Project Boat

[Zach Matthews]

Andrew –

Looks like the OD is right at the 3″ holesaw size?

[ralph tomaccio]

Zach,
One step ahead my friend. I ordered 2 of those this morning and the specs say to just lay a bead of caulk around the opening and drop the cup holders in. All we need to do is drill out the openings. They should show up sometime this week.

[Zach Matthews]

Ralph –

A wise idea, but unfortunately those cupholders will have to sit over a dried-in space.

[paul_puckett]

check out this dude’s vessel
http://www.2ndlight.com/fusetalk/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=7&threadid=88677&enterthread=y

[Zach Matthews]

Hey Paul –

We’ve seen that and have actually been in touch with that guy.

[paul_puckett]

yea…they have definitely taken it a step futher than really necessary
i really like what you guys are doing and know it is more realistic for me to achieve anyway

[Andrew Wright]

I am still making slow steady progress with this thing. You guys just let me know if you get sick of this stuff.

I have to say the credit goes to Zach for this evening’s subject matter. He came up with the majority of the design for the braces that we worked on tonight. Having glassed in the decks this weekend, these were the only fiberglass work left to do. These things have been pretty difficult to deal with since we started, but when everything is done, they will certainly be one of the talking points of the boat.

I started out by taping them off and filling in the voids with foam.

I don’t know how many of you have ever worked with this stuff, but it just keeps growing and growing…..

It successfully filled the voids, but left me with a little bit of mess to clean up…

Once again Zach gets the credit for reminding me about wire cutters. I made this out of fly tying wire and a couple of screws. Last time I used one of these was in sculpture class in high school. They are great for cutting clay, and turned out to be just the ticket for cutting foam as well.

The result….

After a little detail work, we were ready to glass.

The finished product…

On another note, the shop called me today and said the motor was ready and running like a top. Once this thing gets sanded and painted it should be ready to get out on the water and do what it was intended to do. As luck would have it though, I have to head out of town this weekend, and the following weekend I will be fishing in the Keys. I guess the maiden voyage will have to wait a little longer…..

[Zach Matthews]

Andrew –

Looks good man.

[paul_puckett]

hey guys…is this the 13 footer

[Mike Anderson]

Keep em coming Andrew, I look foward to these posts! The new work looks great BTW.

[Andrew Wright]

Thanks Mike.

Paul,
Did you try to post a picture? I can’t see the link.

[paul_puckett]

no…was just curious how long your boat was

[Andrew Wright]

This is the 15’4″ model.

[Mike McKeown]

keep em coming, starting to feel the fibreglass itch, might have to find me a similar project…

[Grant Wright]

I got to spend the weekend fishing from a

[Zach Matthews]

Sanding.

[Andrew Wright]

Agreed. Not fun at all. I think Zach and I both realized tonight that this is where the project becomes tedious.

Grant,
What size Maverick was it? Those are sweet boats. Did you catch anything? If so, we need photos.

[Zach Matthews]

Hey!

[Andrew Wright]

If you are talking to me…..

My dusty camera is still in the shop, and I still have not figured out how to post pictures without taking up at least one hour of my time. I will post tomorrow.

Seriously Zach, you should know by now that I am not as techno-savvy as you.

[Zach Matthews]

Hahahah.

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