JEM Watercraft

I have been walking by the T-V and she just looks sad, since I built the Northwind she has been replaced for my tripping boat.
This year I am going to do some deer hunting that I need to get to by yak and gar fishing and bowfishing has one draw back out of a yak. (how would you transport a 9 ft fish in a yak)
So out comes the saw and the T-V is under the knife.
More to come later.
Ron

Blimey.....whats Ron up to now???

Ron

Will be watching this

She really looks bad now ,all the top has been cut off.

Ron

I told him rocket launchers for the stink boats is a bad idea.... but Ron is kinda hard-headed.

Matt
They kept folks backed up from my fishing holes
Ron

My camera died but another one is on the way. I have been working on the T-V decided to take her all the way down to the wood and start over.
This boat has seen some rough usage,been blown down a sand bar for a hundred yards flipping,been dropped of off the top of my jeep,got way over a couple thousand miles under her. She was built from some bad plywood 1/8 inch thick and built with poly ,held up pretty well.
I will try to get some pics posted before long.
Ron

Here is what she use to look like.


Took the T-V down to raw wood reapplied cloth. Looking at the bottom after a couple thousand miles of pretty rough treatment I had a good ideal of the wear points. so here is how I did it. put the cloth on in two pieces letting it overlap in the center 3 inches then put a piece of 3 inch tape on top of that. I also put a piece of 3 inch tape on each edge of the hull. After sealing the hull I went back and put on my external stems ,with the hull being separated and sealed and then putting on the stems I never have to worry about water as long as the stems are in place.
A pic of the front stem


Decided to put in pretty long seat rails and a thwart set up for my rods and to brace the hull.



I cut the top off and rebuilt the hull with two short decks and strips on the side.




I used grey rustolem oil base on the inside the hull ,I hope that color will be cool but not so bright it blinds you


I ran out of epoxy so the brite work will get a couple more coats and at least to more graphite coats, it should be a fishing machine
Ron

Looking like she's ready to go way beyond the next 2 thousand.