'72 Super Fish 20' Rebuild

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These are some of the boats I've been using for ideas/inspiration on the build. They are all inspired around the west coast commercial Urchin/Abalone fishing boats(i.e. Radon Boats, Anderson Boats, and Greenough Boats).

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Early last summer I started modeling schemes both on the computer and with a 3d printer.

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Next I started building plywood iterations. This was super fun and a quick way to see and feel the computer designs. One of my major design constraints is my garage door. Space is precious and EXPENSIVE in Santa Barbara so my only storage option is in my garage which has a clear opening of 7'. So the final design is going to have a detachable or fold down windshield, like a VW Thing.

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Moving through the cuddy build.

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More cuddy & control panel pics

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and the demo begins

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Cool stuff!

[flyingfrizzle]

Very neat! I like the design. Cool to see something done other than the standard cc. With the weight forward you shouldn't have any problems with the heaver outboards of today either.








One day I plan on doing a pilot house modification to my 25 safari if I ever get it going.

[SailorChlud]

The cuddy design reminds me of the stealth fighter/bomber designs - like radar evading. Very cool look. I wonder if it becomes invisible to sea-based radar too????

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Got a little further yesterday. Foam is out of one stringer. The foam was dry however there was a small amount of water between the foam and hull. It probably would have been fine left alone, but I would have worried about blistering from the inside. I'm also planning to fill the transom notch as much as possible, the cardboard is roughly where it will end.