JEM Watercraft

Thanks Mick. Everyone that has seen it here loves it. I also hope Matt will publish the plans. I am hoping to do something similar to the Okwata for my next build. The Okwata gives me the best stability for using the fly rod and I love the look.
Dan

Tayanita final. She is ready for her first paddle this weekend. After varnish, she will move to New Orleans for wildlife photo/tagging missions with Bonny at http://blog.al.com/live/2012/03/bonny_schumaker_one_womans_jou.html. She is long! http://i1145.photobucket.com/albums/o501/Daniel_Cherry_Rice/...

Tomorrow, I will add the final fill coat to the decks and any touch up's to the inside. I was drinking coffee in the work area so I thought it would be a good day to weigh "Tayanita". The rigging is .43 lbs, so the boat total will be 38.24 -.43 or 37.81 lbs.. She could weight less, but I w...

"Tayanita" got her decks yesterday, and the last glass this morning. No more gluing and glassing. Just lite sanding and lite fill coats. Very close to getting her wet.
Dan

Thanks Makenmend. I originally planned this boat for me, but friend Bonny has put her claim on it. If I had known it was for her, it would have been 12 ft.. She has even given it a Cherokee name "Tayanita". I promised that I would not tell what it means. I know it is a great overkill, but ...

I had decided that it was too hot this summer to do Epoxy/fiberglass work. And I was right! But that did not stop me from doing more boat building than I had planned. I decided that I needed small, very lite boat for the ponds here around Baton Rouge. I also wanted to learn all the ins & outs of...

Nice!

I took a little ride to Lake Pontchartrain today for a crab boil. Just for fun, I brought the Free plans Laker with me to let everyone take a little paddle. http://i1145.photobucket.com/albums/o501/Daniel_Cherry_Rice/yellowsub640x480_zps191e5317.jpg Walter takes a spin. http://i1145.photobucket.com/...

Most thought I had become more crazy than I am normally, when I built 3 boats this spring. But now the word is out that they are sitting on the trailer ready to go. Bonnie drove up from New Orleans today to have her first paddle in a kayak. http://i1145.photobucket.com/albums/o501/Daniel_Cherry_Rice...

John, I like round and curves also, just depends on what I'm looking at. I have a question for Mick about the Scotty rod holder mounts on his Okwata. Mick, I plan to use the same rod holders, but I am wondering if they are hard to use that far forward on the deck. Did you find that a problem? I woul...