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Old 02-01-2010, 10:25 PM
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Default 19' Tunnel Build

If all goes well I'm going to be making a drag/fast lake boat out of this tunnel mold. It's one I have had for a while and a customer has been bugging me to build one. He is going to try to hit the drag circuit this year.

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Old 02-20-2010, 07:03 PM
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Starting the process. Plan is it's going to be a blown Chevy big block jet drag boat. Time will tell...




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Old 02-20-2010, 07:04 PM
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Hull skinned out...

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Old 02-27-2010, 07:42 PM
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More layers and so forth.



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Old 03-03-2010, 04:12 PM
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Hoping to have the hull finished Saturday. Customer/friend wants to have a paint scheme like this.

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Old 03-05-2010, 02:08 AM
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Looks Good Rick!
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Old 03-17-2010, 07:34 PM
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Balsa floor and stringers wrapped in go fast colored carbon fiber. Going to lay the deck up Friday.....shooting for ~ 450lbs....not sure if we'll be that light.

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Old 03-18-2010, 09:09 PM
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Yanked the the hull out of the mold.

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Old 03-20-2010, 09:09 PM
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Light weight deck laid-up today.

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Old 03-22-2010, 11:32 PM
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Deck out of the mold. Next step glass it to the hull....then buff and shine.

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