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Very cool!! It's tough work sometimes, but enjoyable. This is a great site with alot of info.
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Sandy, I used the buffalo boat plans.
Changes I made: 4.5" dish dead center, more side flair, widened the transoms, it's 12'3" bow to stern so alittle longer than BB. Side panels were just a 8x4 sheet of plascore sliced length wise with the dish in the center, so the rear of the side panel is a bit wider and the front is a bit thinner than the BB.
Gotta have someone tha
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A couple small bumps, but made it out in one piece!
Fished/rowed Conner's flats landing to McMasters bridge on Michigan's AuSable. You can Google maps the route. Slow water but lots of hairpin turns stacked on top of each other.
Alot harder than I thought. The guides mentioned learning how to feather.
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I've read through the forum and found mention of coat it, line X, etc...
Has anyone tried wetlander? How about just spreading a thick layer of epoxy over the bottom? (That's what I did for now)
Not very worried about durability, I don't think anything is getting through my hull, more concerned about having it slick enough to slide over a rock or two.
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So can I take the boat out one more day before final Paint?
I know I know, needs lots more sanding and fairing. I'm not worried about it. I learned alot about how to lay glass and the next one will be better. I just want this one in the water.
Just paranoid about the sun and going out with no paint. It's been out once on a very overcast dreary day.
There's a BMW I always l
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Took her for a spin and man was that fun!! Back rows great, push rowing not as good as the front end is deeper in the water, very responsive, you can spin her very easy.
Very stable for its size, I had no problems standing while it was being rowed, even without a casting brace.
Paint and varnish and she's done!
So much fun, thanks all that offered advice and especially thank you to
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Yes, as you can see the bench is biased to the rear. I made a flat cushion so I can scoot back and forth depending on load and rowers height. I'll post some pics of it in the water at some point tomorrow. Curious to see what happens. 90% of the time it'll just be two people floating.
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Not done, going for a test float before I paint, looks great to me!
Light enough for me and one buddy to get up on the trailer
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No problem, not to big, resized them all, I'll try again
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Doing these one at a time, trouble with multiple attachments
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Ok, so I put the bow eye low, but probably could have gone lower, theres always the next boat!
You can see the inside of the bow eye has a plate of trex decking to distribute force, squeezed some 5200 in between layers, should be strong and water tight.
Had a neighbor help me get it up on the trailer, had to see what it looked like, fantastic! Gonna do a pond test tomorrow!
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Ok, my winch will be down low. Read an old thread regarding this, I'll go with the fast cure 5200, live and learn right?
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Thanks Sandy, I could use epoxy, but I have some 3M 5200 I was thinking of using.
Any thoughts on what might be better.
5200 might be good because of its ability to flex.
Read a few threads on here from you and others regarding bow eye placement. Got it low, but not to low. About in line with my winch at 10" off the trailer floor
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So I'm thinking of using this with a small piece of trex decking on the inside of the boat.
I'd go through the bow, through a small piece of trex, and then bolt down that metal plate to the trex.
I'd squirt alittle 5200 in the holes and cover the trex with 5200 on the side that would be touching the boat.
The idea of adding the trex in-between the bolts and the boat is to
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Here's the German polymer version, seems very tough,even quieter and smaller OD in case I have to drill out more one day
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Thanks, I'll glue and cover one day, and finish the next
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I've got 1/2" plascore. Want to laminate it to make a 1" thick rear deck/seating area. My plan is wet out plascore, squeegee a some thickened epoxy on both sheets and layer of 14oz biaxial in between plascore sheets. Then cover both sides with 3 layers of 14oz biaxial.
Sound ok? Should the glass be on both inner sides of plascore and thickened epoxy in the middle?
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A couple links to a Michigan builder. Wish the video showed more of the building process, but you get an idea of what the boats look like.
https://www.croffcraft.com/
https://youtu.be/ju2zo2iP8gE
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I'm a ways off from making this, but might start drawing it up this winter. Get the materials sourced and scarf the ply wood
These are AuSable river boats, loggers used these to transport tools , supplies, etc. Now they are the perfect fishing vessel for the upper AuSable.
22-24 feet long, 28"-30" wide at the floor. Low sided, fish sitting down in a comfortable chair. these
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Picked up some flanged bearings and sleeves locally. South East Michigan has alot of machine shops that supply manufacturing so these were easy to find. Oil impregnated flanged bearings. Might be old news here, but was excited to find these. Perfect fit.
Ordered the exact same dimensions from a fancy German polymer company.
I'll see what feels best.
What do you guys do for the oar
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Come to think of it, I forgot I tested this scenario.
I actually bolted through glassed plascore, and was really able to wrench down before the plascore started to collapse, way more torque than needed. The in and outwale should distribute the force nicely.
Sandy, did you learn the hard way regarding filling the plascore?
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I see. I think I'm past that point now right? Since the gunnel is glued on? I can top fill alittle. I know I can stand on the plascore pre fiberglassing and it would not come close to collapsing. The glass and gunnel are on it now and I imagine that distributes the force of the bolts. Hopefully collapsing won't be a problem
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