The boat thread

In reply to golfduke :

Kingston NH it's the long weekend in September as the season closer. 
 

What I'm truly trying to make a run at is what's viewed as the toughest stock outboard race in North America. The Top O Michigan marathon . 
2 days racing, over 80 miles on your knees in a plywood boat. I purchased the motor to run it and the runabout pictured above is the training boat. 
If I can successfully complete the 40 minute marathon in Lincoln Maine next May long weekend I'll make a run at the Michigan race. 
 

See here. 
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5SQn_kcoNcU

Nick or duke , if your coming to an event bring pants and shoes you don't mind getting wet. I'm not what you would call "good at racing " but I'll spot you the 20$ for a weekend apba pass so you can get in the water when we start the boats. It's by far the best place to watch from at most sites. 

1SlowVW said:

In reply to golfduke :

Kingston NH it's the long weekend in September as the season closer. 
 

What I'm truly trying to make a run at is what's viewed as the toughest stock outboard race in North America. The Top O Michigan marathon . 
2 days racing, over 80 miles on your knees in a plywood boat. I purchased the motor to run it and the runabout pictured above is the training boat. 
If I can successfully complete the 40 minute marathon in Lincoln Maine next May long weekend I'll make a run at the Michigan race. 
 

See here. 
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5SQn_kcoNcU

 

 

Nick or duke , if your coming to an event bring pants and shoes you don't mind getting wet. I'm not what you would call "good at racing " but I'll spot you the 20$ for a weekend apba pass so you can get in the water when we start the boats. It's by far the best place to watch from at most sites. 

Oh hell yes!!!!  I'm just under an hour to Kingston, so I'm 100% in for this, and no need to spot me the $$$- I'll pay it forward in dinner and drinks of your choosing if you'd like afterward! 

Just realised I never posted up finished pics of my duckpunt.

Start off with some plywood:

and some more plywood:

Then you add some clamps:

Then you add some more clamps:

And even more clamps:

just a few more... 

Finally some paint:

And before you know it, you have a boat!

golfduke said:

1SlowVW said:

In reply to golfduke :

Kingston NH it's the long weekend in September as the season closer. 
 

What I'm truly trying to make a run at is what's viewed as the toughest stock outboard race in North America. The Top O Michigan marathon . 
2 days racing, over 80 miles on your knees in a plywood boat. I purchased the motor to run it and the runabout pictured above is the training boat. 
If I can successfully complete the 40 minute marathon in Lincoln Maine next May long weekend I'll make a run at the Michigan race. 
 

See here. 
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5SQn_kcoNcU

 

 

Nick or duke , if your coming to an event bring pants and shoes you don't mind getting wet. I'm not what you would call "good at racing " but I'll spot you the 20$ for a weekend apba pass so you can get in the water when we start the boats. It's by far the best place to watch from at most sites. 

Oh hell yes!!!!  I'm just under an hour to Kingston, so I'm 100% in for this, and no need to spot me the $$$- I'll pay it forward in dinner and drinks of your choosing if you'd like afterward! 

 

I'm not 100% sure I'll be in Kingston next year, if I do the Michigan race that may be most of my racing budget. 
Kingston is a small pond and it gets real rough in a hydro at 60mph! But it's great in the runabouts! 

In reply to mad_machine :

Mad, that's some great work. A lovely looking boat. 

1SlowVW said:

In reply to mad_machine :

Mad, that's some great work. A lovely looking boat. 

Amazing craftsmanship!

I just sold my 20' Key West. It's been a good boat, and I was a bit sad to see it go. I probably could've gotten more money if I waited until Spring, but I don't have to renew the registration or pay taxes on the boat and trailer now. Also, there is much more room at my place to work on the Challenge car.

 

1SlowVW said:

In reply to mad_machine :

Mad, that's some great work. A lovely looking boat. 

Agreed on this ^^^, that's a really nice looking boat.  I missed your post the first time somehow. Is that a CLC kit or did you do it from plans?

This was from probably June 2020, around 5:30AM. My brother and I headed out before we signed in to work remotely, dad got up to take the picture but said he was going back to bed and declined joining. 

As I recall we caught a sheepshead (freshwater drum) and a small salmon, though I can't recall if it was a King or Coho. Pretty sure we were targeting walleye which should tell you a little about our fishing prowess, or lack thereof. 

I'm infatuated with the idea of this 80 plus mile endurance race in Michigan . Haven't figured out how to finance the trip but I've kept my cardio up all fall (even if I put on a few lbs). I have the motor the tanks the safety gear and a boat that could possibly survive . 

In reply to mad_machine :

That's a nice build!  I always wanted to build a Mini Tug Boat, but just the wood costs ~$10,000.