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This thread is for the things you wish you'd done while building the boat, or things you now wish you'd done differently after the splash.
I'll start with my now somewhat vague recollection of my dinghy build way back when.
I wish I had...
...used epoxy and not polyester resin.
...used better fibreglass cloth, not just stranded chopped mat (though it worked fine).
...faired the hull after glassing.
...glassed the entire inside of the boat, not just the seams.
...built a sturdier transom (but then again, it's a rowing dinghy, not a planing powerboat).
"I wish I had..."
"I wish I had..."
8ft dinghy built in 1992, BBV sufferer ever since.
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Re: "I wish I had..."
Raised the sole 1.5 inches.
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Re: "I wish I had..."
I see no reason for glassing the inside of the boat (although I did my seats, breasthook, and transom knees as they will get the most abuse) or reinforcing the transom if you are only rowing. More weight for both with minimal advantages.
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Talked my friends into putting spray rails on their OD18’s...
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Completed boats...XF20 "Red Alert", Aripeka Angler's Strip Canoe, FS18 “Bare Bones”, GF12
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Completed boats...XF20 "Red Alert", Aripeka Angler's Strip Canoe, FS18 “Bare Bones”, GF12
Currently building...PY12 Kayak
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Re: "I wish I had..."
I never intended to row it, I always intended to put an outboard on it and hopefully not kill myself...
Also, it was built from exterior ply, so the inside of the hull was badly checked last time I saw it (about 6 years ago). Since I used polyester resin it probably would've anyway...
8ft dinghy built in 1992, BBV sufferer ever since.
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Tripled my build budget.
It’s not that I ran out of $$ but I started to get ... snarky with the expenses that I hadn’t planned properly. Specifically the things not in the plans... boat dolly, fittings, etc.
It’s not that I ran out of $$ but I started to get ... snarky with the expenses that I hadn’t planned properly. Specifically the things not in the plans... boat dolly, fittings, etc.
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OK, in that case I see your point on both counts.I never intended to row it, I always intended to put an outboard on it and hopefully not kill myself...
Also, it was built from exterior ply, so the inside of the hull was badly checked last time I saw it (about 6 years ago). Since I used polyester resin it probably would've anyway...
Tony
Re: "I wish I had..."
Paid more attention to locking down the rear seat frame and stern seat frame to keep from getting the rocker. CL wrote extensively about it, I just didn't pay enough attention.
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Paid an auto body person to fair my hull I had one come look at it and give me a price,
i could have paid him with the money i would have saved in wasted fairing and sandpaper and time
i could have paid him with the money i would have saved in wasted fairing and sandpaper and time
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