strip of PVC or uhmw or something, but you know how it is, at some point you just want to move on. I do think the overkill stem will help split ...