Mike,

Nice idea for the drain so your not tripping over it all day but are you going to put an OB bracket on the stern......and will this bracket interfere with the drain thru the transom you just cut????

it's offset quite a bit.
if any bracket it will be a small one like this.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y25...k/untitled.jpg

I got the gas tank permanantly mounted. the batteries in. a bunch of wireing. grounds for the fuel tank and fill Got the thru hull and scoop strainer in. grounded those. ran the fuel fill and vent. I'm waiting for fuel line to run so I can put the deck down.
I put the livewell - fishbox in the middle for a few reasons. Main one was I have a mint 44 Gallon fuel tank I wanted to use.. cause I'm cheap. But it's round, so it sticks up thru the deck. thats fine - perfect height for the livewell. plus I want the back deck completely open and no holding areas under the deck.
the fishbox is 44" long and 18" deep and 16 inches wide. I figured four 40" bass will fit snug. the livewell is 25 galllons.
It can double as a 3rd seat. plus there's room underneath for tackle box trays.
You kinda have to picture it all glassed in with a flip up door on the fishbox and a plexiglass lid on the livewell.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y25...0081926_1a.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y25...130082047a.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y25...128082115a.jpg

Just happened to run across this thread Mike. Very nicely done! Very impressive. I can truly appreciate your work as I went all in over a year ago. Bought plans for a 17' skiff and pulled the trigger on the build. It's all new to me, but I've learned a ton! Sometime soon I'll post some pics. I'm pretty much done with the hull and am about to flip to start on the inside!

Again, beautiful work. Seems everything takes twice as long as think it should!

A little concerned with balance, adding all of that weight forward, closing the transom, and popping an outboard on the back. If you use a flotation bracket that may add too much stern bouyancing and too much weight forward, maybe? That bracket pictured will help offset some of the weight (I think) provided there is not too much flotation. You may need to to do some water testing when the hull is done to see where the optimal location for batteries and such will be so if you need to locate them aft & low versus centrally, yada yada...

Anyway, just trying to picture boyancy, center of gravity, height, sail effect, etc...

Great work as usual! :btu:

Thats all considered as best I could for now, without putting it in the water. The gas tank is in it's original location. The drivers and passengers seats are 2 feet back from where they were. Batteries are aft and under the deck with room to slide them back about 2 feet if needed. anchor storage in the stern under the deck. if needed. The front structure and roof are only luan glassed over so it's not that much weight up there. but suprizingly strong.
I was thinking of putting the motor on the back and floating it. if it seems right then notch the transom. if it's too bow heavy get the small bracket to offset it somewhat. It had a 100 on it I'm going with a 175 :bo:

Just finished insulating the fish box and running all the drains for it, and the livewell. fuel water filter and some other stuff. some wireing.
I'm taking a break for a little while I'm spending alot of time on it. working till 10:30- 11:00 every night. not burning out, but classic case of isolating which is not good. :hs:

Nice job Mike...Looking forward to seeing the finished product.:kewl::kewl:

Wow that is soo neat the boat is really coming along. Cant wit to see it finished

Great work Mike :btu: , Ready for your next project :hee: ?

So Mike,
When ( & if ) this boat is done, what we going to name it ?
I'm guessing it's not going to be number 2 from the name of the Grady !
I say we call it the (Slim Shady )

:hidin:

it's covered up with a tarp and out in the snow. with another 6" this weekend expected, it will be buried even more.

Pussy. Afraid of a little snow? Why don't you just whip up a garage and keep this project going. Without it my winter's gonna suck!

Of course I'm only kidding Freak. Happy Holidays my friend.

Sure is,,,,, Man has SKILZ,,,,

i suppose that's a good excuse :)

it's already snowing like a sumwunavabiatch here.

Shop is for making money first and formost and boat restorations and everything else second. you have to make it to spend it.:hihi:

Lots of fun work there Mike ..looking good,,been there.....one sugestion would be if not planned on would be a rain gutter on top of the roof in the very back...it only has to be a small strip of wood 3/4-1" high from side to side...it sure keeps the rain from running down the back of your neck when going in an out of the cabin.

I like the design but did you run any numbers on the static weight distribution to determine the approximate change to the static trim angle? That hull form, from the looks of it does not have a lot of reserve buoyancy forward ( a little weight forward will cause it to submerge a lot and trim by the bow which can be pretty dangerous. All that wood and glass is very heavy. Most pilot houses on small boats are made of foam and thin glass or Kevlar and are much lighter. It might be ok while under way but when you slow down in any kind of sea it could get ugly fast. It might be OK but I'd be careful on your first rough water sea-trial.

Other than that you do nice work, I like the design.... Seems like a lot of time (and work) for a little boat though esp considering the current used boat market these days. You must really like the smell of fiberglass resin.:hee:

For the first time I went through this entire post. I am truly impressed. My grandfather use to build and repair boats. He would be very impressed.

So Mike,
This project still going ?

Come over here and shovel it out
Were jammed at work, no room for it inside now. It can wait I have friends with boats :hee:

Yo Mike,
Any update ?

So freak did you give up on the Angler project?????

or are we just :deadhorse:

Didn't give up..
it's out front covered up. Don't forget it was burried in snow till what... like a week ago. :smash:
been helping other friends get thier boats ready lately. This wiil probly sit till late fall seeing as the season is upon us. :hee:

I hadn't heard anything so I thought a shot was in order.
How've you been???

took a 4 month website hiatus and figured you'd be on your next boat by now ;)

how goes the battle freak.

work will resume late fall.
now is not the time to build boats. there are fish to catch

It's late fall :hidin:

looking really good Mike.