Layout build

Josh Schwenger

Josh Schwenger

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I built this sunfish layout with the sunfish hull upside down and a plywood bottom. This was mostly a Failure because I was hoping it would come in light enough for two guys to throw around. It is not my friend and I are able to move it but it weighs almost as much as a mighty boys Two man layout. Its usable but I over built it and got carried away. I built the entire boat for 350-375 dollars with a lot of things I already had including the plywood. It?s over 5 feet wide I wanted it stable it has a 4 inch drop box an completely open cockpit that is covered by a gray lap cover. View attachment 56C1D580-36EF-40A1-8A80-611D5C20E164.jpegView attachment F1B75ABE-2D32-4B55-8D75-6E1E297013D8.jpegView attachment 860732A0-FDCF-4A49-B720-745B46FB525D.jpeg
 
Josh~


Great project! Got any photos of it earning its keep?


BTW: Your "bottoms up" design reminds me of the time some waterfront dwellers called in the Cavalry : fire engines, ambulances, squad cars, choppers - because they mistook our flagging Broadbill from our Scooter as an SOS from an overturned vessel.....


All the best,


SJS

 
A person unfamiliar with layout hunting might call the marine police reporting a capsized boat with a person aboard :)

Neat project.

Eric
 
Steve Sanford said:
BTW: Your "bottoms up" design reminds me of the time some waterfront dwellers called in the Cavalry : fire engines, ambulances, squad cars, choppers - because they mistook our flagging Broadbill from our Scooter as an SOS from an overturned vessel.....
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Steve, That's funny as long as it happened to someone else.
 
Good concept. Lets call that phase one. If you look around there are a ton of old 14 ft fiberglass runabouts laying around for just about nothing. Seasons over I must be thinking to hard.
 
The biggest issue was the rocker built into the hull. When I laid it upside down onto flat plywood I could push it almost flat but it twists the hull out of square. I installed bulkheads inside with it facing right side up which was a mistake because it made the boat rigid and difficult to work with. I have 5 more sunfish hulls this particular one had substantial damage so it was no loss trying this concept. View attachment BF8F14C2-A5D4-4936-9FAE-AA8B7525080E.jpegView attachment 132EA13E-2C59-4E52-87A6-4BC43A7C72FF.jpeg
 
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