Jodie's T-V

LEE SCHNEIDERMANN · Post by **LEE SCHNEIDERMANN** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 12:13 am

Jodi is going to love this Mick!
Your phone is going to start ringing with prospective customers for a boat from "The Mick"

Lee

tx river rat · Post by **tx river rat** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 7:26 am

Mick
When you going to get her wet.
Ron
She looks awsome

hairymick · Post by **hairymick** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 4:00 am

G'day Lee,

I hope she does mate.

re customers, not at all interested in selling any of my Jem boats. I just couldn't imagine actually building one for sale. I get too attached to them during the build.

G'day Ron, Probably a couple of weeks yet. While she is right to get wet now, I want to get her pretty much finished and am resisting the temptation.

Now she is taking shape, I can really see the potential for this type of craft for fishing and touring. With a Laker Style deck set up, she would make a very good, bigger person, touring kayak.

Meanwhile, I have been playing with her bottom today.

first coat,

ready for second coat.

Third Coat.

tx river rat · Post by **tx river rat** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 10:03 pm

Dang Mick
I am having a hard time waiting for you to take her for a walk, I think I am as excited as you are about this boat.
Ron

tx river rat · Post by **tx river rat** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 10:05 pm

Mick
any ideal on weight yet
Ron

hairymick · Post by **hairymick** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 3:22 am

This boat, as she is now. is lighter than my Laker which came in at 15.2 or .3 kilograms. (34 pounds) I am guessing she is probably about 30 pounds without hatches.

This is the last of my very light ply. All subsequent builds will be significantly heavier.

hairymick · Post by **hairymick** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 3:39 pm

Getting there !

Hull is finished and varnish is on, Letting that cure for a few days then a quick cut and polish -
then Fit Out. - hatches, carry handles etc.

This is the first and last boat that I will ever build by eye. My build has taken at least twice as long as it should have simply because I did NOT build to Matts lovely drawings. I will NEVER do this again.

Matt, I have learnt my lesson well here.

Kayak Jack · Post by **Kayak Jack** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 8:46 pm

I think I see a notch where, maybe, one and a half more boats could be squeezed in. Maybe.

tx river rat · Post by **tx river rat** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 9:28 pm

Mick
The tv is looking awesome I think you did a great job doing it bye eye.
What kind of decks are you going to put on your tv.
Ron

Post by **jem** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 9:37 pm

tx river rat wrote:Mick
The tv is looking awesome I think you did a great job doing it bye eye.
What kind of decks are you going to put on your tv.
Ron

oh something tells me his TV might get put on hold.