G'day Chalk,
Just wondering if you've made any progress on the boat at all since your last post.
Do you know if Matt has decided to sell these plans yet, or should I post that question to him in the Questions & Comments topic.
It's looking good, can't wait to see it finished.
Thanks
Mick.
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Only one bay left to laminate in the hull and all the structural laminating will be done (this week)
I decided that I am going to use NIDA core for the decks...Kinda pricey, but the weight savings is worth it.
Spent most of the morning cleaning up the garage...but I managed to cut 1.5" strips for the sheer clamp. After playing in the pool with the wife and kids and taking a short siesta I laminated the clamp to the boat. You can never have enough clamps when building a boat...33 shown, I needed 10 more
After the sheer clamp, clean up sanding and final lamination we will be ready for the floors.
The Chackillac is getting close
Only half the garage got cleaned
I decided that I am going to use NIDA core for the decks...Kinda pricey, but the weight savings is worth it.
Spent most of the morning cleaning up the garage...but I managed to cut 1.5" strips for the sheer clamp. After playing in the pool with the wife and kids and taking a short siesta I laminated the clamp to the boat. You can never have enough clamps when building a boat...33 shown, I needed 10 more
After the sheer clamp, clean up sanding and final lamination we will be ready for the floors.
The Chackillac is getting close
Only half the garage got cleaned
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A pinnacle was reached tonight, all the structural laminations are complete 
The sheer clamp is complete as well.
Things to do:
Finish running rigging tubes
Install floor battens
Pour flotation foam
Decide on a floor material (Nidacore or Corecell)
Install floor
Final fiberglass on the bottom of the hull
May install a small keel for better tracking
Smear fairing compound
Sand fairing compound off
Smear some more fairing compound
Sand some more
Prime
Paint
Go fish
That looks like a short list
The sheer clamp is complete as well.
Things to do:
Finish running rigging tubes
Install floor battens
Pour flotation foam
Decide on a floor material (Nidacore or Corecell)
Install floor
Final fiberglass on the bottom of the hull
May install a small keel for better tracking
Smear fairing compound
Sand fairing compound off
Smear some more fairing compound
Sand some more
Prime
Paint
Go fish
That looks like a short list
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Chalk wrote:Shucks, Chalk, I thought your "To Do" list would look more like this:
Things to do:
Finish running rigging tubes
Go fish
Install floor battens
Go fish
Pour flotation foam
Decide on a floor material (Nidacore or Corecell)
Go fish
Install floor
Go fish
Final fiberglass on the bottom of the hull
Go fish
May install a small keel for better tracking
Go fish
Smear fairing compound
Go fish
Sand fairing compound off
Go fish
Smear some more fairing compound
Go fish
Sand some more
Go fish
Prime
Go fish
Paint
Go fish
That looks like a BETTER list
Kayak Jack
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Chalk....
I have to give you credit , when you say you are going to build a boat ....You .... BUILD a BOAT no question about that ... and what a fine looking one.
Chuck.
PS. Looking forward to the compleated pictures of the boat and with some luck a good stringer of fish.
"O" .. If 12 of us decided to paddle the Panhandle section ( that would be 10 canoes or kayaks ) would you be will to take all our gear for us during the trip ? A lighter boat is a lot easier to paddle.
I have to give you credit , when you say you are going to build a boat ....You .... BUILD a BOAT no question about that ... and what a fine looking one.
Chuck.
PS. Looking forward to the compleated pictures of the boat and with some luck a good stringer of fish.
"O" .. If 12 of us decided to paddle the Panhandle section ( that would be 10 canoes or kayaks ) would you be will to take all our gear for us during the trip ? A lighter boat is a lot easier to paddle.
Remember:
Amateurs built the Ark...... Professionals built the Titanic
Visit some fine paddlers at The Southern Paddler
Amateurs built the Ark...... Professionals built the Titanic
Visit some fine paddlers at The Southern Paddler
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Chalk,
Your last piccies well and truly display the scale of your boat and the magnitude of your undertaking in building her.
Bloody awesome mate!!
I have been following this thread all along and if petrol prices had not gone the way they have here, would be seriously thinking about building one of these.
A fishing boat built by a fisherman who knows how to catch fish. This boat would make a magnificent bass or flats boat here.
Your last piccies well and truly display the scale of your boat and the magnitude of your undertaking in building her.
Bloody awesome mate!!
I have been following this thread all along and if petrol prices had not gone the way they have here, would be seriously thinking about building one of these.
A fishing boat built by a fisherman who knows how to catch fish. This boat would make a magnificent bass or flats boat here.
Regards,
Mick
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Thanks guys...lost a little momentum the past two weeks...had a IFA redfish tournament event to fish. This was our second event and we placed 6th in this event as well as the first one. This put us in third place for the division points with one more event to go before the championship. We might be fishing the championship in the buccaneer aka "Chackillac"
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