IceMan Builds a Boat

[IceManDude]

Originally Posted by Green Hornet

Fast

Especially with a 90 on the back

[Mark M]

Originally Posted by IceManDude

Especially with a 90 on the back

gonna need a bit more ply in the transom

This has been a great thread to follow IMD, you are even more fastidious than Big Fish Larry

Love the attention to detail and looking froward to the champagne on the bow moment.

[IceManDude]

Originally Posted by Mark M

gonna need a bit more ply in the transom

This has been a great thread to follow IMD, you are even more fastidious than Big Fish Larry

Love the attention to detail and looking froward to the champagne on the bow moment.

The transom will be about 50mm by the time i'm finished.

I have been known as a bit of a perfectionist so its going to take time... you can't rush perfection

[yellow door 1]

Originally Posted by Mark M

gonna need a bit more ply in the transom

This has been a great thread to follow IMD, you are even more fastidious than Big Fish Larry

Love the attention to detail and looking froward to the champagne on the bow moment.

Theres nothing quite like the thrill of using the wrong tools, while rushing to finish a job with no deadline

[Ratbags]

Enjoying this thread too! Thanks

Originally Posted by IceManDude

I have been known as a bit of a perfectionist so its going to take time... you can't rush perfection

There’s a lot to be learnt from the master . you’ll find some great perfection at its best & a bit of innovation too, namely........

Originally Posted by yellow door 1

Where it all began, The spring loaded clip on bait holder

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[IceManDude]

Built extra supports under the boat on saturday... halfway along the keel and up under the bow... solid as now.

Also started cleaning up excess glue from the boxes and prepping for fillets & glassing... wish i was a bit more cautious gluing inside the hull at the start... oh well, lesson learned for the next boat

[Green Hornet]

Looking good Ice.
I owned a fine joinery business and know exactly what you mean about excess glue, but its better to be sure and use too much than not enough. Just a necessary evil in the game.

[IceManDude]

After a few weeks of not much progress followed by a few weeks over in Victor Harbor, i been able to spend some time in the shed working on the boat.

Have been prepping the hull for fillets and glassing... what a painful job that is. I wish i was much neater and meticulous when applying the glue initially. i have a lot of little sharp bits to clean up and lumps and bumps everywhere... the grinder & power file makes short work of most but its still a slow process.

anyways, other than grinding and being covered head to toe in glue powder (yes i am wearing appropriate PPE) i decided to cut out bulkheads 3 & 4 for the fuel tank followed by a dry fit. Just need to work out its final position.

[IceManDude]

more grinding today... hopefully finish the grinding on monday

I did cut out the transom today... its amazing how such a simple thing makes it look that much more complete...lol

[Emo]

Coming along nicely Craig. Looking forward to the next update.

[yellow door 1]

With a 90hp on the back you'll have to call it "The Wooden Bullet"

[Green Hornet]

Looking good.

[IceManDude]

i realised that i hadn't posted here for a while... not that i have done much on the boat this month as i'm mosty restricted to saturdays and we have been busy.

i noticed that the sides weren't dead flat, not something i noticed when it was upside down and 2 foot off the floor.

This has now been fixed, however the nose is low by 9mm but its all good as that will be rectified easily enough.

Also trimmed up the bulkheads to remove the lip that is used on the strongback.

[Mark M]

Originally Posted by IceManDude

... however the nose is low by 9mm but its all good as that will be rectified easily enough.....

Self draining foredeck

[IceManDude]

Its been a while since i posted on here... a fair bit has been done, but no where near where i'd like the boat to be at.

The forward section has been glassed.

Then i ran out of fibreglass whilst preparing the rest of the subfloor boxes