For people who have never built a boat it is not possible to comprehend how much work you just condensed down there in that short video. Good stuff. Thanks for sharing.

@Bigeaux20

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the perspective. It's been a lot of work, but it's taken a lot longer than it should in respect to taking 5 months. It's amazing how much can be accomplish with just two full days of being able to move the ball forward. I appreciate it.

I love the way you are building your boat....

@Bigeaux20

11 ай бұрын

Just doing the best I can do. Appreciate you checking it out.

Excellent video!

@Bigeaux20

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

People have no idea how much money and time go into building a wood and glass boat from scratch, I have built several race and fishing boats because I love to build and be on the water. This was a great video and brings back memories. I am subscriber 756

@Bigeaux20

Жыл бұрын

There is a lot of both time and money, but it is also immensely rewarding and you can't help but develop or hone skills during the process. I took it on as a challenge and learning opportunity. I'm documenting to help others either learn from what I learned, or avoid the mistakes I have made. I can't imagine how it will feel the first time the boat goes in motion. It may be the worst performing boat in creation, but it will be the best one I have ever built personally. Not many can say that. Built not bought. And I plan to build it out with all the bells and whistles of convenience. Thanks for following.

Fantastic video I enjoyed every minute of it thanks

@Bigeaux20

Жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

Outstanding job Oscar!

@Bigeaux20

Жыл бұрын

Thank you sir. Been busy here lately, but still just doing the best I can do.

Awesome to see the whole process. Going to be an amazing rig! Following along.

@Bigeaux20

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate it. I have some big ideas so we shall see how they pan out.

So right around 1:40 into the beginning of the video, as you put the transom on, I thought the oscillating fan in the corner was your head or something. I was like "he's really struggling back there... and where is the second guy?" Then I realized it was an oscillating fan. I thought that you were trying to wiggle it into place and since this is a time lapse I think it was a good 5 minute real time with your head just a swinging and bobbing. Great video too!

@Bigeaux20

Жыл бұрын

Appreciate it, really. That poor fan was a yard sale find by my awesome wife, and it has been the star of many episodes, especially the early ones. Believe it or not a storm this evening blew it over, and I had to pick it up off the concrete and put it back upright. Can’t bring my self to get rid of it. Thanks for checking it out, and follow along. No telling what may happen.

Nice man! I'm a little further along on a xf20 flats boat. It took me a lot longer to get there. The final details are really time consuming.

@Bigeaux20

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I’m a bit farther than that time lapse video shows. I’m working on doing my paint on the bottom now, and that’s proving to be a bit of a bear, but the only way out is through. I think we have a good plan to move it forward. Hopefully we are flipping it back over soon.

Great Job !! I used some of the biaxial cloth/mat combo on a transom project , and had a hard time wetting it out and working the layup. It was a vertical surface though. Did the cloth give you any issues wetting and tooling it out? Nice job. I am seriously considering a build this coming spring. Thanks for the great footage. Good Luck

@Bigeaux20

Жыл бұрын

Appreciate it. Thanks for watching. I have a separate video for each step of this project, so if you like you can check out the whole playlist. But, this is the video where I glassed the transom (kzread.info/dash/bejne/m3yJqbKRhJTVmMY.html), and it shows how I use a wet out table and how I apply the epoxy on the table, and then move the cloth to the transom. It's worked well for me I think. The only thing I would do a little different in hindsight specifically would be to add a little bit of cabosil to my epoxy. You can see at the very top of the transom there are tiny spaces where the epoxy actually ran out of the cloth a bit. I had that happen on vertical surfaces on the interior as well. But, that's the one thing I would do different if I had it to do again.

@ewell7763

Жыл бұрын

@@Bigeaux20 Thanks for info!!

@Bigeaux20

Жыл бұрын

All good dude. Hopefully it’s helpful.

Oscar, it looks like your sheer clamp is proud of the transverse bulkheads about 1/4” or so. So is mine. Are you planing them down to flush w bulkheads?

@Bigeaux20

Жыл бұрын

Yes. I will plane the the sides all down fair with the sweep and height of the transverse bulkheads. I just didn’t do it yet in case I had an issue when I rolled it it would scrape the excess and not a faired surface.

@davidreed9987

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Can’t wait to see how the fairing is coming along.

@Bigeaux20

Жыл бұрын

It's been at a standstill lately, but it's almost done. Getting ready to put down high build.

Where’d you get all the wood from? Was it from a site or place? If so what site?

@Bigeaux20

Жыл бұрын

I got all of my plywood from www.marine-plywood.us and dealt with Jake who was great. They ship it to a trucking terminal near you if you aren’t close enough to pick it up directly. But there are lots of suppliers around the country. There are some listed under the FAQ’s at saltboatworks.com. The fir stock lumber I’m using I ordered from a local hardware store, but you may can find what you need at HD or Lowe’s.

@fishingwithlosss

Жыл бұрын

@@Bigeaux20 thanks man!

Can you share your pattern...thanks

@Bigeaux20

Жыл бұрын

I purchased the patterns and plans I’m using from saltboatworks.com. They have both paper plans and CNC cut kits you can purchase in the states. I plan to give away a set of plans once I hit 1000 subscribers. Still 270 to go.

Glassing burns up the majority of the budget and time. I stick to Plywood, wood, glue and screws. The advantages are too numerous to list here. Glass and resin are unnecessary, messy, difficult to repair, expensive, impractical, and poison. I built may first cabin cruiser in 1968. It is as good as new today. . It’s a Pelin Aquarius.

@Bigeaux20

Жыл бұрын

There are many ways to skin the rhetorical cat, but the methodology that I am using is what is directed from the designer as being based on USCG regs, and what closely mimics most every single production boat builder operating today, and follows the guidance of much respected techniques by the Gougon Brothers using marine epoxy. We also had a wooden boat built by your methods. At about 15 years old we tried to burn it to get rid of it. It wouldn't burn. I'm gonna stick to glass and epoxy. If it's overkill, it's on my nickel and my minute. Thanks for watching.

I made it with Woodglut plans!

@Bigeaux20

Жыл бұрын

That’s a bold strategy Cotton…