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Oyster, lookin good man!

Come'on Weller, we need some show and tell!

I have to say that is an impressive piece of workmanship Oyster. Looks a little tight for working space? I too am waiting to see how you handle the stem.

Doug

Nice looking build there.
With those rails on the chine, I bet she runs dry too.

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Hi All,
I have added the final piece of mahogany plywood to the curved transom.
I think I used every clamp I own, a gallon jug of epoxy, and some lead weights.
I have done about all I can do until My Son-in-law gets back from Officers Engineering School in May.
My Daughter and grandson have currently taken over the other half of my basement for their family room until then.
I need to put all my power tools in there so I could build the building form in the larger side where my shop is.
"She who must be obeyed" will not let me use the garage.
Dan
Roswell, GA

That transom looks great How much of a radius did you use, I'm not sure how much radius to build in mine. I had a few hours to work on the boat, and made some progress. The port side needs a few more screws and then I have to fill the holes and it will be done. I started the other side and I'm about 12' from the transom with the first layer. I once again ran out of epoxy and waiting for more to show up. I used 4 gallons to this point for those of you who are building this boat and are wondering how much you will need. I will get some pics up tomorrow, but it's not really a lot to look at since the last pics I posted. I should slowing start getting more time to work on it so hopefully I can actually get something done.

I used about 4 1/4" across 89". I drew a few radii and that looked the best to my eye.
I thought while I'm a few months (May/June) away from being able to get the building form going, I would build a large dive platform. Teak would be nice but too costly, I'm thinking 6/4 mahogany super saturated with CPES or System 3 Clear Coat.
Any ideas or comments anyone?
Dan Herrema

Here are the pics I promised. My garage is tight to say the least, so getting good pics is tough.

here are a few more.

Wow, that boat has great lines and is coming along great!!!

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Weller she sure is looking good! Man O man! real good!!!



Dan, on your swim platform, IMO if you're going to actually use it, I would spend the money on Teak and oil it with Starbrite Teak Oil. If it's just for looks, then by all means you can coat it with epoxy.

Even with Teak Oil you can get it too slipery. If you look at these vessels that have teak on decks and swim platform, they don't oil them all so that they have grip. I put oil on mine just to seal it.

Thats coming along nice. I know how much work it is for the multiple layup. So you have nothing to be ashamed of a tall.

Weller: that's beautiful work!!!

psychobilly: I will be using it a lot and teak is the wood of choice. I guess the "Cheap Dutchman" in me is just going to bite the bullet and order a few pieces of teak. squeek squeek that's the sound of dollars coming out of my aaaaa wallet.

Well I know Dave Lott built a beautiful one on his Midnight Cry, but if I remember correctly he made mention that it's slick as a babies butt. Mine is old and when I bought the boat there had been no oil put on it. I cleaned it with the Starbright products and then did a light sanding job on it. I then put several coats of Teak Oil on it. Now that it's sealed I am not putting oil on it anymore. If you sand it SMOOTH and then keep oiling it, it too will become slick. I can't stress enough on the light oiling just to seal it if you want grip. I think with that beautiful stern you have built, a nice oil coated teak platform will look great. It's really nice what you have so far.

It has been awhile so I thought I would give an update. The sides are ready for fiberglass, the radiused transom is just about done, and I started the plywood on the bottom. I don"t know what the spots on the pics are.

I had a few more hours to work on the boat, and I finished the first layer on the bottom. Now that I did a search, I see doug fir plywood shouldn't be sanded hard. Well I wish I would of read that before I sanded it hard. It is a little wavy now. Is there a way to fix this, or is it going to be wavy after I fiberglass it. Funny thing is I seen it starting to get wavy so I sanded a little harder. oops