She Floats!

If you take a look of the pictures from earlier today the boat floats, the motor runs and all is right with the world. We had a lit of fun at turkey creek on the boats maiden voyage. I did have a moment of panic about five minutes in when I Noticed we had a little bit of water in it. Maybe a cup or two total. I kept watching it and no more came in so it must have come in when I got into the boat. We were out for over an hour and not a single problem developed other than a few spots in the paint. I hate painting so I wasn't surprised. I am really glad about using the 6oz cloth and totally fiberglassing the hull. It really paid off on the boat ramp. Still some finish work to do when the winter gets here, but for now we are just going to fish(I'll have to learn this one), have fun, and enjoy her. Thanks everyone for following me on my journey, we will keep posting pics of where we take her and anything that I change.

Maiden Voyage

Cartopper is ready to float.

Still a few little things left to do, but we will take it out this weekend whether they are done our not.

Painted picture

Thanks sarah.

Interior painted

Thanks to the wonderful work of my wife the interior of the boat has finally been painted. I'll post a picture tomorrow.

Done with rails.

The title says it all. No more woodworking left to do. I'm lO a little sad about that. I just have a little finish work and some sanding. I think the boat weighs right at 90 pounds right now. So I think I'll make a boat dolly since I'm going to use a utility trailer to haul it.

I'm already getting comments on how pretty the boat is from neighbors. They asked where they could get a boat like that too. I said the lumber yard.

Rubrail attached

I used stainless ring shank nails every six inches to attach the rub rails

Interior sealed

Finished sealing the interior of the boat. I need to scarf the rub rails, attach them and paint the inside.

Primed

Almost ready to paint. Just have to smooth out the primer a bit still. So more sanding.

Paint prep

Well the boat is almost finished. And now the fun starts. Paint prep. Lots of sanding.