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Posted: **Thu Jan 18, 2018 3:10 pm**

Hi Guys,

After a few years of inactivity on boat building i’ve now started the DE25.
It will be a modified version. Just like my 2 previous boats.
I’ve been thinking of it for quite some time now; about how to.

Decided to give it a go and see how it all turns out....

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Posted: **Thu Jan 18, 2018 3:14 pm**

Pat, I love the looks of your OD18. Can you please post more pictures of her?

Posted: **Thu Jan 18, 2018 3:28 pm**

Hi Jacques

Sold the OD16 2 years ago
Here are some pics

Posted: **Thu Jan 18, 2018 3:37 pm**

And a video of the OD16
[youtube]https://youtu.be/55-w2XzuAcA[/youtube]

Posted: **Thu Jan 18, 2018 3:57 pm**

Posted: **Thu Jan 18, 2018 4:00 pm**

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Posted: **Thu Jan 18, 2018 6:05 pm**

Thanks for the OD16 pictures and have fun with the new boat building adventure.
Where in the Netherlands are you? I am born next door in Belgium and kept one of my boats in Veere, Zeeland.

Posted: **Thu Jan 18, 2018 6:13 pm**

looking forward to this

Posted: **Thu Jan 18, 2018 6:28 pm**

Can't wait to see how you build it out.

Posted: **Fri Jan 19, 2018 2:26 pm**

Hi,
I’m living about 140 kilometers from Veere and 40 kilometers from Belguim. In a little town nearby Breda. In the hart of “De Biesbosch”. Lots of water; rivers, small lakes, creeks etc.

The changes I made to the original plans are:
Raised the sides 7”
Added 3,8 ft in length in order to put the outboard in a covered well. Total lenght now is 28,8 ft.
Changed the bottum from 3/8” into 1/2” thick ocoume ply
Put on a swimplatform.

All the above is already done and it looks good so far.
I will post some pictures later.

I guess a lot of you will tell me that this isn’t gonna work but I think it will. It has to because I allready did it.

Posted: **Fri Jan 19, 2018 3:29 pm**

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Posted: **Fri Jan 19, 2018 4:43 pm**

Sounds good to me!

Posted: **Fri Jan 19, 2018 5:52 pm**

About the 12mm bottom: did it take the shape easily? I am thinking of the bow mostly, the middle and stern are flat. I would have used 12 mm but it was at the limit of the max. bending radius at the bow.
BTW, since you are Dutch, I suppose you use Bruynzeel?

PS: I remember the Biesbosch area, very nice except .

Posted: **Fri Jan 19, 2018 6:24 pm**

The 12 mm didn’t shape easy at all.. I pulled the sheets a little bit more together every day.
It took about a week to get them together.
Had to use tyraps 12 mm 1000nm; 100kg. The lighter ones simply broke. At the end it was okay but during bending i was afraid that the plywood would crack.
But because of the added length i wanted a thicker bottom.

Allthough I work at Bruynzeel ( unfortunatily not the plywood division) and i still can get a good discount it was cheaper to use Joubert ocoume marine plywood. good quality as well.

Posted: **Fri Jan 19, 2018 6:29 pm**

silentneko wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2018 4:43 pm Sounds good to me!

Posted: **Sat Jan 20, 2018 1:14 am**

Please post lots of pictures as you go. I love the DE-25 design. In many ways I think it fits my area better than any of the others here.

Posted: **Tue Jan 23, 2018 2:49 pm**

Some more progress..

Posted: **Tue Jan 23, 2018 2:50 pm**

Posted: **Tue Jan 23, 2018 3:01 pm**

This is looking forward into the enclosed motor well.
On the right ( next to where the motor is coming) is an opening. This opening will lead to a door In the transom. So there will be an easy acces to the swimplatform.
Floor in this area is about the same height as the height of the outboard.

Excuse my pore english: don’t know all the words to explain exactly

Posted: **Tue Jan 23, 2018 3:13 pm**

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Posted: **Tue Jan 23, 2018 3:47 pm**

Pretty cool, can't watch to see it flipped to really see how it functions.

Posted: **Tue Jan 23, 2018 4:16 pm**

What is power plan?

Posted: **Tue Jan 23, 2018 4:58 pm**

@silentneko
That makes 2 of us

@Fallguy1000
Like your project!!
The power plan is a 90 hp evinrude.

