At last a build thread: CR16 skiff

[Cowbro]

cracked_ribs I seem to be a super dummy. I can't seem to find the CR16 study plans in any of the building plans sections could you point them out to me. I would sure like to know what your building so I can follow along. I have looked in Power Boats under 16', Specialty Boats, and others.

Thanks, Tom

It is his own design, not a BBC design. I think there are details in the first page.

[cracked_ribs]

Yes, I'm afraid that this is purely the product of my own irresponsible mind. There's no map, no key, and not even much of an explanation for most of it.

[Jaysen]

... not even much of an explanation for most of it.

I think that you've provided enough evidence of your uniqueness that we get it. We really do. And for the most part we want to encourage you to do it your way. Heck, I've got a beer and a nice seat!

Just stay clear of my daughter

[cracked_ribs]

LOL... I've been chased away from enough daughters and still managed to get this far in life without having to dig #8 bird shot out of my skin; I'm well past pushing my luck on any dads I encounter these days!

[TomW1]

Dang it all CR I forgot that it was your own design. I went back and looked and I was the first one to respond to you after you put up your first post.
Guess I am just getting to old at 68.

Well keep on with the build can't wait till it's finished and like I said above I love that Blue.

Tom

[cracked_ribs]

You know I noticed that but wasn't going to say anything - too many boat builds to keep track of them all, I can barely stay current on this build let alone anyone else's!

[cracked_ribs]

Not much to update beyond saying that I keep layering on blue. I might do a couple more coats, but I plan to stop painting this week, and then leave it alone over easter weekend to cure. It's just an alkyd enamel that I'm using, although I have been cutting in a bit of Valspar hardener that chemically crosslinks the paint so it should be pretty tough in the end. I've used the same stuff on other boats to good effect.



I am getting pretty happy with the overall appearance. The first pic is two coats ago, the other two are this afternoon. It's very uniform in tone now, and starting to pick up a bit of depth. Once I start smoothing out the surface I think it'll have a lot of shine to it.

[Fuzz]

Very nice! Maybe even a little too shiny for a boat that will be used hard

[cracked_ribs]

Hey yeah...at the beginning of this thread wasn't I saying something about no more art boats?

God damn it, I'm having a relapse.

[cracked_ribs]

Well, I'm off to my cabin for a bit so there won't be any progress for a week or so, but here's the current state of things: I think I'm happy with the paint, I just need to wet sand it to get it nice and glossy.



Colour is nice and even and I think I have enough on there that I won't lose anything by hitting it with 1000/1500/2000 to clean it up. If I do start to see through the topcoat, I'll throw some more blue on, but I think it'll be fine.



Then I have a little bit of transom work to do, and a few miscellaneous little tasks, but I expect to flip her pretty quick now.