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Thanks Charles.

I guess our ancestors all fished from sailboats. If gas keeps going up, we all might need to learn some new skills. It takes a little patience to get to the spot at 5 knots instead of 30, but I don't spend any money on fuel. My auxiliary power is a couple of paddles, which has its drawbacks when it's late and you're tired.

Ray

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Tom was kind enough to fix my picture-posting problem, so here's a pic of Slider:




And here's one of my daughter with a deathgrip on a ladyfish:





Finally, one of Slider sailing in light winds, showing the rod holders on the rudder heads:




Ray

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Man I totally missed this post - great boat Ray. Glad she handles as good as you envisioned. Nothing like designing it and building it.

I been playing around with this design for a year now...hope to build her one day.



Congrats again...show us some pics with some fish slime on that boat

Thanks, Chalk. That looks like a pretty slick boat. What are you going to build it out of?

Ray

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If I ever get around to it, probably okoume plywood and composite foam for the bulkheads and stringers and nidacore for the floors.

Good Times wrote:I think you and Chalk should race to see who gets their projects in the water first. And then you should race for real. While trolling.... points can be added for biggest fish caught....

I can't wait!!!!

I didn't want to bring that old post up.

Hey, I thought about building Slider for years before I got started. On total elapsed time, Chalk hasn't lost that part of the race yet, I'd guess.

Ray

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Don't mind them Ray - Until you build a boat you don't understand, alot of folks don't understand

I worked on mine all day...all most passed out trying to try out a new to me technique...Didn't work the way I planned it to, but worked.

I was trying out a technique called low pressure vacuum bagging - http://www.canardzone.com/members/JonMa ... agging.htm

I jumped in head first...almost hit bottom..but I salvaged the piece I think....still under vacuum as we speak....hopefully the resin will kick in an hour or so

Hey, Chalk, that's a very interesting link. I've thought about building a lightweight cat for cartopping, out of foam panels. It would be mostly a one-person boat, but it would get you to the fishing hole a lot faster than a kayak. Anyway, I was thinking about vacuum bagging the panels flat on a melamine table, and then stitch and gluing them together. That link seems a lot less intimidating than most of what I've come across.

Thanks.

Ray

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Here is another site discussing the technique - http://www.canardzone.com/members/JonMa ... agging.htm

Get the largest material you can for the bag - You can get 1000' of 30" wide for around $24 from this place - Globalindustrial.com

Check the pump and ensure it will pull down to at least 11-15 inches

Folks, just a quick note to let you know I put up a blog for Slider
last night:

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There's only a couple of entries so far, but I'd appreciate any
criticism or suggestions. The second entry recounts a potential
disaster I avoided by dumb luck.

I only wish I'd been smart enough to do this when I was designing and
building, but of course, then I wasn't sure I'd like the end result.