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by **spinnernut** » Thu Feb 12, 2009 11:44 pm

good luck cliff i,m in the boat repair bussness about 20 years,the stuff I mess with is a little bigger than what ya want, but your size is close to my fried potato a$$, I heard when you deal with water & weight together,its three words DIS-PLACE-MENT :thumbsup:

by **Cliffmeister2000** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 8:37 am

doug hodder wrote:
Cliffmeister2000 wrote: Is the issue on the jon boat the water displacement, or the aluminum? I'm actually thinking of something I could put a trolling motor on, and carry on the pickup in front of the weekender.

Cliff....I've built a couple of boats but am by no means an expert on any of it. My opinion...you need displacement. The easiest way to get maximum displacement in a small boat with a minimum of effort and cost is to do a flat bottomed one as opposed to a V hull. Easier to build also. If you want to just putt around and fish it'll work. If you go with aluminum. Battens to support your footing will work. I've built a kinetics vehicle that held 6 people and only used .050 aluminum skin on it all. I'm betting that you could build a skiff that could be lifted onto a roof rack that would support you and your other in 1/4" ply. Also might try www.glen-L.com great bunch of people over there that are willing to help out. I've built a couple of their designs...worked out great!

Now I see you aren't planning on building....so none of it matters. Doug

Thanks, Doug! This site will take some time to digest!

by **Tx River Rat** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 10:21 am

Might try this sight.I have built several boats from Jem and he has awsome suport.
Ron

http://www.jemwatercraft.com/

by **Dark Horse** » Fri Feb 13, 2009 12:44 pm

Cliffmeister2000 wrote:Thanks, Darkhorse. I like the 12 footer, FL12. Seems like something I could handle. No weight capacity given, however. Bearmountain has one that has a stated weight of 847 lbs, far exceeding my requirements, but I'm terribly intimidated by the cedar strip construction.

Canoe is also a possibility, albeit without a motor.

Thanks, you've given me a starting point.

Tinksdad, I found several references to the 4dink on Google, and they pointed me back to the Bateau company, but no reference to it there. I wonder if it has been discontinued?

There is a pic in the bateau's Gallery of the FL-12 with 3 adults and 6 kids with quite a bit of freeboard remaining. titled max load
http://gallery.bateau2.com/displayimage.php?pos=-12389
Lots of Fl-12s have been, so there's alot of info avaliable.

Cedar strip is easy, it takes time. Depending on whether or not you use staples to hold the strips to the forms will decide how much time. Hit the library and peruse CanoeCraft by Ted Moores it explains how to build a cedarstrip canoe in detail.
As soon as the garage is warm enough we are building the Freedom 17.9.
Both of the sites have Forums with tons of help.

by **BobR** » Sat Feb 14, 2009 7:03 am

Here is a link for the one-sheet skiff if you want to try building a boat on the cheap!

http://www3.sympatico.ca/herbert.mcleod/skiff.htm

by **Cliffmeister2000** » Sat Feb 14, 2009 8:32 am

BobR wrote:Here is a link for the one-sheet skiff if you want to try building a boat on the cheap!

http://www3.sympatico.ca/herbert.mcleod/skiff.htm

Cute boat, but I doubt it would float my bulk very well. :oops:

by **Cliffmeister2000** » Sat Feb 14, 2009 8:37 am

I really like this RB42 (row boat for two) but the links to the desgn or designer are all broken.

http://www3.sympatico.ca/herbert.mcleod/RB42.htm

by **Miriam C.** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 2:56 pm

Picture stolen from http://www3.sympatico.ca/herbert.mcleod/skiff.htm

Gotta love it!

by **Cliffmeister2000** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 3:10 pm

Miriam C. wrote:

Picture stolen from http://www3.sympatico.ca/herbert.mcleod/skiff.htm

Gotta love it!

Yup, saw that one too! He put those floats on the sides to stabilize it, as he was coming precariously close to taking a swim while frog gigging. :lol:

by **Miriam C.** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 3:22 pm

Here is a site you might check out. They have plans for sheet and a half boats and larger too.

Let us know how it works out. :twisted:

http://koti.kapsi.fi/hvartial/

by **Cliffmeister2000** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 3:37 pm

Thanks, Auntie M! The "Little Sister" dorie looks right up my alley!

(did you look at the coracle? :lol:

)

by **Miriam C.** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 4:07 pm

You know you just gotta be desperate!

by **Mary K** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 4:17 pm

Take a look see at these Gator Boats. The plans are cheap. I purchased the Dragonfly plans...I just haven't made the time to build it. :oops:

Gator Boats

They even have a nice little forum, like here, for their builders. :thumbsup:

by **Cliffmeister2000** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 4:20 pm

Miriam C. wrote::D

You know you just gotta be desperate!

That's what happens when Fiat makes a day cruiser. :applause:

by **Cliffmeister2000** » Mon Feb 16, 2009 4:51 pm

Mary K wrote:Take a look see at these Gator Boats. The plans are cheap. I purchased the Dragonfly plans...I just haven't made the time to build it.

Gator Boats

They even have a nice little forum, like here, for their builders.

Interesting! That croc looks nice, as does the dragonfly.

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