A Cracker Built GF18- Finished 6/28/15

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Re: A Cracker Built GF18

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Nice work. You do have a way of making hours worth of work seem like it just took you a few minutes :lol:

I'm definitely in for Thursday as well, if the boss will still let you off for the day.

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Re: A Cracker Built GF18

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Thanks Joel and Will. Sometimes I feel like it's a snails pace, still got a long way to go. I'll get there though, one bite at a time.
I'm definitely in for Thursday as well, if the boss will still let you off for the day
Will, I fish when my spirit says fish, and it's saying fish on Thursday :D Raymond is probably going with us too. You will enjoy him.
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Re: A Cracker Built GF18

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Looking good Larry!! Off topic, How is MOM! Been thinking about friends with parents that have had medical issues lately and have not heard an update since she was going to cook the crabs after she got home from hospital.
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Thanks Robbie, Mom is recovering great :D Almost back to normal.
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Re: A Cracker Built GF18

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Awesome! I've been wanting to meet Raymond. I'll give you a call to figure out te details early next week.

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Re: A Cracker Built GF18

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Great! Raymond is a dang good fisherman too. Between us, we usually can find a few fish :D

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Moving forward....

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This is a initial mock up of the footprint of the proposed center console. It's the same size as my OD18, but looks smaller here.

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Adjustments will be made as necessary :D Need to figure this out now to arrange the chase tubes, T-top mounting and other things. The owner and Raymond are both coming tomorrow for a pow-wow on where we go from here :D

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Re: A Cracker Built GF18

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Clean work as always 8)

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Re: A Cracker Built GF18

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Nice. :) Looking forward to hearing the results of the pow wow. Mounting locations for T-top... whether backing pads will be under the sole in those locations, T-nuts or screws, chase tube layout, etc. :)

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Re: A Cracker Built GF18

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Wow. What a pleasure it's been to watch your build. Thanks again.

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Re: A Cracker Built GF18

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I appreciate the comments. We had a great meeting of the minds today, and I've got enough information to go another month :D Between the 3 of us, we're going to build a really nice boat :D
Mounting locations for T-top... whether backing pads will be under the sole in those locations, T-nuts or screws, chase tube layout, etc. :)
Stay tuned :wink:
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