Recent content by Tom Mccarthy

guess it would help if i showed the finished boat, It was shipped a while ago i just do not post that often.

So I have removed the flashing and reached up inside the hull and glassed the deck and hull together, Now the rails are in and drying in the sun.

I have taken the parts out of the mold and trimmed off the flashing, on the hull i wipe it down with acetone,then sand the very top edge and wipe down again removing any wax from the top of the hull,the deck and the deck mold get waxed more and the deck is put back in the mold,then the hull is...

thanks Rick, would be more then happy to build you a boat whenever you are ready.

I got the Daggers deck and hull laid up. I also have a Arapaho going out today so I hope to blow these parts out of the mold and get them ground down fitted and joined today.

Ours are not really for every one...lol, we also make some sport bike undertails.

Yes it does, I am not there yet,and my kidney function is about the same since last year,It is the blood pressure that is taking it's toll, BUT I could have lived a lot more years then I will and taken most of them for granted like most people do every day. I was up at 5 am and I let my bunny...

Reason for the delay is I got the deck off center by about a 1/8" but when you cut it down it looks like a 1/4" so i built him another boat. I will be keeping this blem for my self. Mistakes blow but they are just part of building boats. And what you do when you make them.Is what counts. This is...

Thanks, yes my wife does the lay up, I spray the gel coat. put the rails in and do the grinding and easy part of joining. she also reaches in and does the glass joining of the deck and hull from the inside with glass (worse step). I have a lot of health issues, stage 4 kidney failure from...

WOW, I post a lot of build threads, First one here and sometimes I wonder if any one care's. thank you very much for your nice post and that is what makes it all worth it. We have made improvements to some of our boats as well as times changed, we use the same hull with the free board cut a...

Ok back to the race v. I have prepared the transom, and rails as well as trimmed the deck up. then the deck ledge is sanded and the deck as well to remove any little burrs that would prevent a good snug fit as well as remove that film that nothing will sick to that polyester resin gets.while the...

It should be greased, I am probably old school on this as a lot of boaters today use oilers for there shafts. My thought on this, and other may not agree. But when you pull start the motor.If the mounts ever get even a little loose now your drive line alignment is off and this causes broken...

I guess I did build that boat, I do not think i saw it after it was painted, It was painted by Doug at oversprayed.com I recognize his shop and that is HOR racing hardware.I would imagine he probably has 2000.00 in it as it is pictured.

I do not remember building a thunderbolt with a 29.5, We stopped building ready to runs a few years ago. But we do sell a lot of hulls to builders that use them, Dan at Bonzi buys a lot of our thunderbolts and also has them painted. I really do not remember doing one without radio gear,So I do...

Here is a picture of the Thunderbolt.