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Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 12:13 am
by LEE SCHNEIDERMANN
Jodi is going to love this Mick!
Your phone is going to start ringing with prospective customers for a boat from "The Mick"
Lee
Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2008 7:26 am
by tx river rat
Mick
When you going to get her wet.
Ron
She looks awsome
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 4:00 am
by hairymick
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.
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 10:03 pm
by tx river rat
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
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 10:05 pm
by tx river rat
Mick
any ideal on weight yet
Ron
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 3:22 am
by hairymick
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.
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 3:39 pm
by hairymick
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.
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 8:46 pm
by Kayak Jack
I think I see a notch where, maybe, one and a half more boats could be squeezed in. Maybe.
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 9:28 pm
by tx river rat
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
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 9:37 pm
by jem
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.
