Nola OD18

[Fuzz]

Learning from those who have gone before you is the sign of a smart man One of the best things about this forum is folks showing things they did to make their build better and easier. And almost as important is folks showing their mistakes so others do not repeat them. You are doing a fine job with your dory, I just know it is going to be a good one.

[Salty F17]

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[cape man]

You aren't messing around!

[Jeff]

Great progress Salty!!! Jeff

[Fair WX Pilot]

Ok, so now I'm starting to be embarrassed to update my build thread . Do you plan to splash it before Christmas?
The boat looks great, really enjoying following your build.

[TomTom]

Your build looks great... and I love your spray rail idea.

I took my OD 18!for a spin the other day. ... it’s been a while ...

I hate to say this but I feel like much of the spray (on mine at least) comes over from further fwds than where you stopped your spray rail... I might be wrong but that was my impression thinking about it... I might be inclined to extend it further

[TomW1]

Your build looks great... and I love your spray rail idea.

I took my OD 18!for a spin the other day. ... it’s been a while ...

I hate to say this but I feel like much of the spray (on mine at least) comes over from further fwds than where you stopped your spray rail... I might be wrong but that was my impression thinking about it... I might be inclined to extend it further

I agree extend the rail fwd 3'. The OD can be a wet boat.

Tom

[cape man]

I have lots of pics of my OD18 running on plane, and pretty much the forward half is out of the water and she's running on the broad, flat pad in the rear. The spray on mine was right at the console and back, where the sides are pretty steep. Mine are shorter than yours and do the job. My comment was the opposite (and I kept it in, but now since the gallery is talking)...why didn't you take them all the way to the stern? The spray there should go back behind you under way at even a moderate speed, but it will miss the rails.

[Salty F17]

I have lots of pics of my OD18 running on plane, and pretty much the forward half is out of the water and she's running on the broad, flat pad in the rear. The spray on mine was right at the console and back, where the sides are pretty steep. Mine are shorter than yours and do the job. My comment was the opposite (and I kept it in, but now since the gallery is talking)...why didn't you take them all the way to the stern? The spray there should go back behind you under way at even a moderate speed, but it will miss the rails.

To answer your ? About why I stop short of the stern it was just for the look it stops short 5 inches short of the stern i didn't think that spray that far back would make a big difference ,but as you already know your boat inspired my rail design after looking at your bout pic while its on a plane . ? I have for you is what size of trolling motor did you put on the bow

[cape man]

You are absolutely right about it not being an issue back there, and it does look good. Like I said, I only mentioned it after others suggested going further forward.
It was a 55lb thrust trolling motor. I rarely used it, and ended up giving it to an employee when it needed a new control module in the head. It's now on a 17' Key West skiff in northern California. It had just enough ass to move her around slowly while fishing a shoreline. I fished 3 different times out of Cocodrie with friends in their boats, and a trolling motor in the marsh creeks was the method we used.