Flats Flyer Build in Panama City FL

[tcough]

Hey Tom,
I probably should get this thread renamed or start a new one. I moved from Orlando to Panama City about 2 years ago.
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The build restart has been stalled due to honey-dos that were put off until the shop was built. Hope to get started in about a month, if my work schedule lets me. I've been to 13 airbases in the last 6 weeks, a few days at each one. Tired of the traveling, but whatever it takes to keep our troops safe.

Will post updates when I get started.

T

[mrintense]

Hey Tracy,

Don't fret too much about the delays. Get your other things out of the way or they will gnaw at you when you do get started.

[tcough]

Thanks for the support Carl!

[specialk]

Tracy...good to hear from you...I truly understand about honey-do-list....

TomOB...hopefully Tracy won't mind...if you look at the last few pages of Flats Flyer Build in SC....I think I broke down the cost of everything on my build...it is around
7k...including motor and trailer. ....BTW...the boat was built in SC...but we now live in Port St. John Florida. ..about a hour from you...

[Bill Edmundson]

Kelly

I'm confused. Did spell check get you? Did you mean Port St Joe? St Joe is about an hour from Panama City. The Port St John that I found was halfway down the east coast of FL.

Bill

[tcough]

Yeah Bill, he's in Port St John. I wish he was in St Joe, then I'd have a fishing buddy with a boat already.

But I'm sure once I finish this, I'll have plenty of "buddies".

[specialk]

Tracy...Bill...just got back from mosquito Lagoon...did a little scouting trip...Flyer...after sitting for a month and a half...3rd turn of the key...fired wright up...
Hope to have fishing pic's..tomorrow. ..

Bill we live directly across the Indian River from Cape Kennedy. ...

[TomOB]

SpecialK---Thank You I am going to look for your thread and posts now

If I do decide to go for the build, I may reach out to you so I can take a ride and check yours out...would that be OK with you?

[specialk]

TomB....I thought I answered this the other day...
It would be fun to go for a ride...I am retired. ..so just about any day will work for me...

[Conrad]

Did you have to extend your chine logs or battens?

[tcough]

I did, but only because I stretched the hull to 19 feet.

I'm really hoping that I can get back on this build, but work has me out of town for a couple weeks again.

[Conrad]

I extended mine to 21.4

[Conrad]

I am not sure where I gained the extra 7 inches(20.4) not 21, but I'm not worried about it AND I FOUND THE DIRECTIONS!

[Conrad]

Did you square off the battens off at the transom and keep them straight? Or did they angle slowly to the center?

[tcough]

I’ll have to look when I get back from TDY but I’m pretty sure I used the dimensions on the plans then tapered them going forward and equally spacing them. In other words I believe it was 7” near the transom then 5”-6” forward. I’ll try to remember a picture as well.