followingseas
Posts: 2 | Boat Plan Help?Sept 23, 2019 22:07:39 GMT Quote Post by followingseas on Sept 23, 2019 22:07:39 GMTHey all, looking for some advice on scull boat plans and found this forum. Thanks for the approval and appreciate any help you’re willing to lend. Looking to build a boat as a winter project, having never, ever sculled before. I’ve read too much, now intrigued by the technique and the history; don’t mind a challenging learning curve. Past life as a dryfly steelhead flyfisherman, so low odds don’t bother me at all. Never built a boat before, but have decent framing and finish skills. Interested in a two-man boat, as it’d be cool to take someone with once in awhile once I get halfway proficient. So far, looking at the Devlin Sculdugery 17 or the Sandypoint 15’ Merrymeeting plans. All I can really find. Does anyone have any advice as to which plans I should consider for my area? Mostly hope to hunt bigger water like the Columbia River in Oregon as weather would permit. Would like to row the boat or put a small outboard on for transport prior to sculling. Will have some protection from islands and lighter tides compared to further downriver in Knappa, but it's still a big place upriver and would like to put safety as a priority over a super low profile and death. Have covered space to store the boat on a trailer, have yet to tell the wife there's gonna be a fourth boat in the yard. Might not go as planned, that one. Thanks much, fellas. |
curt
Posts: 27 | Boat Plan Help?Sept 26, 2019 17:13:19 GMT Quote Post by curt on Sept 26, 2019 17:13:19 GMTUnless you are set on doing the build I would keep an eye on craigslist for a used one. You will not save money building one as the price for fiberglass and marine grade wood is quite high. include an Alviso hull in your search they are higher sided hulls..... You could do a custom foam mold and make a solid fiberglass model or wood coated with fiberglass but it's lots of $$ and many many hours labor. Not a huge fan of the flat deck on this one but I doubt you could buy the materials for the price he is asking Curt |
marshrat
Posts: 77 | Boat Plan Help?Sept 27, 2019 13:21:45 GMT Quote Post by marshrat on Sept 27, 2019 13:21:45 GMTHaving built and rebuilt a number of hulls over the years I'm with curt on this. You do indeed need a boat with some freeboard. I'm well familiar with your neck of the woods especially upriver of Tongue Point. I'm across the Creek from you and used to scull the Grays and the Altoona area. You could dig up the old Aeolus Boat Works Plans for an Alviso and modify it. I think Glen, owner of Rainbow Fin Company, down in Santa Cruz did this to his Alviso. He's a tall guy and needed the leg room. Give him a call down there and tell him you heard through the grape vine that he's a sculler and either modified or built a larger (longer) Alviso. But personally what would fit your bill is a safe boat as a beginner such as a Brant II. They are spendy new but come up on Craigs on the eastcoast once in awhile. Good luck! |
followingseas
Posts: 2 | Boat Plan Help?Sept 30, 2019 21:19:23 GMT Quote Post by followingseas on Sept 30, 2019 21:19:23 GMTGreat advice guys; Thanks a ton. Just buying one makes a lot sense from a pure cost perspective, so I'll keep watching craigslist and selling flyrods to get up the money. The boat build was sort of the gateway drug and practice for someday building a bigger 16' boat for decoying, as all I currently own are a fishing sled i pull a layout boat behind. I'll have to make that work for now. Again, thank you for your time and advice. |
Last Edit: Sept 30, 2019 21:19:51 GMT by followingseas |
curt
Posts: 27 | Boat Plan Help?Oct 1, 2019 1:25:59 GMT Quote Post by curt on Oct 1, 2019 1:25:59 GMTYou are welcome... If I was hunting big water I would eyeball a seacoast/Whitney and build my best imitation if I could not run across one. absolutely beautiful boat …. the schooner stern and your member name following seas would go well together... Here is a good site to put a hull name with an image |
