I thought about building a boat.  Once.  Then I read a book on it and came to my senses.  Too many curves and angles to fuss over.  They say a framer cuts to the nearest 1/8", a finish carpenter to the nearest 1/16", a furniture maker to the nearest 1/32", and a boat builder to the nearest boat.  That and a friend of mine built a canoe as a Boy Scout and it crashed and sunk on maiden voyage (on a canal, no less, not whitewater).  And the husband (who was a home builder) of a co-worker of mine bought a sailboat to fix up.  His wife said, "He didn't buy a sailboat to fix up he bought a full-sized 3D pattern for making a sail boat."

 

Any of you guys built or thought about building a boat?

 

 

 

Edited June 22, 20179 yr by kmealy

I have built several 8' & 10' dingy's and when I was 14 and my brother was 15  we built a 12' plywood runabout, from a Popular Machanics plan. It was a great little boat and we used it on lakes and saltwater bay fishing for many years. Our Dad in his welding shop made a trailer out of an old Model "A" axle to pull it around on.

Herb

Never made a boat but did make a trailer for one I bought.  I wonder how many times that guy was asked "How much would you charge to build one for me?"

35 minutes ago, kmealy said:

Any of you guys built or thought about building a boat?

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aside from a kids toy or a ready to assemble model....

only micro briefly...

Never, ever, ever........

What Fred said!

A boat is a hole in the water you throw money into. 

how much do you make in 8 months Mr. rich guy?  well, what a coincidence, that's how much the canoe costs.

52 minutes ago, DAB said:

how much do you make in 8 months Mr. rich guy?  well, what a coincidence, that's how much the canoe costs.

Don't forget to add in materials cost, overhead, machine wear and tear, waste, profit, etc.

2 hours ago, Gene Howe said:

A boat is a hole in the water you throw money into. 

very much like:

A pool is a hole full of water you throw money into. 

Carved one as a Cub Scout project and have never had the compunction to do another.Never have understood the need to build boats. Rather be hiking the mountains.

3 hours ago, Gene Howe said:

A boat is a hole in the water you throw money into. 

 

Two happiest days in a boat owner's life: the day they buy it and the day they get rid of it.

No boats for me. Heck, I need Dramamine to take a bath.

12 hours ago, Gene Howe said:

No boats for me. Heck, I need Dramamine to take a bath.

SNORK!!

On 6/22/2017 at 1:01 PM, kmealy said:

Any of you guys built or thought about building a boat?

Nope, don't have a basement

On 6/22/2017 at 9:34 PM, Gerald said:

Carved one as a Cub Scout project and have never had the compunction to do another.Never have understood the need to build boats. Rather be hiking the mountains.

Depends where you live, Gerald. Mountains are hard to find around here, but we have one H*** of a lot of water!

John

20 hours ago, Grandpadave52 said:

Nope, don't have a basement

Speaking of which, how does Gibbs get his boats out of his basement?

I had a neighbor that built a boat in his living room. It was too big to get through the exit door! 

Just spent a few days on Marblehead Peninsula on Lake Erie (walleye capital of the world, according to them).    Whole lotta boats up there.   Marinas, docks, on-lake condos, boat ramps, boat dealers and repair shops about every turn.

I was the guy that built one in my basement and i had to

cut it in half to get it out...