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Started 6 months ago by Deerfly
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Deerfly
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Been working feverishly trying to get this build done in time to do the EC this year, but didn't quite make it. Life, work and hurricane Irma confounded my best efforts. So I'll have to settle for next year. If its far enough along I'll bring it with me to the EC this year if anyone is interested in seeing it in person. I'll be camping with MicroTom.

I also promised Chief I'd get some build photos and info up here to document the journey. Finally getting around to that too...

I will try to answer questions, but will be mostly focused on finishing the build first, so don't expect too much interaction for the next few weeks. Once its finished though, I will go back to the start and editorialize each step along the way, why I decided to do what I did, how I did it and things I'd do differently now, etc.

Enjoy...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/155383202@N07/albums/72157690391442752

Posted 6 months ago #
MicroTom
Key Master

Great photos. Also can't say enough about Deerfly. Known if him for a long time now. Calling him an accomplished waterman would not do him justice. Hell of an outdoorsman.

Quick tip. If you find yourself paddling with him and want to lose him tell him there is a great fishing spot nearby and he will be distracted long enough for you to paddle off.

Posted 6 months ago #
GrayHeron
Member

Looks Tippy

But Tom speaks the truth

Posted 6 months ago #
Canoewnc
Member

Deerfly, that is a work of art, sweet lines! I like the carbon, kevlar, cedar layup. What is your thinking with the carbon as the outer skin, versus the kevlar as the outer skin? I also dropped out this year. I was hoping to make it my first EC, but I am still working on my boat, fixing up an old Drascombe Lugger. I figured it just gives me more time to get ready for 2019.

Posted 6 months ago #
Deerfly
Member

thanks for the kind words, it sort of evolved that way. I wasn't going for any cedar bling at the outset.

This whole thing started more as a journey, an experiment and learning project with modern fabrics and a secondary goal of entering the EC with something I built myself. GreyHeron and MicrTom suffered through all the initial contemplative and musing stages and are still enduring a NSFW group chat chronicling the actual build.

Originally I was going to use all carbon/kevlar hybrid or carbon/innegra. I didn't have access to particularly good cedar to start with either, but never cared since I knew I would be using superior fabric as opposed to the conventional e-glass anyway, which would more than compensate for the less than ideal wood. It wasn't until I ended up with a second source for cedar after getting started that the idea of doing a reveal on the deck came to mind. I had to buy the boards sight unseen, only knowing they were C and better grade with some B grade in the mix. I was surprised at the wide variation in coloring and grain and that hatched the brightwork concept.

Anyway, there is no simple explanation for the way I used the carbon here, a lot factors, some science (carbon in tension, kevlar in compression), some circumstance and some cosmetic. The shortest answer is the carbon was on sale at $14 a yard and was already the color I needed to contrast the brightwork deck that I never planned on doing. :)

More details to come....

Should have added a link to the plans I used. Although I raised the apex of the deck a little bit (more like a SeaWind), Matt derserves credit for the lines of this beauty. http://www.jemwatercraft.com/proddetail.php?prod=StripNW17x28

Posted 6 months ago #
Chekika
Member

Great pictures! Great project! Wow!

Keith

Posted 6 months ago #
danceswithmullet
Member

That carbon fiber is pure sex! Nice build! Too nice for a challenge, think of all the oysters, barnacles and rocks that would leave their mark on that lovely boat. I would throw out the dinning room table to make room for that as a centerpiece. DWM

Posted 6 months ago #
Deerfly
Member

finally done...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/155383202@N07/42709250654/in/album-72157690391442752/

will be planning some coastal paddles out of Cedar Key soon. Will post details on general forum as details firm up for anyone interested...

Posted 1 month ago #
BustedRudder
Member

Post a few pics on this thread for those of us who dont want to sign up to flickr

Posted 1 month ago #
Deerfly
Member

sorry, I thought that was a public link :)

this is the whole project, be happy to answer questions about any of it):

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Posted 4 weeks ago #
BustedRudder
Member

That is simply a gorgeous work of art!

Now go get some scratches.... it's part of the charm of an EC boat:)

Posted 4 weeks ago #
Deerfly
Member

thx BR.

As fer charm, my home turf is Chassahowitzka and points northward, a veritable coral caprock and oyster mecca. After a few training trips around these parts I suspect it will be plenty charming by the time it sees the beach on mullet key.

Posted 4 weeks ago #
Canoewnc
Member

Spectatular! Beautiful work, I like all the details and looks like a great boat to go exploring.

Posted 2 weeks ago #
Deerfly
Member

thanks Canoe, I'm very happy with the way it turned out. Only did a few miles on it so far in a couple lightly loaded test paddles and I like it a lot so far.

Weather permitting I'm going to try to put about 35 miles (two 16-18 mile segments) on it this weekend loaded up a bit closer to an EC gear load and see how it feels or more importantly how I feel afterwards. :)

Posted 2 weeks ago #

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