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Took a few current pics taken today. Started doing some sanding because we ran out of epxoy I dabble in furniture making in my free time ( that was before I decided to build a boat) and I have never gone through more sand paper then I did today . All in all my brother and I are having a blast putting this little puddle jumper together. The only complaint I have is having to wake up every morning and head to the office rather then head to the garage BTW does anyone want a ping pong table so I can get the damn thing out of the way



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You look to be off to a great start. I bought a 3 gallon kit of epoxy and i have completely coated the entire boat. I probably used a lot more than necessary as I used a brush for the seams and a roller for all the flat areas. I also fibered the entire bottom so that required a lot more epoxy. And i added fiber to some areas of the seat tops that wasn't in the plans. I have about a quarter of resin and hardner left. I still need to make filler to place under the rubrails but i think i'll have just enough. It goes by real fast. Also, I bought the small containter of quickfair and that was enough to fair the tape seams on the inside. And i might have enought for the seams on the chines. But I do need to coat the quickfair with epoxy as well, so i'm really biting my nails.

Nice looking seams and corners by the way.

I made more progress today. I was able to cut the mid seat locker, the rub rail, PVC clamps and did some sanding. I also dry fit the rub rail to see if a 6ft pace pipe was going to be enough and also trimmed the ends to with a couple inches. I had to use a strip of 3/8 for the port side of the rub rail. When I purchased the wood one of the panels had a bit of a bend in it. Just so happens that the bend wound up on the shear line, bowing the panel into the cabin area. The three 1/4" strips just followed the contour of the bow so hence the 3/8" substitute. Ended up working like a charm! Situations like these are why I think I enjoy this project so much. If we make a mistake some where it’s correctible.

JBing wrote:The only complaint I have is having to wake up every morning and head to the office rather then head to the garage

I'm having the same problem. I don't seem to have any motivation to do anything but work on the boat, consider the boat, plan.... quite inexplicable.

how much flex is expected in the flooring between each set of seats? Ours seem to flex a bit when just adding pressure just with a hand. Would it be with in reason to add another sheet of 3/8" or even 1/2" to the floor? Im just worried that if someone where to board the boat from a dock and loose their footing they might go through the hull

a few updated pictures... seat lockers were done by hand, my router took a dump

and here we are L.N.K. aka the (Late Night Krew) left is Jason my brother, middle is my wife Michelle and on the right is me Jeff (Jbing) BTW Michelle hates this site, she says it has taken over my life

well that last picture sucked, looks like I'm going to have to crop it a little

Anyone have any input on the flooring?

I haven't read anywhere that you deviated from the plans, so I'll reiterate what many have said here: "Don't overbuild". Flex is ok, and remember you'll be standing in the boat when it's on the water, spreading that load differently than just up on your stands. I actually underbuilt my D5 and it's just fine.