DIY 21 foot Cabin Cruiser (from scratch/no plans)

[steviepage101]

Watch the video of the boat process here >

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j-_LhAdhuI

My friend and I built a 21 foot cabin cruiser completely from scratch, using wood strictly from home depot. We spent roughly 45 days and $750 on the project. Say what you want about our technique and professionalism, but in the end we produced a nice product. too bad the engine we borrowed didn't work and we couldn't take it out on the bay.

 

[Tripoli]

Nice work guys
Beautiful to see creative young ppl!

Greetings from Germany

 

[Dave T]

I congratulate you on building a boat without plans or a whole lot of boat building experience. This is the way I built my own boat. My main concerns would be the caulking between the planks and I would have offset the butt joints as much as possible and added a second layer of planking overlapping all seams. The biggest test of this boat will be how it holds up. Looks like you had a lot of fun building it and it floats.

Dave T ( A Boat a Motor and a Trailer)

 

[gonzo]

She floats. That's the main thing

 

[TANSL]

She floats. That's the main thing

She floats, how long?. I'd also ask, and do not know if is asking too much, to float with minimal security.
We must encourage and congratulate these guys for what they've done but this comment does not help at all to make things right.

 

[gonzo]

Envy brings the ugly in people

 

[TANSL]

Superatis hostibus regium est abstinere.

 

[Mr Efficiency]

I wouldn't go out to Alcatraz on that boat, nor would just about anyone else here, I suspect. It would have been far better to make a proper boat, if that makes me sound like a party-pooper, too bad !

 

[TANSL]

I hope nobody thinks that envy muddies my brain when I say that, Mr Efficiency, I agree with what you say.