She is far enough along that I went to the DMV for registration... Wow, it was so incredibly painless to register a homebuilt boat here in...
This may change slightly when I finish the new boat but I basically charge for my time as an instructor and (in water) spearfishing guide, and I'm...
No specific date but it's a professional and recreational priority; when I'm not on the clock for a student/client or training I work on the boat....
Yep, steady as she goes. Getting the interior bow finished up, then moving to hatches, airboxes, rails, and console. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
I will study the thread about forefoot. But respectfully, with a shallow drafting hull, you'd want a lot of forefoot to provide buoyancy for...
@fallguy Thanks for the info on the Hickman. That's very interesting to me--it reminds me of my father's little WorldCat in some ways (the...
Again, I may be very inexperienced here but the other advantage over monohull would seem to be efficiency. My buddy's big converted 30' fishing...
I will pick apart the hulls I sketched to see where CF and CB actually lie in this iteration. They're probably somewhat far apart although I...
I had a little time to CAD the concept for this and start to think about the hull design more, settling on a 29.5' x 12' hull size. So long as...
I had some travel/work/etc obligations so the boat had been on hold for the last six weeks or so, but I did get the hull painted. Since the CF...
By the way, it would seem like the foils on the LEEN hull could help immensely when it comes to finer trim. Because of our kelp forrests such a...
Thank you! That is very helpful for understanding the multi-hulls. I did not consider Cb and Cf in the last design but for a well behaved...
I am far along enough on my other build (very small but somewhat sophisticated strip plank carbon fiber composite) that I am stupid enough to...
Hmm, okay. Those are cheaper than 4" ABS plugs and female inserts. Thanks. Stoopid, I should have just googled. I bought an Armstrong round...
Everything on my boat is meant to be watertight. I already experimented and made a larger hatch for a forward bulkhead--routered channel for...
@fpjeepy05 thanks for the DM I will take a look update... I am pretty much done with the hull. I did the last layer of S-glass on Sunday....
Thanks, we weren't running the vac line over the part. Because these were such large sections and my CF is already 50" wide and I'm working with...
Much better results with the vacuum process this last week. I am doing just one layer at time of CF under vacuum, and only working in...
I spent the morning on it. It's nowhere near as bad as I thought--I just have very no experience working with fiberglass in this way. It's...
@fallguy I looked up the Duratec Sunshield. Looks interesting, do you know if it can be topcoated with a urethane? My bottom paint is a clear...
