FS18 Done Deal...

[Cooper]

I would leave the bottom back edge sharp and round the chines a little.

[Super Spook]

If this was a heavier boat I would seriously consider painting it before it gets flipped. Since it's light enough for 3 or 4 people to turn over, I'll wait until the very end to do the topcoat.

My plan as well.

[mikebro72]

hey man the boat looks great...ive been away for quite a while...my fs 18 is still just on paper...i had built a strongback and then scrapped it...my plans are sitting somewhere..i went with my own design(ill be done with it in another week or so...construction is complete, rigging it right now...)....after a couple models and contemplating mods to the design, it just wasnt for me...actually a little too much boat for my plan, if that make sense...
good luck...it seems there are maybe 4 in progress??

ill be posting some pics on another website, but i dont want to take away from bateau...i learned a lot from here

[Bayport_Bob]

My building site has been updated. It's shows the steps up to & including the initial primer coat. Added steps include the skeg, the rubrails and primer.

At the moment I've misted down a sanding "guide coat" of dark gray auto primer and I'm once again back into sanding mode! This step isn't on the site yet.

See the bottom of my post for a link to the site.

[ks8]

Great pictures Bob!

Does the future hold a time when you can break up the *steps* into separate pages? On a slow connection, it takes a looooong time to get to see the most current recently added pictures, way at the bottom.

Looks like you may be in the water first. Great documentation!

[Bayport_Bob]

Yes, I'll be switching the format to separate pages. I realize that if you have a slow connection the load time will be pretty long. Maybe if I have time this afternoon at work!

[Super Spook]

Looks great man. Are you going to do anything to try and deal with the spray or just live with it being wet? I've thought about a small spray rail, triangular in cross section, about 6" above the chine, but am worried it might ruin the lines a little bit.

Also, do you think that a few heavy duty staples might accomplish the same thing as the dowel trick? Just remove them before the next layer is applied. This would be with 1/4" ply.

Elie

[pete44]

I realize that if you have a slow connection the load time will be pretty long.

Bob, the resolutiion of the last picture on your website (Primer_X.jpg) is 395.9k @ 180ppi which is perfect for printing but terribly large for the web. By optimizing it with Photoshop I got it down to 13.78k @ 72ppi without any loss in quality, so you could greatly cut down on load time — and web page size — if you did the same for all your images.

I’m willing to help you out if you need it... you have my email address.

Pete44

Edit:

Sorry, I spoke too soon... the 180ppi through me off. It looks like your images are already optimized... mine would only be about 4k smaller.

[Bayport_Bob]

Thanks for the heads up Pete. I'm in the process of changing the layout with a standard navigation bar. I wasn't planning on being wordy, but as it turns out, it'll be a book before I'm done!

Spook - I'm coming from kayak fishing to powerboats, so I won't know how to act without my ass being wet all the time.

I do plan on putting a rubber (tacomarine.com) rubrail around the structural one, so there's going to be a little bit more overhang, but it will still be a wet ride in the chop.

As far as using staples on the rubrail, if you have another person help putting it on, then stapling would be fast & efficient. If you do it by yourself, the dowels help hold the far end of the strip in good alignment (kind of a third hand) while you slap on the clamps, but I think you could still get a good technique developed by stapling. Now that I think about it more, I wished I had thought about using staples at the time!

[FlaFF]

Use nylon staples and leave them in.



Josh