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That would be the only half-complaint or mildly annoying thing for me too, folded patterns with the potential for slightly stretched paper... I have the plans and patterns for the Key Largo (same hull, different interior) and found the plans are minimally dimensioned, you have to use the patterns. J...

You had the perfect fix for your deck beam. I had a similar situation as you with respect to the patterns. When I laid out the half frame pattern and flipped it to lay out the other half, I found the deck curve wasn't fair or curved as well as I thought it should be. Frame 1 had what looked like a f...

Nice work! Congratulations on your flip. I saw you ask about the strongback on Biss' Malahini, that seem like a good way to do it, he pared down the underside of the strongback so it sits on the breasthook (no notch in the breasthook). The top surface of the strongback follows the curve down to the ...

That's awesome!

TomB makes an excellent point, the instructions with your plans are more specific and you can't go wrong with them. The fastening schedule can be a bit cryptic, the example TomB used is for the screw that attaches a bottom batten to the frame edge. Sometimes boatspeak is a little confusing but you'l...

Your chines at the stem look pretty good, I would go with them as is too. You should install the bottom battens before fairing the keel and chines, to give you the proper shape or angles. You won't need much if any fairing of the battens, they are your "reference" for the keel and chines. The instru...

I recall Bob's swap to the Yamaha, on his blog. That is definitely an option if the two stroke motor gets too obnoxious with noise and smoke. While the noise is what it is, I have found that the newer two-stroke oil from Mercury makes less smoke than in the past (lower ash content? Whatever that mea...

This project will be a lot of fun to follow. What condition is the wood from your property, is it fresh cut or was it harvested a while ago? It's "green-ness" will be a factor, meaning moisture content. As wood dries it shrinks which may cause problems with warping or checking. Usually the best lumb...

Looks great, nicely done! Welcome to the forum.

I see what you're up against with the design of the boat and alignment of the transom. Like billyc said, the "critical" info here is the straightness of your keel from "0" (transom) to "3" (frame 3) per the plans. Once you set that height and the 12 degree angle of the transom, the chines, sheers an...

Very sharp! Nicely done, here's hoping for that early spring.

Great progress Carl! Always good to have new components on the Have List instead of the Need List. Sounds like your weather will cooperate, it's been too cold for progress here in New England.

In the bilge or near the bilge or areas that can get wetted, you want to avoid using any material that will absorb water like a sponge. The soundown material looks like it will soak up the water. Wetted sound damping will cause corrosion behind it and you won't see it before it becomes an expensive ...

Gotta love a vintage motor on a vintage style boat, I have a 1965 Mercury 650 for my boat much like that 1969 version you show above. Great solid motor, I still think it's the perfect size.

I am taking lots of notes from your build for my own Malahini... The extra support under the floor is really a must, I planned on adding a vertical plywood stiffener at the keel just like the plywood stiffeners from the floor down to the middle bottom battens. That was so I had the choice to put dow...