Another year and another project....

[Chalk]

If you had bought a kayak, you would have been fishing by now. Go see Brad Stephens at Sunjammers and mention my name. If he doesn't shoot, then play lets make a deal.

It's all about the adventure not the final product...I've been fishing, that's why it's not finished

[Reel Cowboy]

Way too coll Chalk.
Who's are you building next?

[Chalk]

I decided to rip the floor down the middle and push it apart to fill the gaps on the outside and fill the middle..much easier to fill the middle do to the stringer grid and straight lines.

Way too coll Chalk.
Who's are you building next?

I would like to build a Hells Bay Whipray style boat next....the design seems to be the hardest part, a hull going from a V to almost flat is challenging to design in flat panels...I know how to do it, just transfering my thoughts into CAD seem to be the hardest part

[CATCH 22]

I decided to rip the floor down the middle and push it apart to fill the gaps on the outside and fill the middle..much easier to fill the middle do to the stringer grid and straight lines.

Is this Your way of saying Whoops

[Chalk]

Nope....There's only so much you can do with a 48" sheet of plywood in a 56" hole

[CATCH 22]

Nope....There's only so much you can do with a 48" sheet of plywood in a 56" hole

Thats why I like Aluminum

[Reel Cowboy]

Nope....There's only so much you can do with a 48" sheet of plywood in a 56" hole

That's a lot of wood putty or Bondo.

[Chalk]

Amazing what lack of a working boat will do to your motivation

Only one bay left to laminate in the hull and all the structural laminating will be done (this week)

I decided that I am going to use NIDA core for the decks...Kinda pricey, but the weight savings is worth it.

Spent most of the morning cleaning up the garage...but I managed to cut 1.5" strips for the sheer clamp. After playing in the pool with the wife and kids and taking a short siesta I laminated the clamp to the boat. You can never have enough clamps when building a boat...33 shown, I needed 10 more

After the sheer clamp, clean up sanding and final lamination we will be ready for the floors.

The Chackillac is getting close



Only half the garage got cleaned

[Barhopr]

After all this time, I hope it floats

[Chalk]

Wood naturally floats

[Eerman]

Wood naturally floats

Even with all your stuff Keeps looking better

[RiverRunner]

Looking good.....How many times have you needed that ladder? Hahaha

[Pinocchio]

I'll take two

One for each foot....

I hope to eliminate this ....

I'd want to eliminate that too! That dood ALWAYS scares away fish! Must be he always falls out a boat and swims in to the beach pulling that crabtrap and float!

[Chalk]

She's been lowered from the saw horse's...that must mean we are getting in the short rows (near the end for you city folk )

Made some dollies with left over plywood from the bulkheads

Hope to install the floors next weekend

[CATCH 22]

Lookin good. Got to be feelin good about it bein so close, huh