Boat Builder Central

three and a half years in the making, but the day finally arrived

lots of pictures, i finished up painting the inside of the boat, two under coats of dulux sandable epoxy primer, two coats of highgloss durathane PU topcoat. i then started the fit out. http://gallery.bateau2.com/albums/userpics/86890/20160229_142709.jpg http://gallery.bateau2.com/albums/userpics/86...

Just faired the inside, found my spring steel scraper making the job a lot easier. Will sand it late this arvo and get ready for undercoating tomorrow

Hey newt.No reason in particular, was just worried about scratching along the mudguards. Being that high will make launching and retrieval harder so I will set up the trailer once I have some guides to protect the hull from the mudguards.

boat getting the motor tuned and delivery check up http://gallery.bateau2.com/albums/userpics/86890/normal_20160218_085010~0.jpg the boat on the trailer, tows well but i need to set the trailer up better for bunk height. little rims are going well. http://gallery.bateau2.com/albums/userpics/86890/no...

some more pictures I have expoxied all the floors down now, and today I glassed all the top surfaces. http://gallery.bateau2.com/albums/userpics/86890/20160216_113302.jpg I have gone away from using foam rollers because I haven't had a good go with them. they seem to make the epoxy react really quic...

I have started the fit out. Pick up a stupid amount of stuff to fit in, wish I had a bigger shed. Motor is in place temporarily to get controls cables and steering in place and routed http://gallery.bateau2.com/albums/userpics/86890/normal_20160211_200530.jpg you can also see the helm/cockpit area b...

Its great, love the console, im putting one in my FS14 but a little differently. Its still very helpful see I ng the set out on yours

i have put a dead line of floating by easter in time for my parents coming to visit, so i have been really powerin into the build now. i have all the stringers in and fibreglassing done. http://gallery.bateau2.com/albums/userpics/86890/normal_20160128_094306.jpg you can see here the bow deck, the fo...

Cheers, the paint is by no means a show room finish, but i could spend a lot more time and money trying to get it perfect. I decided that it was better to progress with the build and test the paint in the real world to see how it holds up with use, sun and salt. I choose to paint the outside first b...