Good afternoon!
I've had this project squirreled away for quite some time, and figured I'd finally start a rebuild thread on it.
What we have here is a no name fishing skiff. That's right, I have no idea who originally built this. Its registered as a homemade craft here in California. It's about 11.5' long, 4' wide and it only weighs a few hundred pounds. I can almost pick it up and move it around myself. It is basically a crooked hull bottom, a perimeter of a deck, a transom and two wood slats that were aparently used as seats. I would'nt sit on either one.
So far, including registration fees, I'm in this for less than $100.
We have plenty of boats at my parent's place at the river that we can use to do just about anything. But those belong to my Dad. I want my own stuff that I can mess around with, and build and rig the way I want to do it. And yes, I have a problem.
I thought I had a picture of the hull, but I dont. So I'll start with what I did today.
I picked this sucker up and set it on its transom, with its bow in the sky. I strapped it down so it wouldn't go anywhere, and started grinding.
I've had this project squirreled away for quite some time, and figured I'd finally start a rebuild thread on it.
What we have here is a no name fishing skiff. That's right, I have no idea who originally built this. Its registered as a homemade craft here in California. It's about 11.5' long, 4' wide and it only weighs a few hundred pounds. I can almost pick it up and move it around myself. It is basically a crooked hull bottom, a perimeter of a deck, a transom and two wood slats that were aparently used as seats. I would'nt sit on either one.
So far, including registration fees, I'm in this for less than $100.
We have plenty of boats at my parent's place at the river that we can use to do just about anything. But those belong to my Dad. I want my own stuff that I can mess around with, and build and rig the way I want to do it. And yes, I have a problem.
I thought I had a picture of the hull, but I dont. So I'll start with what I did today.
I picked this sucker up and set it on its transom, with its bow in the sky. I strapped it down so it wouldn't go anywhere, and started grinding.