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by KRE
Fri Nov 14, 2008 12:30 pm
Forum: Builder's Power Boats
Topic: Completed FS17
Replies: 67
Views: 19589

Donk, The hatches are not watertight, but they do all have drains. The three large wells aft have drains to a throughhull on the starbord side. Stb well is a circulating live well, Mid is an insulated cooler, port is a fish box. The aft two hatches are really just service holds that drain to the bil...
by KRE
Thu Nov 13, 2008 5:32 pm
Forum: Builder's Power Boats
Topic: Completed FS17
Replies: 67
Views: 19589

If you look at the gallery pictures you'll notice that I built the boat real close to the dirt (maybe a canditate for a name here!). In any case the motor could not be mounted until after I moved the boat onto the trailer. I completely rigged the boat including all harnesses, cables, hardware, etc, ...
by KRE
Thu Nov 13, 2008 12:47 pm
Forum: Builder's Power Boats
Topic: Completed FS17
Replies: 67
Views: 19589

Thanks for all of the complements. The proof of the build will be this weekend. I hope to have the rub rail installed and the Fl regestration by then. Let's hope the waterline is somewhere below the new rubrail! I'm also a little concerned about the remaining freeboard aft with the larger engine. I ...
by KRE
Thu Nov 13, 2008 12:37 pm
Forum: Builder Meets and Get Togethers
Topic: Southeastern Boat Builders Meet April 24-26, 2009
Replies: 411
Views: 62653

Thanks for invite. Put us down for two, less the room. I'll commute to the Plantation. It'll be a long drive (about 6 miles! )
by KRE
Thu Nov 13, 2008 12:35 pm
Forum: Builder's Power Boats
Topic: New gallery
Replies: 6
Views: 1537

I'll try to make

Thanks for invite. Put us down for two, less the room. I'll commute to the Plantation. It'll be a long drive (about 6 miles! :roll: )
by KRE
Thu Nov 13, 2008 10:34 am
Forum: Builder's Power Boats
Topic: New gallery
Replies: 6
Views: 1537

No can do. My wife says it has an unethical connotation to it! You know how that works, she's the boss, I'm just the builder. So far its a tie between "One-Off" and "Driftwood".
by KRE
Thu Nov 13, 2008 10:08 am
Forum: Builder's Power Boats
Topic: New gallery
Replies: 6
Views: 1537

New gallery

Shine, Thanks for creating a gallery for me. After being so intimate with the sawdust generated by that little project, its great to see it from a distance. I should have started posting a long time ago. I have several friends that are intrested in some of the construction pictures, Did they make it...
by KRE
Mon Jun 16, 2008 10:30 pm
Forum: Resins, Fiberglass and Paint
Topic: Gel Goat instead of Paint?
Replies: 5
Views: 1436

OK so paint it is. Thanks for the advise. I thought I was ready, NOT. I have a good bit of fairing and sanding to do yet. That'll give me time to consider just which paint to use. Thanks agian.
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by KRE
Sun Jun 15, 2008 9:18 pm
Forum: Resins, Fiberglass and Paint
Topic: Gel Goat instead of Paint?
Replies: 5
Views: 1436

Gel Goat instead of Paint?

Here's a question for the "Finish Crew": I'm getting ready to put the initial finish on the hull of an FS-17 before I flip it. Although this is the first boat I've ever built, I have been around a lot of'em. Seems to me that every boat that I've liked, owned, borrowed or just drooled over ...