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Jon,
You sound a lot like me, doing almost everything yourself. I have a milling
machine and lathe and welder, etc also. When I built my Robert's Spray 28 I
also machined my own gooseneck, masthead fittings, etc. I also welded up my own
bow pulpit and stern rails out of ordinary 3/4" water pipe, then took them
and had them hot dipped galvanized. Latex paint sticks very well to galvanized
metal if you don't want to look at galvanized rails. I also made my own 35 LB
version of the CQR anchor this way, using a 3/4" stainless machine screw for
the pin. Total cost including galvanizing was $50.00 verses almost $400.00
for the CQR.
As to the trailer, start looking now by getting the word out to friends to
keep an eye open while driving around. I did this when building the
Micro-Trawler. In this way, through a friend, I got a good trailer for nothing from a
woman who was tired of looking at her husbands failed boat project for the last
eight years! I had to take the unfinished, now decrepit, 18' dory with it,
but that only took me two hours to cut up and light on fire. I did have to do
some changes in bunks, but was no big deal.
Bob
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You sound a lot like me, doing almost everything yourself. I have a milling
machine and lathe and welder, etc also. When I built my Robert's Spray 28 I
also machined my own gooseneck, masthead fittings, etc. I also welded up my own
bow pulpit and stern rails out of ordinary 3/4" water pipe, then took them
and had them hot dipped galvanized. Latex paint sticks very well to galvanized
metal if you don't want to look at galvanized rails. I also made my own 35 LB
version of the CQR anchor this way, using a 3/4" stainless machine screw for
the pin. Total cost including galvanizing was $50.00 verses almost $400.00
for the CQR.
As to the trailer, start looking now by getting the word out to friends to
keep an eye open while driving around. I did this when building the
Micro-Trawler. In this way, through a friend, I got a good trailer for nothing from a
woman who was tired of looking at her husbands failed boat project for the last
eight years! I had to take the unfinished, now decrepit, 18' dory with it,
but that only took me two hours to cut up and light on fire. I did have to do
some changes in bunks, but was no big deal.
Bob
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