Slogging along through the winter. Sole/deck pieces made, livewell /fishbox made, fwd deck recored, tank installled, fwd half of sole with box installed, 50 other smaller jobs.
Soon to install aft half of sole and tape seams.
Cowling replacement for windshield is next.

Kind of committed now...still need to mold up dash panels.
Getting ready to glass over the foam . Then finish up fitting the seat boxes.
After that finish glassing in transom pieces.

Reminds me of Bertram

Very nice!

I like it!

Finally got some primer on it....

oh man!!! Very nice, looking real sharp!! :)

Keep up the good work....

I like that a lot!! For some reason it looks 30% more sea worthy.

Great job

Nice work...Nice shop!

strick

Sure does, like an old Bahia Mar.

Thanks- wish shop was mine. Was fortunate to find a place close to home for reasonable rent. Has 220 compressor and radiant floor heat which I would stongly recommend if putting up a building where it is cold.

Wow! Looks great!

Working on finishing hard top and trying to make the pipe work scheme look decent.
Motor has arrived well ahead of estimated 3-4 month lead time so need to get this done.

Love it...wish I had the know how to do the cad drawings...thats gonna be a real nice boat when your finished...looking forward to the end as I'm sure you are by now :)

strick

Top cut to shape, edges glassed and rough sanded ready for fairing coats.

Replacement for anchor locker divider. Old one was delaminated and rotten in rhe bottom 6 inches. This will allow space for rod holders in the overhead as well.

Yeah have used one form or another for over 25 years for work so nice to use for “fun” things every once in a while. The bulk of this one came from Flexpat who modeled his sceptre. I added some of the mods for my project. Helps visualize some things before committing to materials. Plan to paint next week- running down hill after that..
Thanks for comment....

What ya using for conduit in that top?

Used 1” x 3/4” pvc u- channel. For the individual runs and doubled up side by side on the main feeds coming from forward legs.

Little paint done and got the bracket installed today.

This boat is going to be real nice! Never been a fan of round washers for brackets..maybe you doubled them up? have had welders cut some 1/4 inch square washers in the past...Nice work and thanks for documenting here on CSC !

strick

Thanks for comment. Hermco provided fender washers for the bolts. 1/16” thk on bracket side and 1/8” thk for transom side. From 1/4” thick min hatch cut out scraps from deck laminate I cut 2” diameter washers and used them plus thick fender washers on all bolts inside the transom except 2 that were tight clearance to battery shelves. Will take a pic next time at boat..

I assume you like the square just for more area?

Yea a lot stronger. You cant build a house over here in earthquake land without them. At least thats what I was told a long time ago...

strick

Pipe work is done and pretty happy with result. Working on finish painting the hard top and adding hardware. Motor installed soon.

Finally was able to get engine installed , 300 Suzuki duo-prop, and get in the water to see how the balance worked out. No numbers to report yet as in break- in period. Felt slightly stern heavy which is good as no gear, chairs, tackle or anchor gear forward. Think is will balance out pretty well when all loaded up. Still finish work to do in cabin, deck non- skid but looking forward to next season.

That looks GREAT!!!

Nice looking boat sits perfect...You nailed it!

strick

That looks awesome! Great job!

Let us see some Teak on that helm station & the"Gucci Stamp" will definitely be in order! Great job sir.....

x2! Nice disposition

I agree, nice job! Sceptres and a big single work well

Sneek peek on teak accents…

Little jobs until the cold weather passes- 16 deg this morning…

Window dressing for the anchor locker divider in the cabin from recycled teak / old swim platform.

Nice job on that... how'd you cut it?

strick

Would like to have cut it on cnc router but went with what I have at home. Just printed half at full scale, traced on teak, then cut close with a jig saw. Then came behind with belt sander/ sanding disc / sanding drums to clean it up.

Have a flush trim bit? Once you have a pattern like 1/4” mdf you can crank them out.

If not pm me.., I have.

Btw teak looks good. Using petit flagship?

I know what you mean but this was just a one-off on recycled scrap teak that was run through a planer to get rid of weathered bit. Pieces were only slightly larger that the part I wanted so had to split down the center and have the glue joint.

Used west system/ 207 hardener, couple coats, and a couple coats of clear awlgrip. Would do more coats if in the weather but emblem will be in cabin. Chairs were done same way but three coats of epoxy and 5-6 coats of clear.

Small 30 in wide rocket launcher for cockpit.

Painted

Finally recorded some numbers on performance:
Average of 2 runs with/against current/wind
Suzuki DF300B (duo-prop):

RPM Speed GPH NM/Gal
(knots)
3000 16.0 6.6 2.5
3600 25.1 8.6 3.0
4000 28.4 11.0 2.5
4500 32.5 13.9 2.3
5500 41.0 24.2 1.7
5700 42.5 26.0 1.6

Probably had a little more RPM to squeeze out with trim but thats where I cut it off.
Just a little under what dealer reported during initial trial.

Motor seems to like the 3600/max efficiency speed - loafing.

Curious how this compares to other 300 HP numbers with single prop if anyone can provide those.