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landlocked beachbum
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And you don't get that satisfying itch when dropping the $30,000................... 
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Towboat Trash
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| Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 6:27 pm Post subject: |
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Wow! Fascinating build! Very cool!!!
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JayandCoyote
Flour Bluffian in training
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Location: Corpus Christi-Southside
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| Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 12:22 am Post subject: |
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| Loooks really nice D. All your hard work will payoff on the first ride through the backyard. |
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ironmanstan
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| Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 7:09 am Post subject: |
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| landlocked beachbum wrote: | | And you don't get that satisfying itch when dropping the $30,000................... |
I don't know about that, I dropped a small chunk and I was fishing in a week on MY boat. Some folks just dont want to spend a year or 2 building a boat. Some don't have the skills or atleast they think they don't. I have the tools , the skills, to build either a wood or aluminum craft. I just don't have the time. Maybe when I retire......naaaaaaaa!  Uncle d is showing some excellant craftmanship and he really has an eye for detail. The finished product will be showroom quality.
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Mad Dog
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Location: San Antonio, Texas
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I've been watching Don build his boat from the very start. He does indeed do good work. There is no corner cutting and even a tear out or two because it wasn't coming together quite right. His hull will be unique and very well suited for fishing the ULM and anywhere else he wants to take it. Keep it up Don.
To IMS's point building a boat is not for everyone. It starts out as a way to replace sweat equity for cash to get the boat you want. But, for some, boat building is like a virus (BBV) you cannot shake. Sometimes you just want to quit but you just can't. And while they are working on one they are already considering their next. What's next Don?
MD 
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landlocked beachbum
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Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
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| Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 8:05 am Post subject: |
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Quite...................... It definitely AIN'T for everyone, and I would actually say very few! The hours involved are seemingly endless, and if you're the anal/perfectionist type on your projects like I am, things can just keep grinding on and on forever. The hours that are stated in the plans are IMHO a very low estimation of the actual time needed to do a QUALITY job.
There are many shortcuts that can greatly reduce the grinding and fairing time, but as both Don and Charles now know from experience, many of these aren't learned or realized until some nebulous time in the life of the project!!! 
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Uncle D
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Location: Third Coast
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| Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 10:29 am Post subject: |
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| Mad Dog wrote: | boat building is like a virus (BBV) you cannot shake. Sometimes you just want to quit but you just can't. And while they are working on one they are already considering their next. What's next Don?
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That's funny...in a sad way. #1 the 27' river cruise/houseboat #2 Texas Sled #3 18' Flats Stalker with a mud motor
Warning BBV can be contagious, Here's the link to look at some of these boats.
http://www.bateau.com/products.php?cat=17
Thanks for the compliments!!! D. |
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Mad Dog
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| Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 10:55 am Post subject: |
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| Uncle D wrote: |
That's funny...in a sad way. #1 the 27' river cruise/houseboat #2 Texas Sled #3 18' Flats Stalker with a mud motor. |
Atta boy! I knew you had at least one. That houseboat would be great to cruise out to the landcut or up toward POC, towing the phanton.
Don't bother with the Texas Sled, I'm going to build that one (as soon as SWMBO thinks it's a good idea ).
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robul
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| Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 10:55 am Post subject: |
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| I still have all those livewell tubing uncle D if you want to come by the shop and check it out and see if you need any of it.. |
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Uncle D
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| Posted: Fri May 04, 2012 11:54 am Post subject: |
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| robul wrote: | | I still have all those livewell tubing uncle D if you want to come by the shop and check it out and see if you need any of it.. |
Yes I do, PM where I can go and when. Don |
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Uncle D
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Starting to get a few accessories in. I now have my gauges and just got in my hatches. These are T-H Designer Series. Suppose to "walk-on". We'll see. Can't tell you how many I've stepped on and broke.
Also have a few more cleats glued in for the sole/ floor around the console. D. |
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Mad Dog
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Those hatches will hold well. I like the stainless hinges. The hatches I put on my boat have plastic hinges which do not last. Hopefully yours are actually water tight. Mine... not so much.
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Uncle D
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| Mad Dog wrote: | Hopefully yours are actually water tight. Mine... not so much.
MD |
Hope so, were gonna find out. Heard from the source you bought a "belt".  |
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Mad Dog
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Yeah the guys over in Florida promised me some BIG fish. I have a 12/0, 9/0, and some 6's that need testing out. So I got great deal on a very good belt that could not pass up. Perhaps we can test it out later this season?
MD
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ward438
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| Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 5:32 pm Post subject: |
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Yup, this is why I need a garage. That is an awesome build. I'm truly envious of your talent.
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