I've been a long-time lurker on these sites and have wanted to build a boat for ages. But I never seemed to have the time, or a place to build it. So when my wife planned to visit her parents for a few weeks, I started thinking.. and pacing out the dimensions of the living room, I thought just maybe I could do it!
I knew it would require an organized schedule and some very neat epoxy work. My plan was to do all the cutting and sanding outside, and the epoxy inside, get the boat finished and take it to a buddy's place for painting.
I got a v12 epoxy/glass kit from boatbuildercentral Europe and found some reasonable plywood locally. I must say things went pretty well: I spent about 8 days working stretched over 6 weeks or so. I would have liked to have it painted and launched by now, but got bogged down a bit with fairing and sanding and other priorities. Soon, real soon.
I built the row/motor version and mostly stuck to the plans. But I did incorporate a few tricks and mods I learned from reading these forums. I took lots of pictures and put some in my album.
I'll link just a few pics here.. you can check the album for the full build sequence. Don't laugh at my workspace
A tight squeeze for two sheets of plywood!
Stitching goes fast:
My bow came together real nice:
End of two days, ready for inside seams
Hey I can put it on the car myself!
Thanks Jacques for a great set of plans, I can't wait to get it in the water.
Cheers,
Steve in Umeå Sweden.
