5Men GV11
Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2013 1:38 pm
Hello everyone,
After reading over the plans for the past week or so I have begun construction of a GV11. By way of introduction, my name is Dave and I have been following this site for close to ten years and have marveled at the craftsmanship of so many builders on this site. In the past I taught a boatbuilding class for my summer school students and we built three Cheap Canoes and then raffled them off. My ultimate goal would be to someday build a PH22 or C19. I currently own and tournament fish in California in a solid, well kept 1978 Aquasport 170. However, my four sons are getting older and to the point of being able to fish and boat on their own so my wife and I decided the GV11 would be a good project to work on with the kids and ultimately make it their boat. The name "5Men" comes from a phrase my wife often uses when describing our family, "5men4me", which is her way of saying she is the only girl in the house. Even the dog is a boy!
The goal for the boat is to power with a 10 or 15 HP motor and let the kids have some fun with it. Initially it will be transported in the back of the truck or top of our tent trailer, which makes this a great boat for us as we do a lot of camping by both the coast and near mountain lakes. Sooner or later it will most likely get a trailer so my oldest son can transport a little easier as he is getting his license soon.
So onto the progress. Spent a few hours over the past few days marking up the Meranti BS1088 that I received locally at Bohnoff Lumber. If you are in California, specifically SoCal, they are a family owned business that has been around over a 100 years and they got me the sheets the following day.
I am at a point where I have a question that was not answered in the Small Boats forum, as well as a follow-up. Don't want to start cutting until I can verify my measurements. The boat will be built with an angled transom so I will be using the plan updates from the site.
1. The only dimensional changes are to the transom and the transom gussets, correct? Nothing changes with the long panels.
2. On the third drawing there is a notation that appears to be "12 degrees". Is this accurate? This is the only thing I could imagine it to be.
Nothing photo worthy until I start cutting tomorrow. Once that starts my goal is to document the whole project.
Hope you enjoy the build and I will certainly be open to all of your expertise.
DaveB.
After reading over the plans for the past week or so I have begun construction of a GV11. By way of introduction, my name is Dave and I have been following this site for close to ten years and have marveled at the craftsmanship of so many builders on this site. In the past I taught a boatbuilding class for my summer school students and we built three Cheap Canoes and then raffled them off. My ultimate goal would be to someday build a PH22 or C19. I currently own and tournament fish in California in a solid, well kept 1978 Aquasport 170. However, my four sons are getting older and to the point of being able to fish and boat on their own so my wife and I decided the GV11 would be a good project to work on with the kids and ultimately make it their boat. The name "5Men" comes from a phrase my wife often uses when describing our family, "5men4me", which is her way of saying she is the only girl in the house. Even the dog is a boy!
The goal for the boat is to power with a 10 or 15 HP motor and let the kids have some fun with it. Initially it will be transported in the back of the truck or top of our tent trailer, which makes this a great boat for us as we do a lot of camping by both the coast and near mountain lakes. Sooner or later it will most likely get a trailer so my oldest son can transport a little easier as he is getting his license soon.
So onto the progress. Spent a few hours over the past few days marking up the Meranti BS1088 that I received locally at Bohnoff Lumber. If you are in California, specifically SoCal, they are a family owned business that has been around over a 100 years and they got me the sheets the following day.
I am at a point where I have a question that was not answered in the Small Boats forum, as well as a follow-up. Don't want to start cutting until I can verify my measurements. The boat will be built with an angled transom so I will be using the plan updates from the site.
1. The only dimensional changes are to the transom and the transom gussets, correct? Nothing changes with the long panels.
2. On the third drawing there is a notation that appears to be "12 degrees". Is this accurate? This is the only thing I could imagine it to be.
Nothing photo worthy until I start cutting tomorrow. Once that starts my goal is to document the whole project.
Hope you enjoy the build and I will certainly be open to all of your expertise.
DaveB.