JEM Watercraft

Finished my Freedom 13 a few days ago, took about three weeks to complete and a lot of that time was waiting for epoxy to dry. Very easy boat to build, plans were excellent and very informative and easy to follow. Hats off to Matt for a good design and instructions. I have a small "frog pond&qu...

Started building the Freedom 13 a couple weeks ago, All wood cut, sewed together, filleted all seams, glassed inside and out. The bottom seemed a little flexible to me out of 4mm Okoume so I has a little 5 oz. six inch wide carbon fiber tape in the shop so glassed two strips on the cockpit floor and...

Thanks much Matt, that's about what I thought. Got the plans from you this afternoon, nice work and great detail. I have build a lot of boats from plans and yours would rate at the top of the list for quality, once again nice work!...

New guy here but long time boat builder. Just ordered plans from Matt for the Freedom 13. Question is if I make the hull out of Okoume ply and the deck out of the darker brown Meranti in the same thickness any idea how much weight increase I would pick up? Okoume is supposed to weigh 13 lbs for a sh...