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re: Building my own Microskiff
Posted on 11/15/20 at 10:38 am to cforester821
Posted on 11/15/20 at 10:38 am to cforester821
What is your expected cost all in?
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Posted on 11/15/20 at 11:37 am to cforester821
Will the hull be completely filled with foam?
Posted on 11/15/20 at 4:02 pm to Douglas Quaid
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What is your expected cost all in?
About 800-900 on just the hull with no accessories.
With the motor about 3000. Of course the final cost will depend on what kind of motor you put on it
This post was edited on 11/15/20 at 4:03 pm
Posted on 11/15/20 at 5:28 pm to The Mick
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Reds on reds on reds is jealous
I’ll be starting to build my design in a year.
Posted on 11/15/20 at 9:33 pm to upgrayedd
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Will the hull be completely filled with foam?
All of it will be filled except for the 2 forward-most compartments. Those will have hatches for dry storage.
Posted on 11/16/20 at 5:27 am to cforester821
Looking good. How "finished" are you planning on going? I have built several hybrid duck boats and have used canvas and paint, canvas and titebond and sho nuff fiberglass but I was never overly concerned with having a "factory" finish. I have a 13 foot low side Gheenoe I have owned since 1984 and I am thinking about putting a sole in it, raising the gunwales to just about level from the stern to the bow (close to what a high sider of the era would have been from the factory) and extending the transom with what would amount to a outboard bracket but the idea of finishing fiberglass to a "factory" finish is daunting. If you look at some of the builds on BBC the finish work is AMAZING....but it has to take a BUNCH of effort....
Posted on 11/16/20 at 8:03 am to cforester821
Thats a nice build. jealous. If you glass then entire thing, that is were the real work comes in. The bondo is never ending.
I built a wooden "MiniMax" in high school. basically 2 sheets of plywood. I only fiber glassed the edges of the boat and blended them in. the rest i used 2 part epoxy paint. Of coarse this was a play around boat and not something i was doing any hardcore fishing in. the 5 hp would push it 15 mph or so. And after I got bored with the 5 hp on it, I put a stand up jetski motor in it for shits and giggles. It really came alive after that. You would sit behind the engine, over the impellor.
Not me but what it looked like with the 5 hp,
Mine after the conversion:
I built a wooden "MiniMax" in high school. basically 2 sheets of plywood. I only fiber glassed the edges of the boat and blended them in. the rest i used 2 part epoxy paint. Of coarse this was a play around boat and not something i was doing any hardcore fishing in. the 5 hp would push it 15 mph or so. And after I got bored with the 5 hp on it, I put a stand up jetski motor in it for shits and giggles. It really came alive after that. You would sit behind the engine, over the impellor.
Not me but what it looked like with the 5 hp,
Mine after the conversion:
Posted on 11/16/20 at 8:41 am to reds on reds on reds
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I’ll be starting to build my design in a year
What do you plan on building?
Posted on 11/16/20 at 8:59 am to sloopy
17-18’ with 2 degrees of dead rise, oversized spray rails, 70-90 tiller. Still in the early planning phases on what I want. Will probably start actually drawing the skiff out in 6 months or so once I hammer down all the details I want.
Posted on 11/16/20 at 10:01 am to reds on reds on reds
Reds, not a criticism at all but I’m curious with so many good technical skiff manufacturers, why make your own? Do you feel like someone doesn’t offer what you want? Or do you think you will save money? For fun?
I have a 21 Kenner that I love but I’d like to do some glass work to fix my gripes I have about it. I won’t commit to doing it because it would basically be burning money as i wouldn’t ever recover any of what I put in. Not that boats are an investment.
I have a 21 Kenner that I love but I’d like to do some glass work to fix my gripes I have about it. I won’t commit to doing it because it would basically be burning money as i wouldn’t ever recover any of what I put in. Not that boats are an investment.
Posted on 11/16/20 at 10:05 am to bigbuckdj
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Reds, not a criticism at all but I’m curious with so many good technical skiff manufacturers, why make your own? Do you feel like someone doesn’t offer what you want? Or do you think you will save money? For fun?
I’ve always wanted to design and build my own skiff and my long term goal is to start up my own fiberglass boat company. I have a Master’s in Naval Architecture and deal mostly with work boats but I want to start diving into smaller skiffs on the side. I definitely believe I can save a lot of money vs buying a Hell’s Bay for $50k+ and have an equal, or better, skiff.
Posted on 11/16/20 at 10:14 am to reds on reds on reds
That’s a cool idea. With so much fishing going on down here I’m surprised we don’t have many fiberglass boat companies in the state. Good luck!
Posted on 11/16/20 at 10:19 am to cforester821
My GSP would be over that fence in the blink of an eye. 
Posted on 11/16/20 at 11:19 am to reds on reds on reds
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I’ve always wanted to design and build my own skiff and my long term goal is to start up my own fiberglass boat company. I have a Master’s in Naval Architecture and deal mostly with work boats but I want to start diving into smaller skiffs on the side. I definitely believe I can save a lot of money vs buying a Hell’s Bay for $50k+ and have an equal, or better, skiff.
Nice! I’ve said for a while now I’d love to build skiffs/flats boats in SELA, but I’d have no idea what I’m doing.
Posted on 11/16/20 at 1:42 pm to mark65mc
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My GSP would be over that fence in the blink of an eye.
Mine would too if he realized he could do it.
He’s jumped into the bed of my truck with the tailgate up.Posted on 11/16/20 at 1:54 pm to Gtmodawg
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Looking good. How "finished" are you planning on going? I have built several hybrid duck boats and have used canvas and paint, canvas and titebond and sho nuff fiberglass but I was never overly concerned with having a "factory" finish. I have a 13 foot low side Gheenoe I have owned since 1984 and I am thinking about putting a sole in it, raising the gunwales to just about level from the stern to the bow (close to what a high sider of the era would have been from the factory) and extending the transom with what would amount to a outboard bracket but the idea of finishing fiberglass to a "factory" finish is daunting. If you look at some of the builds on BBC the finish work is AMAZING....but it has to take a BUNCH of effort....
I’ll fair it until all the major divots are taken care of. I’m not gonna do it to a professional level, but I want to decrease the drag to a reasonable level.
Posted on 11/16/20 at 2:17 pm to cforester821
How old is he? It took mine a little while before she got the courage to jump our fence- shock collar be damned. It was the possums that got her to do it.
Posted on 11/16/20 at 2:24 pm to mark65mc
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How old is he? It took mine a little while before she got the courage to jump our fence- shock collar be damned. It was the possums that got her to do it.
He’ll be 3 at the end of November. He’s a nervous dog and needs some coaxing, so we’re not gonna coax him into that. Lol.
Posted on 11/16/20 at 8:14 pm to cforester821
Great project and jealous. Are your going to put a flap in that self bailing hole? I’d think you could find some sort of rubber or other material that prevents splashing from the outside but allows water to drain?
Posted on 11/17/20 at 9:03 am to baldona
Other builders haven’t had a problem with water coming back in unless they go over the max weight.
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