GV13 Build Progress

[ScottE]

Very impressive clamping techniques, gentlemen. KS8, are those buckets of dirt in your photo? Dirt has a great denseness to it for clamping! Chicagoross, isn't it scary when you total up the number of containers you've emptied? It's probably best that you throw them away and get rid of the reminders.....

[Fred in Wisc]

I think it's best to throw them away before your wife figures out how much you have spent on epoxy.

That's why I order 6 at a time, there are never that many in the workshop to raise questions.

Nice looking GV. That's what I would have built if I had a way to get it out of the basement workshop.

Fred in Wisc

[mecreature]

Looks pretty cool.. that is one big 13 ft boat

[MadRus]

Sweet! Makes me wish I was building one all over again. Keep up the nice work.

[ScottE]

Made some progress, got gunwales and quarter panels sorted out.. Dry fit Tempress hatches in rear seat and quarter panels..

Overall view, hope to keep plugging along to get on the water by late August/early September (need to get all shaken out by lobster season..)

Gunwales were made of 2 thicknesses of 4mm marine ply with glass sandwiched between, final layer of glass on top. This makes for very strong, very light gunwales!

[ScottE]

I'm hauling to the DMV this week to register my boat! There are a few last minute details to attend to (always), but it should be "official" soon.


I took full advantage of all the great ideas on the other building sagas on the site (thanks MadRus!), and other's creativity.

As you can see, I modified the console slightly and lifted the wooden grate flooring idea.



I'll post more pics, once we're on the water.

[K-1]

What a beauty ! Congrats on an outstanding build ... can't wait to see the pics of her on the water

[Pat4]

looks great! she's a real beauty!!

[jbo_c]

Nice. I'm thinking about building an FS14 and doing the interior very similar to this.

Jbo

[Dimitris]

Very very clean. I like the grate very much.