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As promised, here are some photos of progress on the drain tube fiasco repair. All things considered, I think it's coming along reasonably well. As you can see in the pictures, the "adjusted" hole has a bit of a gap on the bottom. My plan currently is to fill it with thickened epoxy. As fa...

The meranti from Homestead is exactly what I used on my Utility.

Bill 3 should be plenty for bottom planking ? That would be great since it stated 14’ at 30” wide I was thinking it would need four I’m glad you posted the screenshot of the B.O.M. 4 sheets would probably be safest. I think your estimation of 8 sheets is about right. Even before adding an extra she...

It looks like I need around 10 to 12 sheets of 1/4 and 1 sheet of 3/4” 10 – 12 sheets seems like an awful lot for a Zip. Seems like I read somewhere that 7 sheets should cover it. You should be able to easily get a transom and the stem/breasthook assembly from 1 sheet of 3/4". I'd think 2 shee...

Thanks, Matt!

I got the topside butt blocks epoxied on today. They're longer than originally planned... 23-1/4 inches. It's all clamped up and curing right now. I didn't use any screws. Thickened epoxy only.

Mike! I know its not funny to you since you had to fix it but your line along with that picture of the two holes just had me cracking up. Believe it or not, I actually did find it kind of funny at the time... just to look at that mess I made, and how absurdly botched it was! Thankfully, it's alread...

I know everyone has seen this picture before but it will make you laugh at your little “oops” Boat was a week old when I had to make this repair. If you don’t have to fish her off the bottom, it’s an easy fix. Matt B Well, I've gotta say, it definitely made me laugh! I remember that, as well as how...

Cribbsy is building one in Australia:

http://www.glen-l.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=31670

Bill's tagline, "There can be no miracle recoveries without first screwing up" kept going through my head. I knew I needed to patch this mess up as best as possible. After that, I can re-visit this second hole. So, I went back to the hardware store and bought a slightly larger hole saw (1-...

Sometimes it astounds me, just HOW badly something can go wrong. IMG_08-11-2018-013.jpg IMG_08-11-2018-015.jpg I thought drilling the holes for the drain tubes was going to be fairly simple. Sure, there was a little hiccup on the first one, but it was workable. I made my measurement for where to dri...

It looks good to me. I think you’re coming along very well. The “trouble area” near the stem that you mention is not readily apparent to my eye. But, I would only repeat what Neel said about shims. If you have enough of a gap where you are able to epoxy a shim and sand it to shape, it’s better to do...

Finally got the rough-cut wood sanded down enough to make the half-lap joint photogenic. I cut the plywood backing for both battens today, also. I cut it from 3-ply Douglas Fir marine plywood (1/4") rather than the 5-layer Meranti of the same thickness. The Douglas Fir seems to be MUCH more rig...

Bill, Neel, and Matt are all right. That being said...

Not knowing any better when I built my Utility, I cut all the pieces at 90°, no angled cuts, to the same dimensions as shown on the plans.

It still worked.

The Utility is a very simple boat, and it's hard to mess it up.

Dylan and I plan to meet up with the group at Big River, like last year.

BTW, did you see Neel's Gentry on WoodBoater today? http://www.woodyboater.com/blog/2018/08/07/clayton-kent-o-smith-jr-style-part-1/