looking for a few lobster pots

[Storm]

Nice post and great looking boat Storm!!!

Thanks. Sometimes I'm able to Google a pic or two of the boat. Here's one I recently stumbled upon. It looks like I have a ten trap trawl stacked on deck, ready to be re-set.

Here's another pic that was taken at the wharf:

[ElMar2530]

She's a beauty!!!

One of these days I would like a Down East set up for Tuna/ Charter.

I like the split house setup you have.

[Storm]

She's a beauty!!!

One of these days I would like a Down East set up for Tuna/ Charter.

I like the split house setup you have.

Thanks. I bought the boat as a kit (hull and top) and finished it in my yard. Here's what the boat shop provided:

And here's what it looked like when it was delivered to my house. I did the window cut-outs and shaped the wheelhouse at the boatshop.

[Storm]

Ocean Storm continues to be a work in progress. I guess no boat is ever actually finished.

Here's a pic in my yard of the wheelhouse coming together and the cockpit deck complete:

A couple pics after the start of gelcoating. All the gelcoat was applied with a roller and eventually polished with ten micron sand paper.

Here's a view of the split wheelhouse:

This is the wheelhouse (my office) a little further along:

A view of the bare bones boat during sea trials:

Birdseye view of the trunk and windshield:

[Agitated88]

Nice job Storm...pretty boat you got there!!

[ElMar2530]

Nice, who is the designer?

You should start a new post i the boat discussion forum, I know alot of guys would be interested in how you put her together.

I do a little boat building myself with high school students. Nothing fancy, mostly plywood skiffs.

[fmoore]

Boy would I love to be in your class

Storm, your boat is beautiful. It must be an awesome feeling knowing you're fishing on a boat you built (for the most part).

[Storm]

Thank you everybody for the nice comments. The boat is an RP 40, Willis Beal design. I saw a picture of the first 40 RP in National Fisherman while I was running errands. I drove home, made a phone call, and placed my order. My hull ended up being number 5.

The hull is foam cored. The deck and deck beams were constructed of marine plywood/epoxy laminate. The deck beams are 3 layers 3/4" plywood. The deck is 2 layers 1/2" plywood. All deck seams are staggered. I'm not a big fan of single layered decks. Panels for the split wheelhouse are balsa cored. I had the panels fabricated by Downeast Composites. The deck, which is epoxy and 1808 biaxial cloth, was top coated with Rhino-liner infused with non-skid particles.

I would have chosen fiberglass I-beams for the deck, but at the time I was unable to find any. Now some of the boatbuilders are incorporating them.

The boat took approximately six months to complete, working single-handed. Since it was my first attempt at boatbuilding, I was quite happy with the end result. I did get some help with the rub rails, which were 45' long and too cumbersome to install by myself. I also paid to have the hydraulics plumbed.

The boat is a work in progress. During the past winter when I wasn't jabbering away on SF.com, I made several cherry doors w/ teak and holly inset panels for the galley. I also made a cherry louvered door with crowned top for the crash bulkhead. My final winter project was making steam bent and laminated ash cap mouldings for the wheelhouse passage.

I have a lot of plans but never seem to have enough time to get everything done.

[Storm]

Nice skiffs. My dad used to build 15 or 16-footers with similar lines. His were pine planked instead of plywood. I'm guessing yours are 12-footers?

I was fortunate to have a boat building class at my high school, too. We also did building construction, residential wiring, architectual drafting, auotomotive, welding, etc. Classes were split between two instructors.

I wish I could do it all over again. I think the majority of students built canoes, but some went with traditional skiffs. I built a small, 8-foot hydroplane-type boat. I had enough credits to graduate my junior year, so I took as many shop classes as I could my senior year.

[ElMar2530]

Nice skiffs. My dad used to build 15 or 16-footers with similar lines. His were pine planked instead of plywood. I'm guessing yours are 12-footers?

We build anywhere from 8 to 20 feet, depending on what is needed. I am currently building a 20 foot Scow for the local shellfish commission. Hopefully it will be done by the end of June.