Also looking for a bow jet thruster.
Searching for funds

https://www.hollandmarineparts.nl/

Posted: **Mon Feb 05, 2018 10:43 am**

Hi Pat4!

I'm glad you are back and you arebuilding the DE25.
I built a FS14 and I read your older posts many times.
I live in Romania and it is very difficult to find boat building stuff here. From your posts I found mrboat.eu, which was great, they sent me fiberglass, epoxy, fillers.

Now I'm building the HM19.
I remember you put a larger engine on your FS14, and reinforced the transom. You know anything about that boat, is she still ok? I want to put a larger engine on my HM19 and I reinfoced the transom and the whole motorwell for that.

Sory for the off-topic, great job on the DE25!

Posted: **Mon Feb 05, 2018 11:16 am**

Mr Boat in Amsterdam is OK, he knows our designs.

Posted: **Mon Feb 05, 2018 1:09 pm**

Hi bogdanferariu,
“My” fs14 is still on the water.
It’s bought by a few students who live in the Rotterdam area.
They called me a few years ago how to replace the gunwale because it was rotten.
And mr.boat is indeed a good shop. I buy all my stuff there.
Succes on your Hm19 build!

Posted: **Mon Feb 05, 2018 1:12 pm**

If you build it like your other boats this DE is gonna be a fantastic boat

Posted: **Mon Feb 05, 2018 1:24 pm**

Thnx Peter!
I admire your builds as well!!

Posted: **Fri Apr 13, 2018 4:07 pm**

Time to flip it over!!
After a few months of doing nothing ( it was to cold) i worked like ... the last 2 weeks to get her ready to flip.
Tomorrow is the big day!

Posted: **Sat Apr 14, 2018 2:25 pm**

Posted: **Sat Apr 14, 2018 2:39 pm**

Near disaster at the end of the movie

[youtube]https://youtu.be/UEMjpGnOXp0[/youtube]

Posted: **Sat Apr 14, 2018 7:28 pm**

Always need a little excitement just to keep the heart pumping

Good job on the flip. It is always nice to have help and some equipment.

Posted: **Sat Apr 14, 2018 8:13 pm**

Looking good Pat.

Posted: **Sun Apr 29, 2018 4:51 pm**

Some little progress

Posted: **Mon Apr 30, 2018 6:39 pm**

Wow, That's a lot of boat!

Posted: **Mon Apr 30, 2018 7:28 pm**

Great flip!!!! Jeff

Posted: **Wed May 02, 2018 6:03 am**

A little heart attack

near my workshop, there was a tyre center so I borrowed lots of old tyres on the day of flip and put those underneat if smtg went wrong

luckily nothing but always helps to have a peace of mind

Posted: **Wed May 02, 2018 8:07 am**

Great video of the flip! I remember the day we flipped mine. It fell too but these hulls are pretty strong plus the cradle holds them well.

Got a lot bigger didn't it?

Here's me having one of my 'WTF have I gotten myself into' moments!

http://s237.photobucket.com/user/Knotty ... rt=3&o=647

Carry on.

Posted: **Wed May 02, 2018 8:12 am**

Good turnover I bet the heart was pumping at the end. I bet it looks even bigger now best of luck look forward to seeing it progress

Posted: **Thu May 24, 2018 10:26 am**

Thnx for all the replies!
Made Some little progress.

At the same time i’m working on a set of boatchairs

Posted: **Tue Mar 17, 2020 10:50 am**

Posted: **Tue Mar 17, 2020 1:28 pm**

Very nice Pat4!!! Jeff

Posted: **Wed Mar 18, 2020 10:26 am**

Nice one!

Posted: **Wed Jun 17, 2020 5:06 pm**

Almost done

Posted: **Wed Jun 17, 2020 5:17 pm**

Wow!!!!

Posted: **Wed Jun 17, 2020 5:40 pm**

Double Wow!! Amazing boat.

Posted: **Wed Jun 17, 2020 5:51 pm**

Posted: **Wed Jun 17, 2020 8:33 pm**

Beautiful!

Posted: **Wed Jun 17, 2020 9:29 pm**

Nice job !!!
Are there any more pictures ?

Posted: **Wed Jun 17, 2020 9:38 pm**

What port size is that? I have 151s? in mine.

Man, I really like this boat. Colors are smoking.

Boat should just stay protected in the garage forever. Under a sheet. Then every month, take the sheet off and snap a pic for me to ooh and ahh over.

