2025 Devlin Snow Goose Thread

Henry,
I racked my brain on this same topic and came to the conclusion that flapper boards work better on smaller cockpit, layout style boats. A large cockpit like yours is a bitch to hide and The Duck Boat Company blind is the best solution that I've seen. In fact I originally considered purchasing their boat but wanted a more conventional design for fishing.
You seem a little spooked about a sewing project but if you can stitch and glue a boat, sewing will come easy. Bending tubing is as simple as filling a tube with sand and clamping it to a form. Good luck with your design.
RM
 
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You may be right about them fitting better on smaller boats - I just like the simplicity of them, and the woodworking aspect, particularly on a wooden boat. Still thinking on it - and also on your challenge to go ahead and get a SailRight machine.
 
HenryHawthorne said:
You may be right about them fitting better on smaller boats - I just like the simplicity of them, and the woodworking aspect, particularly on a wooden boat. Still thinking on it - and also on your challenge to go ahead and get a SailRight machine.
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Don't need a fancy machine, any good quality machine will stitch several layers of 1000D cordura.
 
Good quality home machine will definitely stitch 1000 to 600 denier Cordura nylon. Its all about the proper needles. My wife has sewed at least 6 for me on her home machine. Its a Brother brand. Actually have a half finished one waiting for her to finish now but its going on a different boat than originally designed for. Of course 600 denier is easiest, especially when you start sewing on grassing loops thru doubled over sections of material.
 
Henry,
Not to change topic, but I just had a thought that you may want to look into. I don't know what kind of fasteners you intend to use on your grassing rails, but attaching a nut and washer at the farthest reaches can be about impossible. Better to dry fit and epoxy a nut and washer in the appropriate place to be used later. RM
 
tod osier said:
Missed this... I've run with it up on a rough day with someone standing at the front of the cockpit watching the water ahead. I don't think you appreciate the height of the bow and what a dodger would add. I would never consider running with it the dark.
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Thought about this more last night and realized it would be simple enough to rig a line from head-height at the back to the nose to get some measurements and take the guess-work out of what would obstruct vision. It also struck me that our stitch and glue process provided a simple way to use some scraps to mock up a dodger in order to get workable measurements.

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By shortening (lengthwise) this one a few inches, I could get a little more height at the cockpit-side and increase the wind/water break without sight impact. I'll tweak, then have it as a model for a canvas dodger - though no reason, I guess, it couldnt be epoxied wood. or even glass.
 
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