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Building the Celerity

On September 26, 2011, in Glen-L Styles, Outboard Powered, by jprice
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Here’s my Celerity build. Started the weekend of The Gathering 2011 (9/16/2011).         Frame 1: I used a slightly modified frame build process.   I created filler blocks for all joints where the gussets would be.  Used a biscuit joiner to join all the sections.  This made the assembly and lineup very simple […]

Wood ordered – ZIP Build

On September 26, 2011, in Outboard Powered, by EricB
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Well, a few days ago I ordered my first load of wood for the ZIP.  Will start on the hull framing sometime next week.  Paid 1,270.00 bucks and it hurt lol.  Hell I just spent 3 Lowes gift cards I got for Fathers Day this past weekend. So far, I do have a motor that […]

Stiletto by Pamcraft-2

On August 29, 2011, in Glen-L Styles, Outboard Powered, by pamelalynne1
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So, while I’m waiting for the review of my first post here is another post. I spent about 6 hours on the project today. Total hours to date 264. Total cost including the vinyl I ordered for the seats $2972.35.

Stiletto by Pamcraft

On August 29, 2011, in Glen-L Styles, Outboard Powered, by pamelalynne1
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After completing my Li’l Squirt jet project a local marina owner offered me a place to build boats to sell to local people.. SO… with his suggestion that the Stiletto was “sexier” than the Zip or Malahini, I started on the new project on June 23rd. Today I ordered the vinyl for the seats, put a […]

Building a boat (Zip) – in retrospect – and other loose items

On August 25, 2011, in Glen-L Styles, Outboard Powered, by Whistler
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The following piece of reading was originally posted in the “small outboards” section in the forum. I’ve done some editing and some additions during the process of publishing it in this ‘blog’. Additions and edits are in italic. Why are people building their own boats? If you build a no-frills 14-16-18 footer with an outboard […]