OD 16 launched.

[MadRus]

Looks great! Terrific camera angle in that shot. It looks like you did very clean work. Congratulations.

-Dave

[Evildwarf]

Man that is one awesome looking boat.It puts mine to shame!.Evild

[Doug]

One of the best looking OD's I've seen
What speed and RPM's are you getting with the different props? Dropping the engine a notch will help with the cavitation but will also have a small reduction in the speed. The prop design itself also has a big impact on the cavitation as Paul said. A good Stainless prop will run a lot shallower than the OEM aluminum jobs.

[ddbiiz]

Nigel,
That is one good looking rig!!! congratulations

OD18
Don

[kickinbackfl]

Very nice. I'll say the same as Evild puts mine to shame. How does it run with your set up?

[gpratt]

Nigel

Very Nice Job!!!!

I like it ALOT.

Gary

[nigel campion]

The boat runs well, although I'm not sure of it's top speed. I added a Doelfin to the cavitation plate witch took care of some poipoising I was experiencing. The boat feels a little stern heavy so I put a couple of 50lb bags of sand up in the nose for the trip out this weekend and It has made a dramatic difference in the trim especially when standing still. I'll change that out to lead shot bags when I'm happy. I cut some pretty substatial scuppers into the stern corners and made some flappers out of 1/16" clear lexan which is flexible enough to let the water out and stiff enough to keep it out when launching. In retrospect with the boat being so damn dry I would go with something smaller if I did it again. Had 4 adults and 2 kids in the boat and it was fine once up on plane, I'm very happy with the way this "flatty" takes a beating. I think having the hull bottom full of foam keeps it quiet and cushions the ride a bit. Definately the best handling flat bottom boat I've been in, wish I would of built the 18 footer but I was too far into this one when it came out. I'll get some more pix posted here when I get a minute to sort them out. Thank you every one for your positive comments that's the best feeling to get after all the work. Think maybe some of you guys are like me It's all about the building of the thing. I wonder what's next? I've tinkering with a model of a little power cat using the same basic hull set up as the OD. Not as much flare in the hulls obviously but with the hull side step to assist planing and the rigid box bottom set up. Try to plan on building 3 demountable components. We'll see. Gotta go.