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Celerity by John C. Smith

$The driver enters the boat and pushes off. (I am always nervous when launching a new project, I get butterflies and all that kinda stuff). The Celerity looks good in the water and we are now on our way. The course is set and we will be cruising at 27mph. After about 15 minutes of just cruising and the butterflies are going away, the driver of the Celerity radios over to us and asks for permission to open it up and give it a real sea trial the answer is yes and the butterfies are back. The first thing he did was a few high speed passes at full throttle. The boat looked like a missile going by, next was high speed S turns, Then as we were watching and enjoying the seeing the boat do maneuvers he started launching it off boat wakes much like a jet-ski. The little boat was sailing through the air not even in the water. If the boat makes it through this without sinking or breaking in half I\'ll be a happy man. Eventually we did make it to our destination. The Celerity made it too, in one piece. (wot@ sea level) 54mph Best cruise 32 mph The Celerity planes at about 15mph and gives a smooth fide along with good fuel economy. Throttle response is instantaneous. Conclusion: The boat has a big boat feel for a little boat, I have had it in 5-6 ft seas. It\'s a great fishing boat with lots room for two. A 50hp motor would be more than enough power. I feel safe in this boat, it is very sea worthy and brings in a lot of fish!$

$This was a fun Project that resulted into a very usable boat for me. Initially I was going to make this boat a center console but after contemplating our weather in the northwest and how it can change rapidly on the water I decided to put the Jackknife cabin on to block out the wind and water splash and also provide lockable gear storage. The hull is fully encapsulated in epoxy and the options installed make her rival any 14 ft production boat on the market. The topsides are done in nonskid paint for durability and hard use while the hull is two part epoxy. The boat is balanced on the center of buoyancy with a half of tank of fuel. Some of the features are dual batteries, depth sounder/ fish finder, vhf, am-fm stereo with amp, down riggers, sea scuppers, fish hold, below deck 18 gal fuel tank, crab and shrimp pots, and necessary coast guard items to name a few. Cost: I invested about $7500. into this project not counting the motor which I had. The motor was totally rebuilt and actually I built this boat to match the motor. The boat could definitely be built for much less without the gadgets, and built a lot quicker too. The building process was strait forward and having a wood shop it can be done fairly quickly. The finish work was time consuming but if you don\'t do it the boat won\'t get done, and depending on how nice the final product is, that\'s how much time was spent. I ended spending lots of time block sanding the hull. I did not vary off the plans too much, only the frames which are an inch thicker, not for any particular reason other than I wanted them like that, and the transom area was modified just in case I ever put a heavier 4-stroke motor on the back, plus the motor well is offset to accept a kicker motor. The boat has not been in the water yet, but I am excited to sea trial her upon trailer completion. Conclusion so far: I am very impressed with the design of this hull it really does seem to be everything you say it is and more. I\'ll send more pictures and a performance report. Thank-you for the plans Glen-L. John C. Smith Edmonds, WA$

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