At last a build thread: CR16 skiff

[Dan_Smullen]

Nice work on the chines and the rest of it. I believe the chines make the boat! Are you going to glass over them? With Reid's counsel, glassed over mine with 10oz woven. Good blend of workability and protection.

I regret not shaping the end of my skeg as you did. Small details like that, and not so subtle additions like the stem create a unique style.

[cracked_ribs]

I was thinking u might throw a layer of woven tape on them, yeah...I was actually thinking last night that maybe I should rebate the edge and put in a wear strip of PVC or uhmw or something, but you know how it is, at some point you just want to move on.

I do think the overkill stem will help split head seas, at least.

[cracked_ribs]

Well, as I used to occasionally shout after a short breather between songs back when I was the singer for a hardcore band...enough rest, it's runtime.

I spent a bit of time up at my cabin, just unwinding. The kid, who's about to turn one, was pretty into the whole experience. I think this is the first time he's really grasped that we were in a house, that's different than our usual house. Previously he got really blown away by the forest but now he's starting to get used to it.

Anyway one handy gadget I was very excited to get and try out was this pair of bluetooth-enabled ear pro.



I'm a frequent listener of podcasts and now I can lean on a sander while listening to something interesting...really relieves the boredom of power tool usage.

Other than that it's just pictures of incremental sanding progress:





Chines are squared up, couple of voids to fill but nothing too dire.

Oh, test fitting rub rails:







The side lighting makes all the surfaces look really rough, but they aren't, particularly. Better get a skim coat of filler on there so I don't look like I'm making a mess of it.

[Jeff]

Good progress!!!! Jeff

[Fuzz]

Really enjoying watching this one come together.

[cracked_ribs]

I'm really glad, guys. It's a fun build. I have surprises in store! I need to spend more time fairing; today I just had an hour or so, so I got the putty on the worst spots and filled most of the chine step voids. But I'm running out of ways to avoid the heavy fairing work so this week it should kick off for real.

[VT_Jeff]

"I need to spend more time fairing"

Every boat-builder, ever

"I want to spend more time fairing"

No boat-builder, ever

[cracked_ribs]

Nailed it!

[TomW1]

Good deal Cracked_Ribs, I have two Johnson's a 5 and a 25 that my father in law bought in the 50's that run like a clock. There is nothing that runs better than an old two stroke. Well have fun with your 2 stroke it should last a life time.

Tom

[cracked_ribs]

Thank you, I hope to get some good years out of her yet; it's going to be noisier and messier than anything current but it's at least 20 pounds lighter than the 9.9 I use as a kicker on my other boat, which is just wild.

I might get a little mini Suzuki or something as a trolling motor, just in case the reliability isn't there with the stroker, but I think once I get her running regularly for a bit it'll be fine.