Hybird MF14

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Re: Hybird MF14

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138lbs… rooftop transport?

That’s a beautiful hull. I envy the final product but you put all the time in making it so beautiful.
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Jaysen wrote: Mon Mar 28, 2022 6:33 pm 138lbs… rooftop transport?
Certainly could be done. But SWMBO and I aren't as adept at throwing boats on rooftops as we used to be ...

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Maybe some kayak cradles in the front and hully rollers in the back. As handy as you are, I am sure you already have something in mind.

Our outboard powered canoe comes in about that weight and we also use a trailer with 12" tires but 500 lb springs and it gets bounced around a lot on Houston highways.
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That really is a work of beauty...top job.
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Re: Hybird MF14

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The cherry tree is a nice touch. Great pic!
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Finished fiddlin' with the trailer.

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Sadly, the cherry tree has moved on to making cherries so now the boat is doing it's best to look better than our trash cans. :D But in the cherry tree picture (previous page) you can see the boat is teetering on those horizontal bunks. The basic problem is this trailer was made for boats with longitudinally straight bottoms. Unfortunately the bottom of the MF14 isn't straight in any direction. My solution was to appropriate some parts from the beach dolly that I have.

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Up front I used the padded front bracket from the dolly as it has more extension than the trailer's rubber roller.

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Aft I used the dolly's 10" adjustable cradle. Ordered an extra pair of those so that back by the wheels I have four support points in contact with the hull. This ought to do. (That wheel you see in the background is part of the decimated dolly.)

Now I just need water warm enough to test it.

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With work like that, I need you to come around here and do the finish work on my boat! Looks wonderful. I'd die a happy man if I could produce a finish like that...
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Many thanks!

You can. That finish is care of a random orbital sander of the epoxy coat down to 150 grit, then seven coats of varnish. The first three coats get got sanded with 220 grit. After that it was green ScotchBrite by hand between coats. Vacuum and wipe down with denatured alcohol after sanding/scotchbrite. It takes an infuriating amount of patience to let all the coats dry. It's not museum-quality, but it sure passes the 10-foot test.

Whatever you do, don't let your cat into the workshop after you've brushed on the varnish!

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Ready for the road ...

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Maiden voyage a success!

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