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Post by South Shore Hick on Jan 14, 2009 20:57:56 GMT -5
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Post by chezz on Jan 14, 2009 21:09:18 GMT -5
Very nice changes with the skiff..I must say the camo looks much better!!
I love the new project boat...what kind of boat was it originally?
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Post by chessieguy on Jan 15, 2009 5:01:31 GMT -5
Great looking rig,
Looks like a job well done!!! (well almost done...)
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newguy
Master Waterfowler
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Post by newguy on Jan 15, 2009 16:21:57 GMT -5
It started life as a little speed boat with a windshield and seating for 4 Apparently it sunk during hurricane juan according to the fisherman in the bay.
Several years later while doing an underwater search for a lobster fishermans holding crates that had broke free,(we found them --talk about a happy fisherman) Johnny came across the boat on the bottom and we went back a couple of days later with fresh tanks of Air and brought it up with lift bags and the big job of drying it out and repairing started months later.
I believe that the present state of the boat is what Johnny had in mind from the first second it broke the surface of the water. That may be the sneeky duck hunter in me talking though
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Post by shermie on Jan 15, 2009 20:09:07 GMT -5
rezerwrection
way to go guys hell of a refit , why did you narrow it up so in the rear of the hatch opening ??
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Post by shermie on Jan 15, 2009 20:11:11 GMT -5
your old boat rob could be the same thing ,they look the same,,
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Post by shermie on Jan 15, 2009 20:13:46 GMT -5
now all you need is some open water grey in FME [flat marine enamel ]check my layout boat color its the grey im talking about its in the boat section i believe..25 bucks a quart i think it was maybe a little more ,,
shermie
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Post by chezz on Jan 15, 2009 20:21:38 GMT -5
your old boat rob could be the same thing ,they look the same,, I was debating on a serious layout boat for a make work project
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newguy
Master Waterfowler
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Post by newguy on Jan 16, 2009 5:47:22 GMT -5
It is not as much work as I thought---don't get me wrong it is still alot of time and effort but I figured it would be at least twice as much work as it turned out to be If it is half as stable as it was before it will be a duck slaughtering machine Hopefully it tows better than before --thing had a mind of it's own another site member has a layout smaller than this and he said it is a c$%t to tow it keeps trying to dive underwater
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Post by shermie on Jan 16, 2009 12:33:56 GMT -5
rezerwrection way to go guys hell of a refit , why did you narrow it up so in the rear of the hatch opening ?? ??
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sako
Hunter
Hunt, hunt, hunt.......
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Post by sako on Jan 16, 2009 23:36:58 GMT -5
sweet ! i like it.....
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Post by South Shore Hick on Jan 18, 2009 10:13:06 GMT -5
Hey Shermie, I narrowed in the aft hatch so I would have more support across the hull. Also from previous experiences hunting the tusket islands home. The smaller opening limits how much water could possibly spill in all at once from a large random wave or wake. The other plus is, it give me more internal storage in the inner hull. Which a filled with expanding closed cell foam for extra floating just in case the worst happened. In total their is six separate flotation cells I've built into the hull.
A number of years ago three of us were all settled in tight around the ledges off of Little River, Yarmouth County. After a couple of hours later another hunter can flying around the ledges in his mossing boat. We were all tucked in close near the ledges so I knew he couldn't have seen us. When he passed by our line, his wake nearly swamped two of our three layout boats. Luckily my original rig was very similar to this one. With the increased tapered surface area the wake rolled up, slowed, then hit the splash boards rolling off the deck. Maybe I got lucky, but it seemed to work for me. As for my two other friends, they had some bailing to do. Although their cockpits splash boards were the same height as mine. The larger opening with less surface area still allowed the wake to spill into their enclosures.
My dad helped me build my first rig. He insisted on this design and told me "You'll figure it out boy". I never really realized why at first,until that happened. Lesson learned on my behalf as I'm alsways hunting big open water. Hopefully my boy has taken notice also..... Cheers Shermie...... Johnny-G
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Post by shermie on Jan 18, 2009 11:39:17 GMT -5
thanks now it makes sense and good luck love the foam ideas as well ive added foam to my barneygat and will add more im prob going with removables stly kids noodle boards etc....weaved thru out the suports of the boat ,,
shermie
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Post by shermie on Jan 18, 2009 11:40:39 GMT -5
oh what brand of foam and where did ya get it???
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kevin
Hunter
This could be a mistake!
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Post by kevin on Jan 18, 2009 16:59:43 GMT -5
Great lookin rig and look how good it's workin already, that Bluebill lit right on top of the motor! LOL, let us posted!
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