JEM Watercraft

Thanks, Chuck.

Pics are at Manatee Springs. We go there every year for a little music festival. Lots of mullet and catfish in the spring run. Saw a few sturgeon jumping in the river.

Jay

Brian, I know it's been a long time, but the build got interrupted several times by a number of issues. You know how life is. Anyway, I finally did get the boat in the water on Friday. It's not finished yet, I still have lots of sanding to do along with another coat or 2 of epoxy and then some varni...

Fishcarver, If you look at the thread on my Laker build ( http://www.jemwatercraft.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=3719 ), about halfway down there is a picture of how I backed up the deck for the handles on top. I used the method for making them from nylon strap that Ron uses. I used stainless fe...

Merry Christmas to everyone from NE Florida

Beautiful view, Pete!

Jay

Kind of an old post, but Thanks, guys.

Jay

Glad you mentioned the straps, else I thought it was levitating in thin air.

I'm sure it's pretty light, but not that light

I like the strap idea, may have to do something like that myself.

Jay

Thanks, Woodman.

Jay

Looking great, Neon! I made 2 tables from a sheet of mdf that I ripped down the middle so I can either make a 4x8 or a 2x16 with them. It made making the panels up a lot easier than doing it on the floor. They just sit on saw horses so I can take them down easily. I need to get a planer! I keep tell...

Thanks, Danny. I just used butt joints. I have a pretty good miter box to cut them square. I tried a couple of scarfs, but had trouble getting them to fit right. Good luck on your build. Keep in mind that I make no claims to having any idea of what I'm doing. I'm mostly just making it up as I go alo...

Thanks, Ron.

Jay