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windows and doors Reinforcing the doors Windows are cut. Door framing The window radius secret. Paint can. Coming along. Pretty happy.

keep on keeping on Finishing up the stern.... Somewhere back here I have to put in the rear helm..... Window planning..... And the weather is getting nice outside.....I'm feeling the pull.....must....stay....focused......:whistling:

The silver part(s) of the boat is "Barracuda" fabric. Barracuda fabric.

Hey Jmk, it is a fibreglass hull. Swiss cheese mode enabled...... A Kitimat person told me the heater is for melting your fishing line when the Conservation Officer comes to see if you are using a barbed hook..... Thanks Nomad! Uh...nope! Haha, but if you're from there you could be...

battery boxes Battery boxes at the rear: This really worked for me in terms of design. Easy access, bias weight aft, plus acts as a step to get over the transom to the swim step. And the batteries are well above the expected bilge water level........... Also, I've realized this adds "transom...

Whenever I get to painting my hull, I'll know who to call. I'll fly you to Canada! Nice work!

See? We all learn together! haha! :) Hi Bacchus (great name, BTW ) Thanks for your interest and replying to the thread. Great questions. 1. Detailed plan? No, a couple of pictures of Chesapeake Marine Designs Trailer Trawler 28 by Karl Stambaugh, the North Pacific 28 on which it...

Thanks for your interest. I can't wait either, but I suspect I'll never be truly finished....:angel: As for costs, I try not to think about it. I'm putting in long days, but on top of that, it takes motivation/discipline to keep at it, in a world full of distractions.... I given up my...

Thanks Eric! I really appreciate the positive comments. :flowers: Next step is to wall in the fuel tanks....

Thanks Marty! The width will allow for easy attachment of down riggers, and pot haulers. This will very much be a fishing boat. Here is a younger version of me, with a younger version of the boat, with a nice young halibut.

Good question. I guess from the series of pictures that I posted, I've given the impression I'm putting fabric on dry wood. Those pictures were just to lay out the pieces for size before glassing. Most of the time I pre-wet the surface(s) with un-thinned but freshly mixed warm epoxy, which is...

busy busy busy Back gunnel glassing..... This piece with all the extra tape would JUST NOT LAY DOWN FLAT.... something to do with the curve of the gunnel and the grain of the fabric.... will have cosmetic issues.....:banghead:

back gunnel progress Putting in the pieces..... Trim before epoxy.... Clamp on Clamp off the result.

marching onwards The back gunnel is next. After cutting 3/4" plywood for the front deck, I had these left over curved pieces (which explains the weird arcing splice), which some time ago I epoxied on the the back, on a lip of fibreglass that supported the old, rotten gunnel. I'm going to...

I'm putting seriously long hours, I don't watch TV, and I'm avoiding social contact! :ermm: My wife is supportive. :thumb: The Devlin approach...frameless construction, epoxying large sheets of plywood = (almost) instant boat. No fasteners. The roof is very secure. Yep, its going to be a...

Roof is on! I used straps and ratchet tie downs to curve the roof. More detail. Just test fitting here. There will be "front overhang"..... Rear cabin roof has a serious arch to it, which makes it quite rigid for only being 1/2" thick (2 x 1/4" plywood + fabric). Looking from the...

roof is going on Propping up the roof so I can epoxy it into place. Sanded where the walls make contact for good adhesion with the cabosil thickened epoxy, and then it gets filleted and carbon fibre tape.

Thanks for the positive comment, I'm hoping to get it the on water this summer, but it'll probably be just bare bones (minimal amenities) for sea trials (so much work still do!), and maybe a (rustic) trip to Hakai Pass. Maybe the following year I can do the inside passage, and maybe meet some...

full steam ahead..... Glassing the front windows with one complete piece of fabric. It will be nice as there won't be seams, which I've discovered are a lot of work, and less seams looks nicer. It would have been easier if the windows openings weren't cut out, but given the size of the cut...

glassing is a pain in the Yes, OldDan1943, its a feature alright, but an kind of an unwanted one.....:) Glassing rear cabin walls. Yes, Virginia, there will be windows. Test fitting the pre-fab roof section....

I haven't thought that far ahead. I'll take a look at some of the similar kind of boats out there (Ranger/Nordic/American/Sundowner), and see what kinds of ideas they have. more glassing My first kind of semi-significant screw up. I've changed how this entryway is (cut the longer wall into...

working hard! Port Side gunnel. Walkable, but only just. Glassing the rear cabin walls, that was pretty straightforward, I'm getting better at working the large fabric pieces without damaging them (visually) too much. Back walls again Detail of the front glassing work. Perhaps not...

Ok, the glassing is getting tiresome..... Patching that little piece in: Creative Clamping 101: Helpful tip: Use your workshop as a clamp. Ceiling for vertical, and wall for horizontal. :lol: Epoxying in an oak strip to protect the exposed edge of the plywood. I will wrap fibreglass around...

Hey RT, greetings from Terrace. Thanks for your question, and compliment. I'm using real glass and epoxy. For the deck I used a scraper, and the additional coats a brush to apply the epoxy (deck layer is quite thick), and then I smartened up and used a roller for the vertical. Vertical...

glassing, glassing, glassing Thanks again for your interest, and the positive comments. It would have been great to have one piece of fabric wrap the front wall of the fore cabin or just two (spliced in the middle), but there would have been significant waste. As you can see, now I'll have to...