Category: Boat Designers

Wednesday, today was a great day. 15 friends came to the shop at 9 am and helped me turn the vessel. Once they all left, I did the last of the carpentry. I cut and fit the spray rails and skeg. The spray rail and skeg will be removed then refit with epoxy once fiberglass…

Sunday. Yesterday, I put in 4 hours prepping the boat for the truck bedliner/paint shoot. The prep consisted of vacuuming, washing all surfaces with warm water and then masking. Today, it took 1 hour to do the shoot. I think it turned out nice. What you get with this method is a no-skid deck plus…

Friday, today I spent 3 hours cutting and fitting the gunwale guards then masked off those same gunwales as well as the combing and applied a coat of 410 fairing compound to her decks.

Thursday. Today is exactly one month from the time I started the 16′ Garvey “Jimbo”. Yesterday I put in 6 hours finishing up fairing the interior. Then moved right to planing the lumber for the combing. The combing is built with full one inch by 10″ Fir. Once planed, I started right in on cutting…

Tuesday. Today I worked 3 hours. I faired all the interior fiberglass taping with 410 fairing compound. I also sealed all the topside hatches, soles and bulkheads with epoxy.

Super Bowl Sunday. Today I spent 4 hours. I completed the sanding of all the topside decking and fairing all of the interior fiberglass taping. The interior is ready for 410 fairing compound and the decks are ready for fiberglassing. I ran out of time to move forward because the game starts at 3pm.

Saturday. Today I put in 4 hours filling and fiberglass taping all the soles and bulkheads that intersect the side of the hull. I also filled all screw hole and seams with epoxy wood filler.

Friday. Today I worked 5 hours coating all the undersides of the plywood soles and decking with epoxy then fastened them down imbedded in epoxy. I also coated the underside of all the hatch covers with epoxy as well. Tomorrow I’ll begin the process of fiberglass taping the soles to the sides of the hull.

Wednesday, I spent 5 hour fairing all the plywood decks and soles then removing them. Tomorrow I will begin the process of tabbing and fiber glass taping all longitudinals and plywood intersections. I will also begin the long process of painting all bare wood with epoxy. I will start with undersides of the deck panels…

Tuesday. I worked 8 hours and cut and fit the plywood decks and soles. Here are a couple of photos.