It sure is purdy. Did you find it up here, or down south?
Thanks! The plywood comes from West Wind Hardwood in Sidney BC. I get it shipped up via Bandstra.
One question, why to use carbon fiber for your fillet? What benefit?
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Thats a really good question. I'll do my best to explain, to help you get the feel of why I'm going with it.
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There is an aesthetic that I'm trying to achieve, a modern (high tech?) construction aesthetic. I think wood grain is beautiful, but I also really like the modern shiny black look of carbon fibre weave. You'll see that aesthetic more as the boat progresses. Stay tuned.
Okoume is beautiful, light, weak, and expensive. Carbon fiber is beautiful, light, strong, and expensive. Logically, I should use neither. But I'm a dreamer, artist, boat designer and builder.
There are a few places where the carbon fibre is providing a very quantifiable benefit (front window arch - very stiff). You'll get it, I think, when you see the windows cut out and when you see the finished window frames. But I want to extend that look, that aesthetic, throughout the whole construction.
I'm taking pride in my construction. It feels more satisfying building with higher end and higher tech materials. And in the end, its going to be built the way, and look the way, I want it to.
Drifter,
Thought of you today.
Eating lunch in LaConner saw a Ferrell fishing boat across the channel. It looked small for some reason. Looked like about 28’. Did they make smaller boats?
Glad you’re making such nice progress.
There’s nothing like the pride of building your own boat.
Thanks! Mine is 29 or 30 depending on how its measured. They may have made a smaller one, but I'm not sure. I agree that Farrells can look small, for some reason. I'm working really hard, but having so much fun.
Thanks everyone for taking the time to post. I should have more pictures soon!