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Wish I could help, Ill keep my ears open. Have you got a partner for the race? would be happy to be alternate. Good luck and post your progress on the boat, would love to see this build as you do some amazing work.

In my book, there is no such thing as a dumb question. You will get more for your yack if you sell it with the hatches. They sell after market hatches like the ones you are describing. eou_okhca_standard.jpg Relatively inexpensive and look good, this one is about $35 and come with a mesh bag. They a...

This is a nice strongback. Excellent craftsmanship. Jeff does things top notch, good luck with your sale.

weighed her this weekend, ended up 40lbs dressed out. Could have saved a few pounds if I had stayed away from the mahogany decks and thwarts, but it is just such good looking wood. Training will start next weekend.

16.5' USCA C1 My design on Autocad.

Going to try and make the December Solo race on the San Marcos River, 12 miles. Then a 64 mile race sometime in January if family obligations dont impede.

Well she turned out to be sea worthy. I couldnt be happier with her performance. Took the family out to the 380 greenbelt Sunday and got her wet. Tracking stability and speed were very good. Was able to set the seat pretty high up which is more comfortable in a long race. Thank you for everyones hel...

She's getting wet this weekend. Report to follow.

Thwarts installed, worked out nice. Final Helsman coating coming soon. Couple of pics. Couldnt resist the dragon, it will be removable.

Thanks for the info. should cut and install thwarts tonight.

Thwarts laid up, gunnels and decks complete. I can see the light at the end of the sanding tunnel. any suggestions on attaching Thwarts? Stainless steel predrilled screws and epoxy?? Need to figure out seat and bulkheads, cant wait to get it wet.

what a mess. Fiberglassed the interior last night , got into a problem I couldnt get out. The glass on the bottom went down real well. The trumbllehome was really tough on the one side, and got to the other side couldnt make the glass lay inverted. :evil: finished out the rest of the boat, came back...

Got the exterior Glassed this weekend and pulled it from the forms. Colors turned out really nice. Its going to be light. What a mess on the inside. Have alot of work to do on the inside. Going to try getting the inside glassed next weekend. Will post some pics soon. Any suggestions on good scrapers...

Im up for it. sunday morn or afternoon. Maybe Sat afternoon.

Got my cloth yesterday from US composites. 12yds of 6oz E glass. guess what I will be doing this weekend? West Marine was almost 3 times the price of US composites.

This is a great looking build. The area you are working in is one of the most difficult in my book. As a first time builder my self I was able to get through the area by making an external type stem by planing the ends down flat to the keel form elevation then gluing 1/8" thick stips ( a little...

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Ill bite, There are quite a few free prints out there, google free kayak plans. I can send you a pdf of the one I am building and you could modify or change the stations to shorten. PM if interested.

Sweat blood tears and curse words, I think Ive got it scraped and sanded with 80 grit. Here is a couple pics. Going to try to glass next weekend.The swan is emerging. Bow Pic. DSC02230.JPG This decorative strip really slowed me down, but I am happy with the outcom DSC02233.JPG This picture gives you...

The accent strip has really slowed me down. Also went on vacation last week. Pictures coming soon.

Yep, went to harbor freight today and got necessary sanding supplies. Wax on wax off Danielson.

Well definitely hooked with this type construction. First time stripping a boat and really enjoy it. I have finished everything below the 4" waterline. Happy with the results and learned alot in the process. Ordering Fiberglass supplies this week. Working on an accent strip with a piece of maho...

Straight edged forms and found some small issues, Started stripping and found the tight radiuses difficult to get around. think it will be okay. Will post some pics of forms this afternoon. Using a mixture of Pine and WRC New experience torchering the wood like this. Kind of like it

forms cut from 5/8" Ply, rounded the edges and sanded them down this weekend. Started putting all the forms together. Looks like a fast boat.

Thinking about putting a carving on the front.. What do you think?

Well Gentlemen,

Remember this thread? Built a 1/4 scale of it and really liked the lines. Going full size now. Will cut out stations this weekend and start building. Hoping to have it ready for the 100mile race the Colorado River 100 in September. Will keep you posted.