Splashed

[cankicker]

I got the "Lumberyard Skiff" in the water finally.As you can see it is strickly a workboat finish and not the norm of builders here,But it is gonna live a hard life among the oyster bars of the Suwannee River Delta in west Florida....Also I HATE sanding I am breaking in the 15 hp Tohatsu motor and was only able to run it full throttle for a few minutes per Tohatsu break in procedures but it actually planed! That's suprising since the bottom is two layers of 3/4 plyand it's pretty heavy.I;ll try it again with a lower pitch prop IF it ever quites raining here in Gainesville.CL isn't the only one watching for animals paring up two by two....On a sad note as the wife and I were returning to the ramp we saw a boat sunk with the motor complety under and the owner cranking it back on the trailer,It seem like the weight of the motor was too much for the boat to float with the angle of the ramp.. And he had just bought the motor ..70hp Johnson two stroke/15 ft skiff....Thanks everybody for the advise and help here on the forum.I've already got the plans for the HB-20 Houseboat so that may be in the future,We shall see.....

[Irish]

Nice Job Cankicker. Is that he sports or standard version design by Walter Baron:?:

[tech_support]

nice job. We must keep this category for our designs only (builder's power boats) so that there is no confusion to new people visiting the site. i will move it over to "anything else"

[cankicker]

Joel,It's the sport version,The double bottom was ok'ed by the designer..ie: nothing inside to trip over
Sorry about the wrong forum post..

[majorgator]

As you can see it is strickly a workboat finish and not the norm of builders here,But it is gonna live a hard life among the oyster bars of the Suwannee River Delta in west Florida...

Nothing wrong with the "workboat" finish. After fishing it for a year or 2 like you say, the finish is going to take a beating anyway Is that picture taken at the ramp in Fanning Springs?

[cankicker]

Nope,That's Newnans lake ramp,And there is no shortage of Gators in the lake this year ..The Suwannee was pretty high when I went over it at Fanning the other week and as you know we have had more rain since then and I didn't want to deal with the current till I saw how the boat would handle,Hince the first voyage at the lake..

[Noles309]

I really like that style of boat and would like to build one one day after my GF16.
Did you glass it? I asked Walter if he thought it would hold up to Florida's harsh summers if built to plan, but he never responded back.

[jacquesmm]

Congratulations and there is nothing wrong with a work boat finish. I like utilitarian boats.

[cankicker]

Yes,it's glassed with 10 oz up to the waterline ,6 inch tape on all the seams and all wood saturated with marine epoxy.I followed the plans pretty closely except for the double bottom ,using epoxy glue instead of Sikaflex All Bateau products of course As far as holding up here is a 15 ft Pram I built 4 years ago with the same Home Depot ply and painted with porch paint No signs of checking and it stays outside with only a tarp over it in the Florida sun .The skiff is made with the same materials and finish and on both boats there are no holes or edges left uncoated with epoxy.I have build pictures in the gallery under cankicker if you care to view them,,

[Southern Gent]

Cankicker, Nice job. Go Fishing before you start the next project