LM18 8/12/2020 Buffardi
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Re: LM18 8/12/2020 Buffardi
That sure did turn out nice! I bet you will have a ton of fun with it.
Re: LM18 8/12/2020 Buffardi
Congratulations, she looks and performed well!!! Jeff
Re: LM18 8/12/2020 Buffardi
The boat looks great, and you broke it in right. What color is the outside hull? It looks excellent on that hull.
Re: LM18 8/12/2020 Buffardi
Very nice, congratulations on the launch and thanks for the speed figures.
Jacques Mertens - Designer
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Re: LM18 8/12/2020 Buffardi
thanks all. This site it great for encouragement to continue to push on. At times I was overwhelmed trying to prethink everything, but in the end the solution always present itself. The encouragement and power of " build on" is important.
P.S. since I switched from a tiller to the console I did lose a cup holder. I plan to add it to the cast platform for a total of 4. Also, my passenger requested a grab bar in the front of the livewell seat for bouncing wakes.
P.S. since I switched from a tiller to the console I did lose a cup holder. I plan to add it to the cast platform for a total of 4. Also, my passenger requested a grab bar in the front of the livewell seat for bouncing wakes.
See my LM 18 build here.
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Finished Boat Here
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Re: LM18 8/12/2020 Buffardi
She is Smokin'!
There are only two seasons in Vermont: boating season, and boat-building season.
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Re: LM18 8/12/2020 Buffardi
Beautiful boat! Love the center console and remote steering. Thinking of building something similar. About how deep is she drafting with the console and the 50HP Evinrude?
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Re: LM18 8/12/2020 Buffardi
Looks amazing! Ill bet it feels great too..... people asking you about it and you cant help grinning with pride
Those are just the secondary cup holders, these are the primary,
Re: LM18 8/12/2020 Buffardi
Beautiful boat Chuf. May you have many uses of her.
Tom
Tom
Restored Mirror Dinghy, Bought OD18 built by CL, Westlawn School of Yacht Design courses. LT US Navy 1970-1978
Re: LM18 8/12/2020 Buffardi
Marco island hurricane ian.
Storm surge was 10’
The neighbor sent me a pic right before the power went out. Once I saw my lm18 in trouble I hopped in the car and drove 24 hours to get there as soon as I could. When I left madison Wisconsin the hurricane was still over the water, but because it stalled out I made it to Tampa after it came through. I have been working 18 hours days and am finally in the car heading home.
The house is good, we lost a screen and screen door. The family toys didn’t fair so good.
Deck boat floated its cradle and broke it rope. It floated for 2 miles finding a nice 4 million dollar boat to crash into. It must have hit tons of things along it journey because it is totalled
The Everglades stayed on the lift but landed on the dock.
1 of 2 jet skis was in a tree and resting on a bush and a fence. It broke its safety clip
And finally my lm18 was strapped to the lift and submerged for 3 hours.
More pics to come.
Storm surge was 10’
The neighbor sent me a pic right before the power went out. Once I saw my lm18 in trouble I hopped in the car and drove 24 hours to get there as soon as I could. When I left madison Wisconsin the hurricane was still over the water, but because it stalled out I made it to Tampa after it came through. I have been working 18 hours days and am finally in the car heading home.
The house is good, we lost a screen and screen door. The family toys didn’t fair so good.
Deck boat floated its cradle and broke it rope. It floated for 2 miles finding a nice 4 million dollar boat to crash into. It must have hit tons of things along it journey because it is totalled
The Everglades stayed on the lift but landed on the dock.
1 of 2 jet skis was in a tree and resting on a bush and a fence. It broke its safety clip
And finally my lm18 was strapped to the lift and submerged for 3 hours.
More pics to come.
See my LM 18 build here.
viewtopic.php?t=64254
See my LM 18 Questions here.
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=64299&hilit=lm18\
Finished Boat Here
viewtopic.php?f=25&t=65173
viewtopic.php?t=64254
See my LM 18 Questions here.
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=64299&hilit=lm18\
Finished Boat Here
viewtopic.php?f=25&t=65173
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