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Hang on JDI haven't forgotten this project just kind of covered up with medical stuff right now.:):)

Today I sent an email to a distributor of the exterior 5 mm Luan.looking for a local retailer. Thanks for the research.

I know that's some good advice chuck I need to pay attention

Right now this rig is mostly to stay in my comfort zone :). I bought the hinges and fittings to copy a commercial stand up, but may stick with this for a while. I tried out my self rising seat today but found out I don't need it yet! It's on standby.

Thanks Chuck, A cane does work pretty well so does a pull up rope. One of our daughters gave me a cane with four spread out short legs. The rope was getting difficult and for a while my balance was off shortly after standing too quick. I may go back to the cane shortly. Your cane has some character!

With 80 years on the planet only a day away, I’m finding that physically some things are just more difficult .This has encouraged me to build more stable lighter weight boats, easier to load and move and a higher seat has made getting in and out easier. I’ve been working on two modifications...

This is a better picture of the trim cap on the gunnel. Time to start the finish steps on the bottom. Here John is scraping the seam where we doubled the glass cloth along the keel. Sanding is done so we’ll mask off the bottom for more fill coats. This masking, that I picked up somewhere a...

On similar boats I’ve found the top edge of the cedar side gets quite a bit of wear from the double paddle, resting on the tailgate and such, to correct this I Started adding a trim strip of harder wod around the top edge. Most lumber yards carry outside corner trim. The trim I use is ½ “ . It...

Thanks for doing the testing, it's been a big help and very informative. It will be a while before I can give it a try for experience. We need to finish up the current boat. I suspect your documentation will help a lot of people, and more kids will get the chance to be outside in their own boat...

Thanks JD, This helps a lot. Today I was settled on a boat (design) and ready to write it down, it was straight sides (no curve) for simplicity. Then I woke up a while ago thinking about your sanding stick for chine logs and got out of bed to look it up and found your post. Don't know how I...

I see where it went astray now :) Where is Jack when we need him?

Would that statue be of Marble or Brass??

Thanks J D ! Hearing this from someone else(more knowledgeable in the style) helps me. I gave up on the Arrow head shaped stem after the first one. I found that some 10 year old can learn how to set up the saw to duplicate the stem angle THEN I plug in the saw a cut it for them. John has a...

Sorry thought I had answered this Yes

Looks like your boat. Is that a spud hole through the deck? Is the floor painted or a coating

Third fill coat on sides and second fill coat inside. We will take a break until Monday

The clamps are gone, the inwales touched up a little bit, and on to the rod holders and transom brace. This process was pretty straight forward. Clamping the pieces in place was a challenge we settled on masking tape. Epoxy doesn’t require clamping pressure so that worked fine, unfortunately we...

The spacers are epoxied to the longitudinal rails and left to cure overnight. The top edge was touched up by sanding. In the past I have glued the spacers to the boat and then glued the long rail to the spacers in place on the boat. John thought that gluing the spacers to the rail first...

Thanks, I hope it helps somebody. The cloth is 4 oz double layers on the bottom and ends. Kinda hard to keep track of epoxy. I know that with a boat this size if I start with a new gallon of resin there is about 2 " left when done, so about 1 gal of resin and 2 qts of hardener. We hope to build...

Today was a good work day. We added some support and trim pieces to the deck and the transom. Leftover stripped and glassed material from the deck cut offs added a little more color to the stern. Next it was time to get the inwales and rod holders ready to install. The strips, spacers and...