Stinkboat post

[Oyster]

I was not going to stink the place up but with a train post, I say what the heck. HEHE!

I took an older fishing skiff and cut it in half. I installed a nice foward water tight hatch for storing safety gear and cargo and a small side console leaving the interior of the boat clean and unobstructed for ducking and flyfishing in the shallows.

[capt jake]

You certainly have the eye to see potential in virtually anything.  I think this is a great way to re-use a boat.  I suppose you should now paint it green (green with recycling).   This certainly isn't your first 'green' boat.  I have admired all of your builds.

[Matt J]

Nice work Mike. I'm sure the fish are already scared  

[Bruce Kershaw]

I was not going to stink the place up but with a train post, I say what the heck. HEHE!

Aw, come on! "stink train"?

That

[Craig]

I've been wondering how that one came out Mike.  What a transformation.  Ni ce job!!  8) 8)

[Oyster]

I love your train and related items of the big kids "imagination station". The first thing you do in looking into older boats and projects is if a good engine is avaliable and the condition of the trailer. Then the next thing you do is to begin surgery in small increments seeing just how bad something that appears to be really is. ;D Nice to see you pop in Matt. I hope my little girl is doing fine. I have my grandson here with my DIL that was forced to evacuate from the hurricane regions of the gulf. So its with a mixed blessing that I enjoy them at the expense of the ones along the gulf coast.

Pretty cool, and now if the wind would moderate a bit so I can seatrial it. I think that should be really interesting with the 40 hp on the boat.

[capt jake]

I may have missed it, but tell us about the other boat in the shed in the background, please.

[Oyster]

I may have missed it, but tell us about the other boat in the shed in the background, please.

Thats a 22' Simmons looking for a home.

I pulled it out of the barn and stored it for now in the temp so I could shovel half a dumptruck load of scraps from the corners and dust the walls and crevices.

[Ken_Potts]

  Sweet!  Re-use is way better than recycle.  And you've got a great eye for potential.  I don't know of anyone else who's cut a boat in half and ended up with something that looks so well designed for the job.

  I'd look for you out on the water this weekend but the forecast scared me away.  I'm lake sailing tomorrow.

[Oyster]

I don't think that with the winds like its been that many people will be boating in anything less than a destroyer lately.

[Ken_Potts]

  Thanks for validating my decision to stay home    I've been out on the lake the past two days.  We sailed a bit yesterday until the wind died then we went and motored our way to the mouth of the fabled Haw River (and proved it was the Haw by slamming into one of the legendary submerged rocks).  Today we put the masts up but never unrolled the sails because all of the wind decided to go to the beach.  We fished a bunch but didn't catch a thing.  You'll have to teach me how to stock a freezer someday. 

  I hope the weather is nice to you soon so you can get that boat out for trials.  From the looks of her she'll be good to you.

[Oyster]

Oh what the heck, if you can't go boating, you may as well play with boats. The powerboat race had one boat flip over yesterday. I did not venture too far from the shed on a boat at all. This week the weather bunnies are also calling for several days of more 2 to 30 knots of wind. So late afternoon I installed my small seats with the help of a hopefull dog minding the lookout for rocks,  and my grandson at the same time. he is quite a multi=tasker for sure.

I will add a couple of other shots of the day, productive anyway.

The dog rarely leaves my grandson's side. He and my DIL ended up coming to visit after Ike forced them from their homes.

I need to prime the unprimed plywood and paint the topcoat on the wood. I also used some recycled and reclaimed wood from some seat thwarts I took out of an older Simmons. I hate throwing away good wood.

[Konrad]

You know, looking at that boat...  and that 40 hp outboard...

That thing's probably going to fly.

You better install some "Oh-sh*t" grab bars. 

[Steve Day]

Mike,

I really like that little boat! That might be a little closer to what I am looking for to mess around on the delta. The Garvey works good, but Gina would probably like a little larger boat, as it might ride a little better.

It was neat to see the photos of your grandson & the dog. It is really quite neat the way those labs attach themselves to little ones like that.

Steve

[Oyster]

These boats were built on four jig points including the transom.  If you wish the numbers let me know. With your woodworking abilities you should be able to build the boat. My lovely sure enjoys her ride with the stable platform and dry cargo for the interior room even though the garveys are not as smoothe as most pointed skiffs. But with a caring captain, there are few places that we cannot go with our fishing hull of the same design.

If I had it to do over again in new, I would probably add a few inches additional freeboard. Then with the raised coaming, this would give me a bit more seating reserve too keeping my lovely inside and me out of the doghouse heaven forbid she gets in any swell area. This may play a key role in more open water running. But the rails that I installed may also work as nice sprayrails. Perfect boat? Never, but fun projects for mental excersizing.

[Steve Day]

Mike,

Gina suggested rather strongly that I should sell a boat or two before I build another. Something about too many boats to take care of and store. I find that hard to believe. 

Perhaps I should do that, but I will find that somewhat difficult.  HE, HE 

Steve

[capt jake]

Mike,

Gina suggested rather strongly that I should sell a boat or two before I build another. Something about too many boats to take care of and store. I find that hard to believe. 

Perhaps I should do that, but I will find that somewhat difficult.  HE, HE 

Steve

Wow, that statement sounds vaguely familiar to me.  I can't quite remember who recently told me that.   Oh yeah, it was my wife.......

[Oyster]

I was able to float the boat today and did get some shots. Unfortunately the runnng shots were so far away and I tried to zoom and crop, but my skills of those programs did not turn out so swell. Maybe this weekend when I have my photo assistant, she can make the camera right to zoom in, since the ones today were taken by a passerby. But I am able to say that the boat sits on its lines and exceeded my expectations and worked out just grand. The freeboard in open water does take some getting use to for sure. But I will let someone else worry about that since like everything its for sale. But with the market being the way it is, I may get some use in the mud flats for a bit with it. I did reinstall the brass rails on the boat.

[Craig]

That really looks nice Mike.  Another howling success!!!  8) 8)

[Ken_Potts]

Sleek!  Makes me want to break the flyrod out...  Or the shotgun.

Good job, man!