Art's Boat Build

The name of the boat was going to be "Miss Vicky" or if the transom were bigger "Lil' Miss Vicky D" since my wi...

The launch day and time were set for 7/20/11 at 5:00 pm at Ted's house. Ted arranged for the Oakland Press to come with video and do a ...

The arrangements were made to gather a bunch of dudes to get the boat out of the basement into the garage and on the trailer. When the presc...

After 6 coats of varnish, I was tired of that operation and needed to get the sides done. The plan was to do some paint graphics to hi...

After a 5 coats of clear epoxy it was time for varnish of the deck and sides. I have completed 4 coats of varnish and the amber tint has gi...

After three coats of epoxy to get the boat surfaces sealed and relatively smooth, it was time for filling the grooves. Following in the foot...

After getting the rub strips on the splash rails, I had some short pieces of rub strip that I could experiment with bending to fit the bow o...