Finished my first boat.

Not sure if anyone still come out here, been very quiet lately.  I check the board daily, and haven't seen a new post in awhile.  Must be everyone is working on their boats.

 

Well here is one I just finished building, still have a little sanding and touch up work, before painting.  It's a Merrymeeting Sculling boat, used to hunt ducks, by slowing sneeking up on them.

 

 

 

 

 

moving...

My half-finished Curlew and I are moving to a new home...  along with the wife and kids, pets, etc.

 

After living for the past 10 years on a shallow, weedy (but great fishing) lake here in NW Wisconsin, we sold our land and home and have now rented a house  near here on another lake which is about 6 times larger with depths up to 120'.  This is a great sailing lake with good steady winds.  I hope the finished Curlew will do justice to this great lake!

 

With all of the upheaval and drama going on in our lives for the past couple of years, the boat has been put on the back burner.  This move has strengthened my determination to complete the job so I can get her on the water...

 

Andy

Payson's Nymph

Any nymph builders in attendance? Im going to build one starting around the middle of summer.

Id like to know anyone who has built this. I like the design in general, but there is this huge leeboard that makes the sailing version less than pretty. Anybody build one with a centerboard or daggerboard? Anybody have any good advice and maybe thoughts to discouraging me from trying to put in a daggerboard?

boat plans

could you please tell me where I can find more information on the first boat on the home page with the center controls like who built her and where I could get plans     chris

Epoxy vs fiberglass resin

I am building a cedar strip duck hunting boat and have some questions.  The boat is 4' by 15', a sculling boat.  I am just about done stripping the haul, getting ready for the glassing stage and am look for some advice.

 

I bought 100 yards of 4 oz on ebay, dirt cheap and plan to over lap the material.  I had planned on using epoxy, but a local fiberglass store is trying to talk me into using fiberglass resin instead.

 

The advantage is cost, roughtly 1/3 of the cost of epoxy, but what about strength?  Workablity?  How well will it how paint?

 

Any advice would be appreciated.

 

Thanks.

 

 

To Skeg or not to Skeg

I am in the process of modifying a 17' long,  8' beam relatively flat bottom (5 degrees at the transom) power boat by adding a cabin.  I know this will increase windage considerably.  Question is:  Should I be adding a small skeg to help allievate any increase in leeway in a wind?

 

Any thoughts would be appreciated as to yes or no or to the size and depth of the skeg.  This is a planing boat but I am not worried about high speed.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Update on 62 Connie

Kruz,

 

Thought I would update the group . We took the old gal twenty miles southest of Miami to Elliot Key on a nice trial run.

 

All systems go!!!! This is getting exciting.

 

 

Geo