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After 2 1/2 years incubating in my "detached garage", modifying several 4, 5, and 6 letter words, 2 or so girlfriends and several handles later.... a boat hatched out of my driveway....and I'm Stoked!!!...it floats!



Really appreciate the effort Joel and Jaques put into this website to make things (boats) happen!!!....and everyone's willingness to help others without a lot of fuss....its really unique to this website...which is pretty cool! Did have some inspiration from some other builds, including Claudette, Lake Dreamer, of course the "Cracker" Larry, Cape Man, the fellas in Wilmington's fairing tutorial!, Hellbender, whoever built the yellow GF-14 with really clean lines, Jim Beam, Harry Gant former driver of the Skoal Bandit, and all other GF builders!.....I'm done!...I think

Looks very nice I doubt anyone will disagree with me when I say that is one of the nicest GF's yet The color and brightwork really go good together along with all the little htings you added in there. You should be very proud of yourself. Enjoy it and go get some blood on that pretty finish

George

Very cool, and I agree the boat looks fantastic, have you come down yet from the high yet!
Congrads

Joe H

Really nice execution of a design HO. I love the custom mods. A very good looking boat. Make the fish bleed outside the boat.

Fantastic job That is really sweet, love the trim work and details

Did have some inspiration from some other builds, including Claudette, Lake Dreamer, of course the "Cracker" Larry, Cape Man, the fellas in Wilmington's fairing tutorial!, Hellbender, whoever built the yellow GF-14 with really clean lines, Jim Beam, Harry Gant former driver of the Skoal Bandit, and all other GF builders!.

I think almost every boat built on this site gets a little better than the last, due to the input of everyone else's experience. The bar keeps getting set higher and higher

That's the 4th GF being completed this week, all of them stunning in their own way I'm glad to have been of some influence on them Glad mine isn't competing against them in finish either

That must be the prettiest Jon boat I've ever seen! Beautiful.

great level of finish. You are right to be proud.

the cap reminds me of Danny Noonan from Caddy Shack....

Really appreciate the kind words!...and everyone else taking time to post threads of their own builds! There were a lot of errors, ommissions, and additions...I'm not one for drawing things out, but pretty happy with the way it turned out...Had been building on and off for so long that I couldn't come out with anything too ordinary......although blood would contrast well ....I'd be happy slinging some drum on the decks!

....yeh the hat really cheezed up the launch...."luckily no one scratched my anchor!"

Cracker Larry wrote:That's the 4th GF being completed this week, all of them stunning in their own way

this is the time of year we see more launches, right through the fall

Beautiful Boat! Love the graphic

.....and one of the many take home messages from Shine somewhere along the way, was "you never want to see a square edge on a boat"....which makes sense for aesthetics, but more importantly a safety perspective. Although round edges take longer....the end result is worth it. ....Bateau has great products, great plans, and great people!

Love the boat, and the hat at the launch was a nice touch , very nice

Very nice!

Ya get that hat free with a bowl of soup? Hey... it's better than someone scratching their anchor on your boat!

That's definitly a boat you can be proud of. Very nicely done. Congrats on a great launch.

[quote="HungOne"]

"Hey what's with the pictures? Hey Wang, it's a parking lot!"


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=171FURqSIQc


Nice work. Congrats on the launch!

"Hey Smells, my dingy's bigger than your whole boat"

Matt

Very nice and I like the decal.
Congratulations.

jacquesmm wrote:Very nice and I like the decal.
Congratulations.

Probably because, it looks like Shine's hat!

Really nice looking boat.

Cool LED's, that somethign I want on my FS17.

cant hold back on the Caddy Shack...

"Hey, nice hat, did it come with a free bowl of soup?"

Great boat I like all of the wood accents

My hommage to Caddyshack, "You know the zen philosopher Basha once wrote....A flute with no holes is not a flute, and a donut with no holes is a danish. We was a funny guy."

God bless Ty Webb

wegcagle wrote:Great boat I like all of the wood accents

My hommage to Caddyshack, "You know the zen philosopher Basha once wrote....A flute with no holes is not a flute, and a donut with no holes is a danish. We was a funny guy."

God bless Ty Webb

I think we could have a whole thread dedicated to Caddyshack quotes..

Bowmovement wrote:

wegcagle wrote:Great boat I like all of the wood accents

My hommage to Caddyshack, "You know the zen philosopher Basha once wrote....A flute with no holes is not a flute, and a donut with no holes is a danish. We was a funny guy."

God bless Ty Webb

I think we could have a whole thread dedicated to Caddyshack quotes..

The most famous quote from the last 25 years, sorry to say....




"It's in the hole!"




I don't watch golf anymore because, of this.

One of my favorites is " don't just stand there, somebody go get some glue"

I use it at least once a week. Used it a lot more when the hull was under construction.


Great looking boat, I love the name and logo.

Macs

Haven't been here in a while, but looks like the Noonan hat was a hit......and feel like I must pay respect to Rodney Dangerfield and one of his all time one-liners from Caddyshack....it starts out

"Hey Everybody, Were All Gonna...." you can finish the rest.

...and thanks for all the kind words on the build!!