JEM Watercraft

It took a while, but we finally finished these Sabalo's and put them in the water here at Norfork. They both floated. That is usually a good sign. http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg54/tw541/Sabalo12/120_zpsaostcnlr.jpg My wife and I left the ramp area and headed up the creek. http://i245.photobuc...

Thanks for the kind comments. I set up the trailer temporarily to hold these boats. If I like how it works, I will make it a little more permanent.

Ready to go to the water.

Wow. I can't believe it's been almost a year since I touched these boats. I had some serious health problems hit me and have not done much of anything for the past year. The doctor told me I appear to still be alive and it is time to start doing stuff again. He said building and paddling is fine, ju...

Thanks Les. We have put a lot of hours into them. My posting has been running way behind my building. They are actually getting close to being finished. Bottoms painted. http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg54/tw541/35_zpsapwigzvo.jpg Time to cut some more holes in them. I used the Bosch blades that...

Both boats are fiberglassed. I'm actually a little further along than this. I need to take some more pictures. http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg54/tw541/Sabalo12/34_zpshwghyh9z.jpg http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg54/tw541/Sabalo12/31_zpsacwfuiwr.jpg http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg54/t...

Sorry Matt. I'll try to do better on the next one.

These boats are really coming together now. I put my two 2' by 8' tables side by side to assemble the deck sections. One hull is quite a bit lighter in color than the other, so they will have different woods in the deck. All of the wood used in the decks, except the western red cedar, is material I ...

The frames, cockpit, and tank wells are installed. These thin strip panels are strong across the grain, but bend easily with the grain. You can see the braces I installed to help support the front decks and keep them flat. I also put extra cross braces in to support the floors. Now we need to finish...

Thanks neon14. Your boat was a big incentive for me to build these. We have big plans for using these two. My wife is working on the design for the decks. She is much more artistic than I am. We are going to use some woods not commonly seen on strip boats.

I managed to get a little more accomplished between fishing trips. Glassed inside and out. I used 6 ounce glass on the hull. I am going to use 4 ounce on everything else. http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg54/tw541/Sabalo12/17_zpsw6xkewjv.jpg The internal frames and cockpit assemblies are ready to...