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Carl, 3/4".

Carl, there's more than enough to go through the stem and thread the nuts on.

I drilled for the new bow eye. It is ever so slightly off-center but I am not going to worry about that and it is much better. There is even room for the safety chain now. The old bow eye was just not a good idea. It is just a poor design. It loosens itself and was already loose when I took it out t...

Ah is it 8'6"? I thought it was 8'2" or something.

I work at Menards. The ACX ply and Doug fir marine are damn near the same thing except for species. I should post a picture of a stack of the marine so you can see all the voids. The upside is both faces of the marine are nice.

That must be why frame 4 is two inches lower than the setup level. To allow for extra room in the cabin in the Sea Knight.

Carl, with the Vera Cruise at 7'10" you are darn close to the legal trailering width already.

I already have one hole. So I have to figure out a way to drill a parallel hole. I think I have the original drilling jig so I may be able to put that to use somehow.

Jim, at least you didn't have to worry about packing a cooler.

I cleaned the limbers out just after glueing on the bottom hull panels. I used a shop towel and something to push it through. That requires you to climb under the hull though.

That looks like a lot of fun!

I received mine the other day. I think it is just long enough that I won't have to counterbore the stem.

Carl, the great thing about building your own boat, as you know, is that you can make it how ever the heck you want. You're 10" wider than my Geronimo. I'm sure that translates mostly to interior space. But that still doesn't give you much room to pass between two seats into the cabin. The way you h...

There is no way I would not tie the back of the boat down. Actually, in reality, you are tying the trailer to the boat. Even with a boat as light as mine, it is several times the weight of the trailer.

Hey Carl, I'm really liking how the layout is coming together. I would put the stereo where you can reach it from the helm rather than inside the cabin. I'm not sure if I have much input on your other considerations regarding your electrical system.

I don't have any experience in a motorboat with a well-mounted engine. But it seems like the transom would kill most of the water that would want to come aboard with following swells.