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Launching: Well, skinning complete - Yost Sea Tour 17R *PIC*
By:Doug S
Date: 10/18/2010, 5:07 pm

I'm always in awe at you guys who can build a boat in days or weeks. Both of my yost-style SOF boats have taken me a year a piece from start to finish.

My mother and I just spent the weekend skinning the boat. I'm very impressed with how few wrinkles we have in the PVC material. She does upholstery for a living and was aghast at having wrinkles at all. Part way into the second day, she announced that she made peace with the wrinkles and emphatically stated it was the hardest thing she's ever upholstered.

As always, Tom - I can't thank you enough for your site, instructions and guidance. Same to everyone on this forum- your questions + answers have been uber helpful as I've progressed along with these boats. I was literally laughed at when I told my family that I was building a boat. So far I have 1 huge success and this one appears to be rounding out to be quite successful, as well.

I'm going to epoxy the coaming tonight and then have a couple of spots of reinforcements that I need to take care of (stems, chine + keel lines). I hope to launch her sometime this week.

More photos at Facebook (but everyone can see them):
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=257144&id=782344938&l=938e01b4cb

-Doug

Messages In This Thread

Launching: Well, skinning complete - Yost Sea Tour 17R *PIC*
Doug S -- 10/18/2010, 5:07 pm
Re: Building in days *PIC*
Kocho -- 10/21/2010, 9:12 pm
Re: Building in days
Bill Hamm -- 10/22/2010, 2:32 am
Re: Building in days
Kocho -- 10/22/2010, 9:25 am
Re: Building in days
Noel Bennett -- 10/22/2010, 3:49 pm
Re: Building in days
Shark Bait -- 10/23/2010, 12:43 am
Launching: For real - on water and paddled *PIC*
Doug S -- 10/21/2010, 11:47 am
Re: Launching: For real - on water and paddled
wwfloyd -- 10/21/2010, 6:26 pm
Re: Launching: Well, skinning complete - Yost Sea
Bill Hamm -- 10/21/2010, 2:09 am
Re: Launching: Well, skinning complete - Yost Sea *PIC*
Doug S -- 10/21/2010, 11:39 am
Re: Launching: Well, skinning complete - Yost Sea
Dave Gentry -- 10/18/2010, 5:44 pm
Re: Launching: Well, skinning complete - Yost Sea *PIC*
Doug S -- 10/21/2010, 11:38 am
Re: Launching: Well, skinning complete - Yost Sea
Bill Hamm -- 10/22/2010, 2:28 am
Re: Launching: Well, skinning complete - Yost Sea
Doug S -- 10/22/2010, 9:21 am
Re: Launching: Well, skinning complete - Yost Sea
Bill Hamm -- 10/23/2010, 1:54 am