The Broadbill resurrection as promised

Tony,
Looking good. You weren't kidding about floation foam taking up space. It makes me wonder why I bother with what little foam that is stern area. Unless it has some magical properties, I'm thinking my boat is going to the bottom if it gets totally swamped.

Gene R
 
Tony~

Thanks very much. Excellent job on both the construction and the description.

Question: How many cubic feet of foam were needed? and, do you not put any in the bow because all the weight is aft?

Thanks.

SJS
 
Gene here is a pretty good source for information regarding floatation foam. And with as many builders and guys here that restore or fix old boats up it may be a very valuable source for you everyone to check out. So just in case you or anyone else is interested here it is. in power point presentation.

newboatbuilders.com/docs/flotation_2.ppt
 
Steve we have 7 cubic feet of foam in the broadbill. The bow will get a splash of foam but it wont need much due to the minimal interior space.
 
Thanks for the description Tony, i am looking forward to the finished product. Would like to see it on the water.
Bill.
 
Tony,

You should resize your pictures on your web page too. They are so big that they load very slowly - and I have high-speed cable. You can still have high quality photos on the net without chewing up so much bandwidth. It's just part of good design and marketing. This is only my 2 cents....
 
Tony,

You should resize your pictures on your web page too. They are so big that they load very slowly - and I have high-speed cable. You can still have high quality photos on the net without chewing up so much bandwidth. It's just part of good design and marketing. This is only my 2 cents....
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Good catch David and thank you. Pictures have been resized. My apologies to anyone who isn't on high speed who waited on the photos to download.
 
Tony,

What will you use for a rub rail? I am in the process of rebuilding a AA Wigeon and I tried to save the rub rail when separating the cockpit from the hull but it has a few cracks in it. I have tried to find a match without sucess. All the rub rails are either for big boats or to small. My old rub rail was 3/4 of an inch with a small return that traveled under the fiberglass edge of the top half.
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We looked and looked for rubrail and was able to set up a dealer account with Taco Metals and will be using this molding on all our boats. its 1 1/4" wide and takes a small insert. So far we are happy with its looks and such. Now we just got to figure out the easiest way to install it and get it to look clean and smooth. LOL Its definitely a little Tricky. I hate rivets but we may have to rivet this rub rail on. Will post some pics of the Finished Boat today or tomorrow.

IF this particular item will work for you I can get you pricing on the rub rail and insert which we have in stock.

http://tacomarine.com/...-Rail--V11-0809.html
 
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At last the broadbill is complete!
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Rub rail is on. That's gonna take a little practice installing but we will get better with the next one now that we know the tricks and secrets. LOL

mounting the Transom extention now so we can out a long shaft on the boat and go play as soon as the river levels come back down.


This boats not perfect by no means as the hull and deck had been laying around for many years and they have some imperfections etc etc. But its new in every aspect. LOL

If your interested come on down to Piqua and we'll take ya for a test ride. I cannot wait myself to strap the 15 on it and take it for a spin. We will get some video of that when we get to do it.
 
Now I am designing the spray dodger. This should be fun. LOL

I got the frame size I think will work out perfect and all drawings on the deck etc. going to make the patterns and then see if we can do this. Should be interesting. If I can atleast get the patterns then even if I cannot sew them I can send the patterns to the canvas shop to sew them up. Will post a few pictures tonight when I get the pattern on the frames.
 
Sorry gang, Didn't get done cutting patterns until 11pm last night. We are sewing up the spray dodger now. Should have it done tomorrow and then we will post some pictures as long as it fits when were done. LOL

Nothing like spending a grand on a sewing machine and not having any idea how to use it. And learning to sew spray dodgers overnight. Thankfully we have a great teacher and so far everything is coming together nicely.

We are not just patching together some material but doing all the seaming to build strength and rigidity throughout the dodger. Hopefully it fits right when were done and looks half way like it should.

Also this particular dodger is designed to fit both the Broadbill and the Black Jack and leave room under it for storage.
 
Well just as I figured a slight set back. I ended up putting one panel together backwards so now I get to rip the seams out and turn it around tomorrow. I must say not bad for a first attempt.

Stay tuned.
 
Okay gang here we go. 2 days later and several mishaps with the sewing machine and we have a Spray Dodger for the Broadbill. This Dodger also will fit the Black Jack.

We will not be putting blinds on them like before. This is the option for them and also decoy racks.

I must say that while I expected this to me somewhat simple to create I must say that its far from that. We made the pattern from nothing and completely designed it with stiffners where needed for a nice snug fit. You will see a few wringles but that was because I got in a hurry installing the snaps and we have not yet finished the side tails that snap to the side. These will tighten things up dramatically. We are also going to put side curtains on it I believe that come down the side from 3/4 height and back about 3ft.

Made from 100d cordura khaki with all stainless hardware and 7/8" aluminum 2 bow frame.

Note the Rub rail is also in place. And this boat is complete.

What ya think?

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