Brad Taylor
Active member
I was getting quite a few pm's regarding my boat so I thought I would scan in some old pics of what I could find.
I made some modifications to it to add strength and because I am a big guy, I wanted a little more room for me and the dog. Basically I added two inches to the height of the Devlin plans and squared off the cockpit. It added almost 2.5" to the beam and a little less as you get out towards the ends. The back bulkhead was strengthened along the bottom and two extra deckbeams where added to the front. The combing for the cockpit is 4" high. I have not added the grass rails yet. I also added the side rails under the deck and gun holders. They work great for keeping things from sliding around. I also made a removable slat floor but I do not have any pictures of it.
I had the outside of the boat chopper gunned with fiberglass at one of my customers. It is very strong. My guess is there is an extra 30-50lbs in weight because of it. We where going to make a mold and copy the boat in fiberglass only, but we never got around to it. Their engineer figured we could build one just over 100lbs. That would have been nice because I find mine too heavy to drag around and it is a real chore to get it in the truck myself. The inside was resined and then the whole boat was epoxied.
I only had it out once in it's original configuration for a test run and it fell out of the back of the truck. Unfortunately I have no photos of it, or at least I can't find them if I do. A new top was made and camo clothe was laid with resin. The bottom was coated in black urethane and then the whole unit was sprayed with flat urethane clear coat to protect the resin form UV. We'll see ho it holds up.
I made some modifications to it to add strength and because I am a big guy, I wanted a little more room for me and the dog. Basically I added two inches to the height of the Devlin plans and squared off the cockpit. It added almost 2.5" to the beam and a little less as you get out towards the ends. The back bulkhead was strengthened along the bottom and two extra deckbeams where added to the front. The combing for the cockpit is 4" high. I have not added the grass rails yet. I also added the side rails under the deck and gun holders. They work great for keeping things from sliding around. I also made a removable slat floor but I do not have any pictures of it.
I had the outside of the boat chopper gunned with fiberglass at one of my customers. It is very strong. My guess is there is an extra 30-50lbs in weight because of it. We where going to make a mold and copy the boat in fiberglass only, but we never got around to it. Their engineer figured we could build one just over 100lbs. That would have been nice because I find mine too heavy to drag around and it is a real chore to get it in the truck myself. The inside was resined and then the whole boat was epoxied.
I only had it out once in it's original configuration for a test run and it fell out of the back of the truck. Unfortunately I have no photos of it, or at least I can't find them if I do. A new top was made and camo clothe was laid with resin. The bottom was coated in black urethane and then the whole unit was sprayed with flat urethane clear coat to protect the resin form UV. We'll see ho it holds up.
