Jay Malyon
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Jay- Not my buddies boat. His was green and white. But based on northwest location I would have bet it was his. Good luck with the rebuild. Looks like you know what you are doing.
George
Thanks. That’s interesting, thanks for checking. I still think there has to be someone out there that knows what happened to this thing.
I found out about Coleman crawdads a few weeks ago. Those are cool little boats. Aren’t they molded like kayaks?
It’s hard to tell what’s going on from the picture but maybe block it out with foamboard and wrap to that?
That’s a good idea. I could glue a couple pieces together into a kind of pyramid shape and sand them down into a curve, then use that as a mold.
Jay you should throw us up an update photo while you’re at it. The hull’s done, right?
I wouldn’t say that. Its getting there for sure though. I wish I could have it at the house this weekend to work on but I definitely wont be around the shop for the next 3 days.
I didn’t get a whole lot done this week but I did repair this area where the oar locks go. Looks a little rough now but it damn is it strong. I used 2 or 3 layers of woven mat and 2 more layers of chopped mat with epoxy thickened with micro fibers.
I have to try and figure out how to repair these 2 spots on the stern. I want to try and keep the factory look. Still scratching my head on this one.
I will inquire and see if that was his. He was guiding two clients. Hitting the tree was inevitable. His clients climbed to shore on the tree with most of their gear. They lost some rod tubes. He lost way more then them. I believe a river rescue team came in and picked them up. The boat wound up downstream, upside down, submerged and partially buried in gravel.
The insurance company would not pay unless they recovered. He received permission from Indian Reservation to get on land, got long ropes, and pulled out of river. It was a total loss.
It is a small world. I will touch base with him and see if that is his.
That sounds pretty scary, glad they made it out OK. This has to be that boat. Let me know if you get a hold of your friend.
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If you are interested. I have a friend that lost a boat on the Yakima. Went down the river one day and had a clean run. Next day went down the river and there was a sweeper across the side channel he ran. Was not there the day before. Lost the boat, gear, etc. Went in a week or two later with friends and recovered boat. Total loss, and insurance paid for it. Just wondering if same boat. Possibly interesting history for you.
G
That is awesome, and I would love to know more. Was your friends boat a gray, white, and burgundy 2013? All I know about it is that it was an insurance total loss and that it sank. How did they recover it?
I was thinking the same thing about that desk being a cool backdrop.
Hammonds has some similar storage drawers like those, just not antiques.Dont know how cool my tying space is but here it is anyway. It also serves me as a place where the beers are not counted.
<div class=”d4p-bbp-quote-title”>Corey Kruitbosch wrote:</div>
Super cool thread … enjoyed reading everything so far. Seems like a pretty big project. How many total hours do you estimate it will take?Thanks! I am enjoying working on it. You have to be touched in the head or just enjoy the hell of playing with fiberglass to do something like this. I would say by the time its totally finished I might have around 60 hours in it. I have been working at a pretty casual pace, once it starts moving into the paint prep / actual painting phase it will go quick as that is what we do professionally at the shop.
<div class=”d4p-bbp-quote-title”>Zach Matthews wrote:</div>
Jay – Do you basically have a complete hull again now? ZachYes. I still have to flip it over and repair the numerous gel coat chips but there are no major fiberglass reapirs to be made.
Jacks river is awesome. I have a trail map too.
Thanks for watching! Its going to get real interesting very soon I promise. I am just about ready to start grinding and glassing the interior panels that have broken away from the hull. It should make for better photos. The last two weeks or so I have been busy glassing in all the cracks and holes along the top of the rolled gunnels.
Pretty obvious its your first fish in a long time when you immediately throw everything out of the boat. I should be able to land my fancy paddle trick with a bit more practice.
Were you using the articulated fish spine and not just the articulated shanks? I tied mine the way the instructions above showed. I think synthetics work better for this fly. Anything that comes on a brush or attached to a string so that you can palmer it on works. I think the way you trim them effects the action a lot too.
The factory finish is very…unfinished. I am wanting to get this thing as close to "like new" as possible but I am seriously leaning towards Zolatone for the interior.
http://www.zolatoneaim.com/20-series
Some drift boat builders use this stuff anyway. It will hide up any rough body work and it looks really good. It has to be sprayed with a pressure pot, which I have. Im liking the "Silver Gray".
