Author: coffeeadmin

Thursday. Yesterday I put in 4 hours and today another 4 hours prepping the boat with backing for the sole, decks and hatches. I also raised the height of the transom 4″ to accommodate a long shaft motor. The transom well is now framed in. The next step is to fiberglass tape all intersections of…

Monday. Today I spent 6 hour completing the frame work. I’m waiting on the owner to let me know if the motor he plans on getting will be a long shaft or short. Once I get that info I can finish up the motor well. I also added a photo of this morning sunrise. It…

Sunday. Today was another 8 hour day of framing. Tomorrow I’ll try to complete the side decking and begin on framing up the motor well.

Saturday. Yesterday I put in 4 1/2 hours sanding the fairing compound readying it for framing in the flooring. Today I spent 8 hours framing in all longitudinal frames and cross members. Here are a few photos.

Thursday. Today I spent 5 hours knocking off the high spots with 60 grit orbit sander then applying fairing compound to the inter interior of the boat. Tomorrow I will sand it fair then begin the process of competing the build.

Wednesday. Yesterday and today I spent a total of 9 hours filling all the interior seams with epoxy wood filler and fiberglass taping them.

Sunday, I put in 3 hours yesterday and 2 hours today tabbing the boat between each stitch and along the edges of the transom, bulkhead and frame. As you can see at the bow I covered the stitches completely. I will have to use a propane torch to heat one end of each stitch to…

Friday, worked from 9am-1pm. Today I stitched the boat together and fit the transom, aft transom bulkhead and midship form. Tomorrow I’ll start tabbing the seams. Here are a few photos.

Thursday. Today I measured and cut the bow and transom along with the midship form. I also cut out an interior transom bulkhead for added reinforcement. This was not part of the plan. Tomorrow I will begin the process of putting this boat together. I worked from 6:30 am – 1:30 pm.

Wednesday, I lofted and cut the two bottom and two side panels or planks. I worked from 8 am – 4:30 pm.