Jeffs FS14 LS
Re: Jeffs FS14 LS
1/3 scuppers.
There are only two seasons in Vermont: boating season, and boat-building season.
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Re: Jeffs FS14 LS
Obligatory plug shot:
There are only two seasons in Vermont: boating season, and boat-building season.
Completed Paul Butler 14' Clark Fork Drifter
Completed Jacques Mertens FS14LS + 10%, Build Thread
Started Iain Oughtred Tammie Norrie
Completed Paul Butler 14' Clark Fork Drifter
Completed Jacques Mertens FS14LS + 10%, Build Thread
Started Iain Oughtred Tammie Norrie
Re: Jeffs FS14 LS
Drainage
There are only two seasons in Vermont: boating season, and boat-building season.
Completed Paul Butler 14' Clark Fork Drifter
Completed Jacques Mertens FS14LS + 10%, Build Thread
Started Iain Oughtred Tammie Norrie
Completed Paul Butler 14' Clark Fork Drifter
Completed Jacques Mertens FS14LS + 10%, Build Thread
Started Iain Oughtred Tammie Norrie
Re: Jeffs FS14 LS
Some scattered progress.
Got the tank feet made:
Got some more aft sole cleats in place:
Started from scratch on the platform shoes but got them made and glued in
Got the bow eye installed, slightly crooked. Trying to drill correctly on that surface proved more difficult than I planned for. This is the 3rd time I've installed a bow eye and probably the worst one yet. As long as it stays in place and gets the boat onto the trailer I'm happy with it. Theres not enough real estate to fill and redrill.
Next is getting the final 3 cleats in place on the transom and then install the aft sole.
Got the tank feet made:
Got some more aft sole cleats in place:
Started from scratch on the platform shoes but got them made and glued in
Got the bow eye installed, slightly crooked. Trying to drill correctly on that surface proved more difficult than I planned for. This is the 3rd time I've installed a bow eye and probably the worst one yet. As long as it stays in place and gets the boat onto the trailer I'm happy with it. Theres not enough real estate to fill and redrill.
Next is getting the final 3 cleats in place on the transom and then install the aft sole.
There are only two seasons in Vermont: boating season, and boat-building season.
Completed Paul Butler 14' Clark Fork Drifter
Completed Jacques Mertens FS14LS + 10%, Build Thread
Started Iain Oughtred Tammie Norrie
Completed Paul Butler 14' Clark Fork Drifter
Completed Jacques Mertens FS14LS + 10%, Build Thread
Started Iain Oughtred Tammie Norrie
Re: Jeffs FS14 LS
Nice work Jeff!!! Jeff
Re: Jeffs FS14 LS
The bow eye is one of the things that scares me as well. Such small real estate on this boat!
Re: Jeffs FS14 LS
Yup. I couldn't(or wouldn't) come up with a simple/effective way to get a guide block securely attached with any real precision so in the end I just free-handed it. The pilot holes seemed perfect, but as I increased bit size, the bottom hole migrated to port. I could potentially keep making the hole bigger and then fill but I'm loathe to remove anymore material from that already extremely fragile region.
All I can hope for is to find someone who finds the boat interesting enough to actually notice. My drift boat is full of imperfections and for the life of me I can't get anyone to notice them.
There are only two seasons in Vermont: boating season, and boat-building season.
Completed Paul Butler 14' Clark Fork Drifter
Completed Jacques Mertens FS14LS + 10%, Build Thread
Started Iain Oughtred Tammie Norrie
Completed Paul Butler 14' Clark Fork Drifter
Completed Jacques Mertens FS14LS + 10%, Build Thread
Started Iain Oughtred Tammie Norrie
Re: Jeffs FS14 LS
If I was going to do it again, I would square off the nose where the boweye is going. Actually tempted to do that now.
There are only two seasons in Vermont: boating season, and boat-building season.
Completed Paul Butler 14' Clark Fork Drifter
Completed Jacques Mertens FS14LS + 10%, Build Thread
Started Iain Oughtred Tammie Norrie
Completed Paul Butler 14' Clark Fork Drifter
Completed Jacques Mertens FS14LS + 10%, Build Thread
Started Iain Oughtred Tammie Norrie
Re: Jeffs FS14 LS
Good idea! I actually put a couple extra plies up there to help wrap the corner during my layup. I guess it wouldnt hurt if they became sacrificial.
Re: Jeffs FS14 LS
Got the aft sole properly fitted and put first coat on underside.
Got the platform sockets glassed in and the final transom cleats in.
Now just need to glass-in the battery support and then install the sole.
Wife says I'm not allowed to work on the boat all weekend, I need to do "family stuff". Luckily "family stuff" in our family means fishing with her and the dog!
Happy TG to all!
Got the platform sockets glassed in and the final transom cleats in.
Now just need to glass-in the battery support and then install the sole.
Wife says I'm not allowed to work on the boat all weekend, I need to do "family stuff". Luckily "family stuff" in our family means fishing with her and the dog!
Happy TG to all!
There are only two seasons in Vermont: boating season, and boat-building season.
Completed Paul Butler 14' Clark Fork Drifter
Completed Jacques Mertens FS14LS + 10%, Build Thread
Started Iain Oughtred Tammie Norrie
Completed Paul Butler 14' Clark Fork Drifter
Completed Jacques Mertens FS14LS + 10%, Build Thread
Started Iain Oughtred Tammie Norrie
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