Hi Guys
I've been a member here for a while, but have been a bit lazy to post this build thread (get your coffee, this is gonna take a while). I've got this posted on another site so some of you might have seen it already, but if not enjoy.
This forum has a healthy DIY section so I thought this would add to it.
I've been a mad bass fisherman for years and have owned deep sea and bass boats before. 2 years ago I had to sell my beloved bass boat, but within a few months I couldn't handle not being on the water, so I embarked on the biggest project of my life. I enjoy making my own tackle and tinkering with the odd tool so I thought why not build my own boat. Well that was 18 months ago, I work every spare minute I have on the boat, but it's nearly done.
Trying not to re-invent the wheel I bought plans from a company in Florida USA for a flats boat design, they had a bass boat but I didn't like the hull shape. The flats boat would work better for my requirements after some redesigning of the deck. So the hull shape is from plans, the rest is my design (or lack thereof).
The boat is constructed out of marine ply wood completely encased in Epoxy fibreglass, basically a composite boat (fibreglass with a ply core). No screws are used anywhere in the construction as they create weak points
Epoxy resin is used in the whole build as polyester resin does not waterproof wood and also doesn't stick to wood properly.
I'll give brief descriptions of each picture I post but I'm not going to go into detail on each photo unless someone asks.
Bulkheads and Stringers in place on the building jig
stitching the panels in place
Taping the joints
Glassing the hull
I've been a member here for a while, but have been a bit lazy to post this build thread (get your coffee, this is gonna take a while). I've got this posted on another site so some of you might have seen it already, but if not enjoy.
This forum has a healthy DIY section so I thought this would add to it.
I've been a mad bass fisherman for years and have owned deep sea and bass boats before. 2 years ago I had to sell my beloved bass boat, but within a few months I couldn't handle not being on the water, so I embarked on the biggest project of my life. I enjoy making my own tackle and tinkering with the odd tool so I thought why not build my own boat. Well that was 18 months ago, I work every spare minute I have on the boat, but it's nearly done.
Trying not to re-invent the wheel I bought plans from a company in Florida USA for a flats boat design, they had a bass boat but I didn't like the hull shape. The flats boat would work better for my requirements after some redesigning of the deck. So the hull shape is from plans, the rest is my design (or lack thereof).
The boat is constructed out of marine ply wood completely encased in Epoxy fibreglass, basically a composite boat (fibreglass with a ply core). No screws are used anywhere in the construction as they create weak points
Epoxy resin is used in the whole build as polyester resin does not waterproof wood and also doesn't stick to wood properly.
I'll give brief descriptions of each picture I post but I'm not going to go into detail on each photo unless someone asks.
Bulkheads and Stringers in place on the building jig
stitching the panels in place
Taping the joints
Glassing the hull