SK14 in TX

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You are coming along nicely! Very clean tidy work.
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Forgive me if I missed it, but do the plans let you decide the deck size, or was that something you modified?

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KurtActual wrote: Tue Nov 03, 2020 3:06 pm Forgive me if I missed it, but do the plans let you decide the deck size, or was that something you modified?
I modified the deck size. What I had to do was adjust the frame and placement of the stringers. I moved stringer B forward to give a longer deck. The CNC kit gives you extra length on the deck pieces so I was able to customize to the dimensions I wanted.

Not sure if that makes sense so here's a sketch of what I did. Always happy to help someone else out so hopefully this answers your question :)
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Got the skegs put on tonight. Decided to go with two 1" x 1" x 6' pieces of cedar. We used CA glue to get the boards in place then added a fillet and sealed with epoxy. I didn't put any fiberglass on it, the boards weren't big enough to do any good glassing so just passed on that.
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Finished fairing the hull and got the graphite on. We did 2 layers of the CL graphite mix and added some milled fiberglass for extra strength. (Lots of oysters in south Texas so I need all the strength I can get!!)

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Good progress, you'll be fishing it by spring.

Then again, you don't have much of a winter down there so you may be fishing it long before what we call spring up here!

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Nice work AggieGirl!!! Jeff

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Without any glass the skegs are pretty vulnerable, especially if you hit oysters. You might consider putting an aluminum shoe on them. I used a 1/8" x 1" strip. Rough up the glued side, etch it with pool acid or alcohol, and glue it down with thickened epoxy. Another CL tip...
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Thanks for sharing your mods to the plan AG.

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Looking great!
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