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- 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...
- 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, ...
- 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 ...
- Thu Nov 13, 2008 12:37 pm
- Forum: Builder Meets and Get Togethers
- Topic: Southeastern Boat Builders Meet April 24-26, 2009
- Replies: 411
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- 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! )
- Thu Nov 13, 2008 10:34 am
- Forum: Builder's Power Boats
- Topic: New gallery
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1537
- 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...
- Mon Jun 16, 2008 10:30 pm
- Forum: Resins, Fiberglass and Paint
- Topic: Gel Goat instead of Paint?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1436
- 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 ...