This page will hopefully chronicle the building of the Flats Stalker 18 from Bateau.com, a plywood composite skiff intended for chasing redfish in extremely shallow water. This will be my first foray into both boat building and web pages. Wish me luck! The posts on this page will only display with the most recent at the top, so if you want to start at the beginning, scroll down to the bottom and work your way up. The archive on the right is in chronological order, however. Most of the pictures can be clicked for a larger image. Feel free to leave comments by clicking the Comments link at the bottom of each post.

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Getting Ready

Seeing as how my garage has been used mostly for storage up to this point, getting ready mainly involved throwing stuff away and making space. The second major hurdle was the fact that my garage is 18 feet long. The boat is also 18 feet long, so the back of the building space had to be extended. One side of the sliding glass door was coaxed forcibly from it's tracks and a four foot extension was built out onto the porch. It won't exactly be roomy in there, but at least it's possible now.


I may hit it with a quick coat of paint to stealth it from the neighbors.
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2 comments:

Frank said...

Damn, look at that fine craftsmanship, you must have had some professional consultation when building that thing. By the way... is that up to code?

February 15, 2007 at 10:51 AM
Anonymous said...

Codes,we don need no stinking codes.

JB

March 2, 2007 at 10:03 AM

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