Art's Boat Build

After the fiberglass cloth is on the boat, the process of building up the level of epoxy begins. It took about 3 coats to get the thickness...

Once the boat looked all nice and shiny with perfect wood grain showing through the epoxy finish, it was time to mess it up...big time. So I...

The bottom plywood has been trimmed, planed, filed and sanded. So the planking is now completed. Screw holes have been filled, sanded, fil...

Raising the bar: So far I've been happy that I raised the form that the boat frames mount to. The plan says 24" off the floor, but ...

The first step was bending the forward end of the long battens into position by sawing a horizontal kerf back almost to the frame and then ...

When I got ready for putting on the second side, I enlisted some help. With the first side, after juggling the long panel and then clampin...

Since the boat I'm building has a retro look, I wanted to get a classic outboard for it. After doing a lot of research on older outboard...