Finished the last boat of the year

Brad Taylor (NC)

Brad Taylor (NC)

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Just finished up a Duckhunter that is headed to eastern NC. Little different in that it has a built in below deck fuel tank. Had to be a little creative with grass rails to get the fuel fill lined up. Also this one has the uhmw keel strips. He's going to running a Mud Buddy 23 mini. I'll have some pictures of the maiden voyage on Sunday.





Used a brass 8 gauge hull base for the ON switch as I didn't care for the silver plastic pull.














Brad
 
Brad, that duck hunter who ordered this boat had to be one very excited guy the day he got in it for the first time. Beautiful job.
Al
 
Very nice boats. Maybe some day.....

If I may ask, why run the battery wires where you do? Why not run them up more under the deck? Not questioning the decision, curious as to why.

Mark W
 
The talent and craftsmanship skills you boat builders have amazes me. That's a slick looking boat.
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Thanks Tom. I appreciate the kind words. I'll be starting on refurbishing a 1890s scull boat once I get it in mid Dec.

Brad
 
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Brad, that duck hunter who ordered this boat had to be one very excited guy the day he got in it for the first time. Beautiful job.
Al
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Thanks Al. He has only seen pictures of it so far, he's bring his motor and picking it up Sunday after we test run it.

Brad
 
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Very nice boats. Maybe some day.....

If I may ask, why run the battery wires where you do? Why not run them up more under the deck? Not questioning the decision, curious as to why.

Mark W
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You guys were going to think I was crazy, I was using firefox as a browser and every post was coming up blank. Had to go back in an edit under safari. To answer your question, its basically lack of room under the coaming after the other wires are installed. In the current location it lays on top of the chine and gives me a solid surface to fasten the wire clips to.

Thanks again for the kind words.

Brad
 
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Beautiful boat.What are the specs?Care to post the cost?
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Thanks Steve. Definitely don't want my post to come across as spam. I enjoy sharing the pictures of the work with all of us who have a common interest just as much as I enjoy seeing the work of the many talented people here. The DH is 14'7" with the widest point on the rail being about 55". The boat is entirely okoume ply with southern yellow pine c&b for framing and ash coaming and grass rails. It weighs in at 340 lbs although this one was slightly more with the built in fuel tank and additional bulkhead. The interior floor and compartments are sprayed with Grizzly Grip bed liner. All wiring is marine grade with a quality panel to run interior LED lights, navigation lights, spot light, bilge and aux outlets. The bottom of the hull is graphite coated and has UHMW keel strips which I believe I am going to start doing on all the different models I build. It has a lockable hard cover as well as flapper boards out of vinyl coated shelving (not on there yet) that work as blind doors that are easy to attach vegetation too.

Thanks again for the kind words.
Brad
 
That looks like a fantastic build Brad! Very nice work. My family has owned property on the Neuse river for a few generations and that boat looks like it would be right at home there hunting bluebills in December!
 
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