Posted: **Wed Jun 17, 2020 9:43 pm**

Can I add another "Wow" ?

Beautiful boat!

Posted: **Wed Jun 17, 2020 11:59 pm**

X2 Now for a on the water report. Be very interesting to see how it works with the mods you did.

Posted: **Thu Jun 18, 2020 2:22 am**

Posted: **Thu Jun 18, 2020 5:25 am**

Nice.

Posted: **Thu Jun 18, 2020 10:58 am**

Beautiful work Pat4!!! Send us some water picks!!! Jeff

Posted: **Thu Jun 18, 2020 10:58 am**

Beautiful work Pat4!!! Send us some water picks!!! Jeff

Posted: **Thu Jun 18, 2020 9:09 pm**

Wow!!!! Everyone knew it was going to be a fine job

Posted: **Fri Jun 19, 2020 5:23 pm**

Thnx for the compliments

There’s still a lot of work to be done.
Install the evinrude 90 HP with hydraulic steering
Electrical
Fridge for my beer!!
Toilet ( for my wife and kids

)
Heater for wintertime
And so on....

I hope to splash her in a about 3 to 4 weeks.
Very nervous about how she will be in the water and how she will perform.

Keep you all posted!

Posted: **Wed Jun 24, 2020 5:05 pm**

Posted: **Wed Jun 24, 2020 6:31 pm**

Darnit. I was gonna ask to go fishing and I see you are in Netherlands.

Do you have to get certifications to insure her?

I am trying to figure out insurance here.

Posted: **Wed Oct 28, 2020 3:40 pm**

It’s fall in the Netherlands. Lots of rain and temperatures around 10c (50F).
But we are still boating!
We spend the last weekends on the boat.
Never done this before and it’s very nice to have a longer boat season then just the time between April and end of September.
Diesel heater is working! Nice and warm.
No foggy windows thanks to the heater

Kitchen is small. But big enough to prepare a simple meal!

Posted: **Wed Oct 28, 2020 4:09 pm**

Man, what a great looking machine. Cool to see it getting enjoyed!

Posted: **Wed Oct 28, 2020 4:14 pm**

Nice!!! Jeff

Posted: **Sun Dec 06, 2020 10:01 am**

Hee Pat,

Great boat! Cogratulations!
Its is a piy that I'm not living is Zwaluwe any more, otherwise we could have met a bit more easy. But when I am in the neighbouhood I let you know. It would be nice to have both boats together. But when you plan to come to Steenwijk, you'll be invited

Allard

Posted: **Sun Dec 06, 2020 11:39 am**

Hi Allard,

Thnx!! We are enjoying her very much!
You moved all the way to Steenwijk?!
Let’s keep in touch. Next summer we are planning some trips through The Netherlands.
So maybe we can meet!

Posted: **Sun Dec 06, 2020 1:31 pm**

That's a great looking boat. I'd love to see some more detail pics. Like of the motor, head, interior....

Posted: **Sun Dec 06, 2020 3:58 pm**

Hoi Silentneko,

Thank you!!
In “finished boats” are some detail photo’s.

Grtz Patrick

Posted: **Sun Dec 06, 2020 5:28 pm**

Ok I see it now. I'd still love to see more on the outboard cover.

Also what do you think of the sponson/motor pocket modified overall? Do you think it had a big effect of how it runs or its seaworthiness?

I really like the liberties you took with the interior.

Posted: **Thu Feb 18, 2021 7:28 am**

she is winter and snow proof!

Posted: **Thu Feb 18, 2021 7:36 am**

silentneko wrote: ↑Sun Dec 06, 2020 5:28 pm Ok I see it now. I'd still love to see more on the outboard cover.

Also what do you think of the sponson/motor pocket modified overall? Do you think it had a big effect of how it runs or its seaworthiness?

I really like the liberties you took with the interior.

I will take some pictures of the outboard cover this weekend. Snow is gone by then and she will be accessible again

In my opinion there are no negative expects on seaworthiness or how she runs.
There is no way waves from behind can acces the boat through the motorwell. Bulkhead is about 100cm high and everything is fully closed. The transom door is about 50cm above the waterline and it shuts almost completely watertight.
Problem with the motor cover in the beginning was that there wasn't enough airflow. I couldn't get to max rpm. But that's solved with an extra fan.

grtz,
Patrick

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