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Justin C

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  1. I’ve spent a good part of my life near or on the water, primarily fishing the New Jersey coasts and bays. For a number of years, I’ve wanted a 28’-34’ custom Carolina center console. IMO, the center consoles being built by Shearline Boatworks are some of the prettiest out there. Over the course of my browsing the internet, I came across the Ocracoke kits being produced by B and B and the idea to actually build one of these first entered my mind. It’s not as though I’m looking for something to do at this point in my life - I have a wife and three young children (and all their associated sports/activities), a demanding job, very amateur bicycle racing, etc. I don’t have the space to build a larger boat, so the size of one bay of my three car garage would have to do and determine the boat size. I figured the biggest hurdle to overcome would actually be purchasing the boat; after all, if it’s in my garage, I would have no excuse not to work on it. After speaking to some kit builders and boatyards, I was happy to hand B and B my money for the Jessy 15’ kit. I started working with Alan in August 2018 and decided to have everything CNC cut for simplicity. I received the crate in February, however, I would have to wait until my schedule was freed my before I committed to starting it. I brought the epoxy bottles indoors and having never used it before, decided to try and mend some broken kid toys and garden tools to get used to working with it. The B and B 2:1 and metered pumps are pretty foolproof. Well, I began this past weekend gluing up the side and bottom panels. I added casters to the B and B cradle. I also aligned the side stringers and will get them tapered before gluing to the side panels.
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