Smoky Mountain's FS13

[SmokyMountain]

But why does a perfectly straight line on the glass make any difference?
I'm totally asking here, not arguing. Of course, I'm not going to build another boat anyway...am I?

You maximize the strength of you tape (not that it makes much of a difference) and it looks good. You have to remember, I'm a civil engineer that regularly deals with 2 decimal places and it messes with my O/C if its not straight... To each is own.

[SmokyMountain]

I've made good uses of my Christmas break and finished filleting the inside and outside of the boat, taped the inside keel, taped the outside keel, chines, filled the tape weave on the outside and glassed the outside of the hull. I'm going to buy some southern ash for the rub rails this weekend. I've got to start figuring out how I'm going to power this thing. Does anyone make a jet foot for a small 8-10 hp outboard?? That would be much easier than installing a jet and small water cooled motor internally.

Filleted transom after rounding off the top and cutting the side arcs to match the sheer.



Glassed and filleted inside



Filleted, filled holes and sanded - Ready for tape


Taped Hull


A little enlisted free labor


Taped Hull ready to sand



Question - Should I square the rounded chines or does it matter on a small boat such as this? I was leaning toward sharp edges...

Thanks

Andy

[stickystuff]

The smallest jet foot I know about is on a 25HP Tohatsu. You can always call or email the jet foot people out in Calif. I used to have their address but have lost it over the past 5 yrs.Google it should give you the answer. 13 is looking great. I layed mine out on shop floor , except I made it 6" wider. Made some bulkhead templates. Right now I am dealing with DR bills from cath scan.

[stickystuff]

If you remember I had those flatstalkers. I flipped one in the Withlacootchie river and lost a Hundred plus outfit, ruined a brand new military gradec cell phone, hand held GPS and a complete tackle tray(plastic box) full of plugs and a boga grip. My friend I work with dove for it the next weekend. Rod and reel was never found. He did find my tackle box full of plugs, boga grip, gps and brand new browning fishing pliars. $50 alone just for the pliars. So that is the reason I will make mine wider.

[Newt]

You might want to invest in some of these. http://www.gearkeeper.com/

They sure helped me hold onto some gear in a kayak.

Newt

[topwater]

outboardjets.com looks like 25 HP is the smallest engine they make a jet kit for.

[Cracker Larry]

I bet that boat would haul azz with a 25

Nice work, Andy

[poleposition]

[quote="Cracker Larry"]I bet that boat would haul azz with a 25


Yea, you might hit ludicrous speed w/ a 25hp. Anybody got an idea at what point weight / speed might become an issue?

[Cracker Larry]

Depends on how fast you go I've seen some airboats that couldn't even float the engine, they have to start and stop on dry land. Sort of makes it hard to fish.

[SmokyMountain]

The jet foot manufacture makes a foot for the 20hp Suzuki. Lowest hp I've found. The 20 weights in at 97 lbs with a pull start. Their 9.9 is 87 lb. not a lot of difference. What is the weight limit FS13 wrt a motor? I'm going to call the jet foot manufacture to see if they can custom build a foot for a ~ 10 hp motor. Also, there is a 20 hp Suzuki on Craiglist locally for sale. Though like ya'll said 20 is bit of overkill.